1. American PHOTO and Popular Photography & Imaging
Available in both Print and Digital editions, contains digital camera reviews and film lens tests, photo software, photo contests, photo tips and so on.

2. Apogee Photo
A FREE online magazine designed to inform and entertain photographers of all ages and levels.

3. JPG Magazine
As a JPG member, you can upload your photos, submit to JPG Magazine, and vote on other submissions, resulting in a magazine made by you!

4. Shutterbug
This magazine focuses on tools, techniques and creativity, giving you tips and ways to use today’s imaging technology.

5. Digital Camera Magazine
This is your practical guide (tips, software, accessories and camera reviews, and interviews) for creating better photographs available in the UK.

6. EOS Magazine
Another monthly newsletter, this time dedicated to the EOS photographers, from first-time buyers to experienced users, published in the UK.

7. Photobis
Photobis is a French Magazine with informations which addresses especially to the photographers plastics technicians, reporters, and also to the graphic designers using the photo media as bases work.

8. C International Photo Magazine
Without cultural, geographical or thematic boundaries, produced twice yearly in English/Chinese and Spanish/Japanese, hard back cover and 300 page content.

9. Practical Photography and DIGITAL PHOTO
This is delivered to your door every month in UK, promising inspiration, practical advice and a FREE reflector.

10. Gomma Magazine
Gomma Magazine (biannual) is available in Europe, Japan and USA, bringing photography to new levels and audiences. Portfolios, interviews, news, and tips – everything a magazine should contain.

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Bryan Peterson, after a great success with Understanding Exposure comes with another must have book:
Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color & Composition in Photography.
This book, read after his first book, is just like continuing the photographing steps because it focuses more on improvement of the photographic vision and taken images, not the shooting techniques. Therefore, here you will find explanations about elements of photographic design like line, shape, form, texture, pattern and colors. It’s all about learning to improve your artistic senses, your talent, learning to understand aesthetics and avoid kitsch.
Then, he demonstrates that minor changes can have profound effects on the success of the picture.

Now totally rewritten, revised, and expanded, this best-selling guide takes a radical approach to creativity. It explains how it is not some gift only for the “chosen few” but actually a skill that can be learned and applied.Using inventive photos from his own stunning portfolio, author and veteran photographer Bryan Peterson deconstructs creativity for photographers. He details the basic techniques that went into not only taking a particular photo, but also provides insights on how to improve upon it—helping readers avoid the visual pitfalls and technical dead ends that can lead to dull, uninventive photographs. This revised edition features the latest information on digital photography and digital imaging software, as well as an all-new section on color as a design element. Learning to See Creatively is the definitive reference for any photographers looking for a fresh perspective on their work.

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Most of the people I know in the photographic world say this (Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera) is the best book they ever read. Therefore, it is on my wish list and last night I actually dreamed about it since Amazon.com now has a 40% off charge.

In 160 pages, Bryan Peterson explains how to capture the image, not processing of the image after it is captured. The information applies to both compact digital cameras and digital SLR cameras. Step by step, with pictures, covers the composition, lighting, exposure and each specific photography type: macro photography, motion, stationery objects, night photography, portraits, landscapes… everything. It explains metering, white balance, filters, DOF, techniques, and answers to questions like: Why this? Why that? The thing I like the most is that it provides exercises so you won’t just read something and in practice still feel kind of lost.
It is a book every photographer should have among with Learning to See Creatively by the same author.

For serious amateur photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, here’s the book to consult. More than seventy techniques, both popular and less-familiar approaches, are covered in detail, including advanced exposure, bounced flash and candlelight, infrared, multiple images, soft-focus effects, unusual vantage points, zooming, and other carefully chosen ways to enhance photographs. The A-Z format make sit easy for readers to find a specific technique, and each one is explained in jargon-free language. Top Tips for each technique help readers achieve superb results, even on the first attempt.

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Christopher Grey (after 30 years experience) wrote this book, “Master Lighting Guide for Portrait Photographers”, concerning the most significant part of Portrait Shooting: The Lighting. After the composition, lighting is the medium that gives a certain atmosphere and feelings of a well done Portrait. The book covers everything from classic lighting styles to the advanced lighting methods, using great images as examples as well as diagrams, explaining the lighting ratios. You also learn about different lighting accessories and how to use them to get the best possible results. The readers of this book really fell enlighten so if you are an advanced photographer but relatively new into studio portrait photography, this book is the best choice for you.

Time-tested lighting strategies that will improve the quality of a portrait are detailed in this book for beginning photographers. Terminology used by industry pros is explained, the equipment needed to create professional results is outlined, and the unique role that each element of the lighting setup plays in the studio is explored. Photographers learn how color, direction, form, and contrast affect the final portrait. The concise text, photo examples, and lighting diagrams enable photographers to easily achieve traditional lighting styles that have been the basis of good portraiture since the advent of the art.

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DoubleExposure.com has an interesting challenge for the members of photoworkshop.com and outsiders also. You can send up to five pictures regarding Flora and Fauna and win 3 months membership at photoworkshop.com.
But more important is that your pictures will be part of Double Exposure story “Double Exposure Challenge: Photographing Flora & Fauna” on April 1. They also consider the best entries in a book by photoworkshop.com that will soon be published (around July).
The images must be jpegs, 500 or 600 pixels on either side of the image, and 72 to 100 dpi.
Deadline: Friday, March 23, 2007.
Click to enter the contest

Since I just mentioned the photoworkshop book, here is some extra information about it directly from the source:

“The Photoworkshop book and DVD series comes to you via a new partnership between Wiley and PHOTOWORKSHOP.COM. Written by prominent photographers and photography teachers, these visually rich books teach the fundamentals of digital photography, focusing on core techniques that include composition, exposure and lighting. The goal is to lead you away from relying too heavily on computer photo editing and to get back to photography basics—the skills and tricks of the trade that will enable you to produce great images in-camera.”

Even more details here.

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Learn Nikon’s Capture NXâ„¢ and unleash the power of your Nikon® DSLR! The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NXâ„¢, by Jason P. Odell, is a comprehensive eBook tutorial that will help you get the most out of Nikon’s Capture NXâ„¢ software. Whether you are an advanced photographer or just getting started with digital, The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NXâ„¢ will lower your learning curve so you can start making great images right away. You don’t have to be a professional photographer to have professional quality images!
ISBN 978-1424332724

What’s inside:
• How to set up your Nikon DSLR for a raw workflow
• Global Adjustments to Light and Color
• Local Adjustments to Light and Color
• Sharpening and Noise Reduction techniques
• When to use Mode I, II or III color
• How to fix white balance like a pro
• How to recreate the look of Velvia film
• Highlight recovery
• How to use Color Control Points
• Can’t miss settings for beautiful landscapes
• Sure-fire settings for portraits
• Black and White conversions
• How to save multiple versions of your image in a single NEF file
• And much more!

The Photographer’s Guide to Capture NX is available on CD-ROM for $29.99 USD, or via download* for $24.99 USD.

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The Complete Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography
By Lee Frost
The 192 pages guide begins with a clear explanation of technical aspects that must be considered, such as the best equipment to use for low-light indoor or nighttime outdoor shots, which color and black-and-white films to choose, how to ensure correct exposure in tricky situations, and details relating to both natural and artificial light. The book then tackles a wide range of themes and lighting situations, presenting specific guidance for shooting low-light landscapes, portraits, buildings, carnivals, fireworks displays, and weather phenomena such as lightning, sunrises, and sunsets.

Night and Low-Light Techniques for Digital Photography
By Peter Cope
A 128 pages comprehensive discussion of color and tone teaches photographers how to change their overall perceptions in low-light environments and adjust their exposure settings and filters to suit a variety of light levels. The most adverse lighting situations are covered, such as floodlit cityscapes, lightning, sunsets, stage shows, and fireworks. Tips on taking advantage of the digital environment’s ability to manipulate and enhance low-light images both during and after the photo shoot are offered and technical information on both cameras and the latest software is discussed.

Digital Night and Low-Light Photography
By Tim Gartside
“Digital Night and Low-Light Photography” is an in-depth 160 pages guide to the techniques a photographer needs to guarantee great pictures under challenging lighting conditions. In addition, the book examines the differences in the way film and digital cameras perform in low light, and reveals how the new features built in to many digital cameras–in-camera image previewing, white-balance correction, and ISO adjustments–can make a difference. And it shows how digital-imaging techniques can be used to rescue a disaster, or perhaps create a masterpiece.

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Photoworkshop proposes 3 books (available in pdf format) which I find very good and with a simple language so that everyone can easy understand photography without having headaches.

Most of all I like “Simplified Tips & Trics” by Gregory Georges which covers in 10 Chapters each with 10 Subchapters. You’ll find out about selecting good photo opportunities, adjusting the camera settings, picking good light for the photos, prevent red-eye, reveal details with flash, shooting close-ups, portraits, and the advantage of the “Golden Hour”, controlling the exposure time and exposure compensation including combining two photos to get a full dynamic range, using the histogram to get the exposure you want, controlling focus and depth of field, composition tricks and creative tips, and, then, it goes deeper into image editing with Adobe Photoshop Elements.

The other book is called “50 Fast Digital Camera Techniques” by Kevin I. Moss also has 10 Chapters: Getting the Most from your Digital Camera, Taking Better Photographs, Using Advanced Features, Increasing the Quality of your Photos, Taking Pictures of People and Pets, Photographing Nature, “Scape” (Landscape, Waterscape, etc) Photography, Creative and Alternative Photography, Displaying and Taking Care of your Digital Images, and, finally, Becoming a better Photographer.

The 3rd book, called “Understanding the Aperture” and written by Bruce Waren, is a lot more technical as you can already notice from the title. “When you open or close a lens aperture, you double or halve the area through which light can travel As a result, exposure itselt is doubled or halved compared to the previously selected f-stop.”

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Hacking Digital Cameras focuses on customizing camera functionality, increasing flexibility, and adding the convenience to help you produce cool photographs. With this book, you will have fun capturing the images you never thought possible. Whatever your level of photographic experience, you will find that Hacking Digital Cameras is easy to read and quick to understand.
With step-by-step instructions, which save you time and money, you will learn to safely modify your camera bodies, lenses, and accessories to achieve desired results.
The book also includes photography theories relevant for each hack to get you up to speed quickly. Use your camera gears in brand new ways!

More information about this at www.camerahacker.com

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Are you ready to move on from a hobby to a profession? Here’s a book with tips on how to gain money by doing something you really enjoy: photographing. It’s definitely needed for anyone looking for places to sell photographs, but it won’t tell you how to make good photos.

Whether they’re trying to break into a stock agency or sell their first image to the local newspaper, photographers will find all the keys to success to success right here. This comprehensive guide is packed with information on markets, ranging from magazines, newspapers, and book publishers to advertising agencies, galleries and more! There’s also priceless insider information on the photography business from some of the industry’s top talents.

What the book “Photographers Market” (30th Rev edition – November 7, 2006) contains:

• 2,000 completely updated photo markets–with listings for the U.S. and abroad
• More than 50 pages of tips and advice to give photographers at every level a boost
• A total of 633 pages

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