Digital
Complete Digital Photography by Call Number: e-book7th ed. Boston, MA: Course Technology, c2013.
Covers every aspect of digital photography, from shooting through postproduction and printing, to mastering the theory and technical skills required of a great photographer.
After Photography by Call Number: TR267 .R57 2009New York: W.W. Norton, c2009. Explores the myriad ways in which the digital revolution has fundamentally altered the way we receive visual information, from photos of news events taken by ordinary people on cell phones to the widespread use of image surveillance.
Video
The Videomaker Guide to Digital Video and DVD ProductionCall Number: TR860 .V53 2004Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier/Focal Press, c2004. Provides information on all the latest tools and techniques to help you shoot and edit videos like a professional.
Digital Video Camerawork by Call Number: TR256 .W37 2000Oxford; Boston: Focal Press, 2000. A practical guide that introduces digital camerawork techniques used in television and video production.
General
What Photography Is by Call Number: TR642 .E43 2011New York: Routledge, 2011. This book argues that photography is uniquely powerful in its ability to express the difficulty of seeing.
Why Photography Matters by Call Number: TR183 .T4753 2013Cambridge: MIT Press, 2013. Thompson, a working photographer for forty years, constructs a wide-ranging and lucid meditation on why photography is unique among the picture-making arts.
Selected Journals
American Photo, 1990-. A bi-monthly publication all about creative photography.
Aperture, 1952-. Quarterly magazine devoted to photography as art, contains illustrated profiles of photographers or thematic material.
Blind Spot, v.19-. Issued three times a year with significant articles on photography.
Contact Sheet, no. 61-. The five yearly issues include four elegant monographs by artists featured in major exhibitions at the Light Work Main Gallery at Syracuse Univ. plus a special 80-page issue that includes new work by artists invited to participate in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence Program.
History of Photography, 1977-. A quarterly that covers the earliest uses of photography in exploration, science and war, the lives of notable practioners and inventors, the influence of photography on painting and sculpture, the history of photojournalism, and the preservation and restoration of old photographs.
Lighting
Photographic Lighting by Call Number: TR590 .C45 20053rd ed. Oxford; Boston: Focal Press, 2005. Practical coverage of all the essential skills to understand photographic lighting in any enviroment.
Studio Lighting Solutions: Expert Professional Techniques for Artistic and Commercial Success by Call Number: TR573 .N48 2005New York: Amphoto, 2005. A comprehensive guide to the world of still-life photography in a controlled studio environment.
Professional Practice
Legal Handbook for Photographers: the Rights and Liabilities of Making Images by Call Number: KF2042.P45 K73 2012Buffalo, NY: Amherst Media, 2012. 3rd ed. Quick answers to some of a photographer's most pressing and common legal questions.
Exhibiting Photography: a Practical Guide to Displaying Your Work by Call Number: TR6.A1 R43 2014New York: Focal Press, 2014. Every aspect from finding a space to constructing a show and publicizing it with ample case studies.
Film
Exploring Color Photography by Call Number: TR510 .H65 19973rd ed. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark, c1997. A comprehensive, practical resource for understanding the ideas, images, hitory, and processes of color photography.
Photography by Call Number: TR145 .L66 201311th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2013. An introductory photography textbook that emphasizes both technique and visual awareness with excellent illustrations and examples.
In the Darkroom: an Illustrated Guide to Photographic Processes before the Digital Age by Call Number: TR287 .K46 2010Washington [D.C.]: National Gallery of Art; [New York]: Thames & Hudson, 2010. Describes the main photographic and photomechanical processes from the origins of the medium up to the time when the use of chemicals to process photographs was superceded by the advent of digital photography.
