Over 300,000 copies sold!





Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for the new wave of snapshooters using DSLR, compact system and bridge cameras. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy, packed with hands-on tips.






Split into five sections, the book covers composition, exposure, light, lenses and the art of seeing. Masterpieces by acclaimed photographers - including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastiao Salgado, Fay Godwin, Nadav Kander, Daido Moriyama and Martin Parr - serve to illustrate points and encourage readers to try out new ideas.





Today's aspiring photographers want immediacy and see photography as an affordable way of expressing themselves quickly and creatively. This handbook meets their needs, teaching them how to take photographs using professional techniques.






Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs is part of the internationally-bestselling 'Read This' series, which has sold over half-a-million books worldwide and has been translated into over 20 languages.





Coming soon:
Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing People by Selwyn Leamy (September 2019)






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Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People by Henry Carroll (9781780676241)


Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of Places by Henry Carroll (9781780679051)


Use This if You Want to Take Great Photographs: A Photo Journal by Henry Carroll (9781780678887)


Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786270542)


Use This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786274052)


Read This if You Want to Be a Great Writer by Ross Raisin (9781786271976)


Read This if You Want to Be Instagram Famous edited by Henry Carroll (9781780679679)