Comprehensive, up-to date, practical and easy to use, this is a definitive reference for anyone who wants to get the most out of their digital camera.

Photography has never been so easy; nor has it ever been so hard. Digital cameras and smartphones can deliver perfect exposures and pin-sharp focus time after time, but the tech alone won't create draw-dropping imagery, or supply the sort of photos that stand out in a sea of online visual overload. Stripped of pointless jargon and focusing instead on the most important element in the image-making process - the person holding the camera or phone -...

Want to turn your simple snaps into something extra special? 'How To Take Amazing Photos' is like having a creative director in your pocket. Photographer Nicholas Goodden walks you through 14 techniques, step-by-step, then suggests fun photography assignments to help put them into practice. From capturing movement to drawing with light, there's a technique to try wherever you are, whatever the setting. Chapters on how to create the perfect composition...

This fascinating all-in-one guide introduces you to the art, history, and culture of photography, and shows you how to get the very best from your own photographs.

This inspirational and practical guide covers everything from the history of travel photography to digital processing and selling of images and will appeal to keen amateurs as well as complete beginners.

Collects memorable and iconic images throughout the history of photography and asks the reader to think about the picture both aesthetically and emotionally.

Want to capture images of immense festivals and endangered wildlife or, perhaps, take the best photo when bungy jumping or underwater? 'Travel Photography' provides the know-how on these experiences, plus many more.

From the era of daguerreotype to digital imaging, this book provides a comprehensive overview of photography. It includes complete lists of Pulitzer Prize winners, archives and museums, photographic resources and major agencies.

Covering a whole range of photographic topics - such as the principles of a camera obscura and the technology involved in digital photography - this book also includes the history of recording images and the secrets of what makes a great picture.

With just under a thousand portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, the National Portrait Gallery boasts some of the most treasured and famous official portraits of the Queen captured at key historic moments, as well as day-to-day images of the monarch at home and with family, following her journey from childhood, to princess and Queen, mother and grandmother. This publication highlights the most important portraits of Elizabeth II from the Gallery's Collection....