John Hedgecoe's Photography Basics, Revised Edition

by John Hedgecoe

The classic, picture-perfect manual for taking great photos gets a freshening up, with a brand-new, special section devoted to digital. Written by the world’s bestselling author on photography, it’s an image-filled and practical guide for beginners eager to start shooting—but who feel put off by technical jargon and complicated techniques. And Hedgecoe focuses on the most commonly owned starter cameras, too, as well as offering an invaluable list of “Twenty Ways to Improve Your Photos”  and 250 of his own inspiring pictures.

 

“Hedgecoe uses the most commonly owned beginners’ cameras...to demonstrate how the camera works in simple, nontechnical language.”—Photographic Trade News

 

“The lessons are easy, given the well-laid-out visual examples.”—Booklist

 

 “One of the best introductory texts...my highest recommendation.”—Shutterbug

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Reference

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1993

About the author

John Hedgecoe (24 March 1932 – 3 June 2010) was an award-winning British photographer and author of over 30 books on photography. He established the photography department in 1965 at the Royal College of Art, where he was Professor from 1975 to 1994 and Professor Emeritus until his death. He was also Pro-Rector of the college from 1981 to 1993. His photographs appear in permanent collections at the New York Museum of Modern Art and London's National Portrait Gallery.

"Professor John Hedgecoe was a photographer who took the portrait of the Queen which is used on British postage stamps; as such he is credited with the planet's most reproduced image, which has so far sold more than 200 billion copies." (The Telegraph)

Reviews

[Nicole Dunton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great material!

[Coco · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fantastic resource for beginner photographers! Hedgecoe explains everything clearly without all the jargon that sometimes turns people off from photography books. He gives tips, explanations, and try-it-yourself's for just about any situation you could want, and does it well. This is NOT for the tech junkie who wants to know the physics of the camera, etc.

As an aspiring pro, most of the book was old news to me, though well done. Still, peruse through it--there were some tricks I'd never thought of! (June 2008)

[Foxygiraffe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not a photographer, but this seems kinda seminal.

[Tamanna]

pretty dated as it's film based but still has good composition tips..