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The Making of Landscape Photographs: A Practical Guide to the Art and TechniquesThe Making of Landscape Photographs: A Practical Guide to the Art and Techniques by Charlie Waite
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Perhaps the leading landscape photographer of our generation on how to use good design and subtle camera control to complement and bring out the meaning of the landscape in front of you.
Landscape: The Story of 50 Favourite PhotographsLandscape: The Story of 50 Favourite Photographs by Charlie Waite
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For those who already know Charlie Waite's work, some of the images here will be familiar, but what makes the book is the author's evident delight in sharing the stories behind how they were made.
First Light: A Landscape Photographer's ArtFirst Light: A Landscape Photographer's Art by Joe Cornish
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Cornish's love of coastline - the subject of later volumes - is already evident in this first, beautiful book. Generous commentaries again tell the discovery and process of selection for the image.
Landscape Within: Insights and Inspiration for PhotographersLandscape Within: Insights and Inspiration for Photographers by David Ward
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Inspiring large-format photographs, both of the big vista and intimate details, with an ambitious text that seeks to shed light on why (rather than what or how) we photograph.
Working The Light: Landscape Photography MasterclassWorking The Light: Landscape Photography Masterclass
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Based around photographs mainly but not exclusively from those who have participated in Light and Land workshops, with sensitive critiques bringing a workshop style to the printed page.
Lee Frost's Panoramic PhotographyLee Frost's Panoramic Photography by Lee Frost
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Panoramic advice from a photographer who is not limited to landscape, but has a seemingly omnivorous appetite for new techniques. Thorough look at panoramic covering variety of approaches.
Night and Low-light Photography: The Complete GuideNight and Low-light Photography: The Complete Guide by Lee Frost
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More technique from Frost – this a wide-ranging exploration of Low Light Photography, whether urban, rural, indoor or outdoor. Both this and his book on filters are thorough, detailed and practical.
Among TreesAmong Trees by Sean Kernan
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A little-known and beautiful b-and-w work, with a preference for the misty and moody but not shy of graphic and witty compositions either – and panoramics often in glorious double-page spreads.
CountrysideCountryside
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English in the manner of trees, hedgerows, fields, parkland, woodland, riverbank and hill. Not being a photographer's greatest hits book, nicely suggestive of approaches for the landscape all around.
Photographing the World Around You: A Visual Design Workshop for Film and Digital PhotographyPhotographing the World Around You: A Visual Design Workshop for Film and Digital Photography by Freeman Patterson
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At last a composition book that isn't from the 1970s and doesn't merely rehash magazine-style rule-of-thirds advice. Thematic by balance, rhythm, shape, texture, etc, supported by strong examples.
Travel Photography: a Guide to Taking Better Pictures (Lonely Planet Travel Photography)Travel Photography: a Guide to Taking Better Pictures (Lonely Planet Travel Photography) by Richard l'Anson
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Pitched for the beginner to intermediate but with good, detailed advice if you have a long overland trip planned – as much about how to approach various travel subject matter as photographic technique