Books and magazines are a valuable resource when it comes to learning more about photography, travel, birds, animals, life on the road, and more. We have sorted out a wide variety of books that have served us well and that we highly recommend to help you learn more about nature photography and travel.
When we find new books or collections, we’ll let you know here, helping you to expand your library of books on nature photography, travel, wildlife, travel photography, bird photography, and the study of all things natural, and occassionally “unnatural”.
Learning to travel light, we have now expanded our library to include books in digital form and we will be reviewing and discussing these, as well.
Amelia Hits the Road, by Marissa Moss (and YEEHAW - Amelia!), is a fantastic book for children, introducing them to travel and life on the road.
This is my new travel notebook. Mom bought it for me so I wouldn't be bored on the long driving part of this trip. She said if I'm busy writing, [...]
Chieh Cheng's Camera Hacker is a site featuring technical articles and tips, as well as the Camera Hacker's Hacking Digital Cameras book. If you are a computer techie and into hacking up computer and digital parts and pieces, including cameras, you'll find plenty to keep you busy there.
Highlighted tips, tricks and techniques for understanding and [...]
Jim Zuckerman, contributing editor to Petersen's Photographic Magazine, is a master of all forms of photography, especially nature photography, though he loves pushing the limits with digital and studio manipulation. He has published many articles and books on his work, helping others learn various photographic techniques. As fans of his work for a very long time, we've singled out a few of his best books to help you build your photography library with some of the best work.
If you are a photographer in the UK, there is now a UK Photographers Rights Document available in PDF form to guide you through the ins and outs of the laws and restrictions of photography in England.
The UK Photographers Rights PDF is intended to provide a short UK guide to the main legal restrictions on [...]
While this isn't one of our recommendations on books, it is another resource nature and science lovers need to know about.
The Nature Publishing Group has announced it is releasing their archives to the public back to 1970. Started in 1869, Nature is the the most highly-cited weekly multidisciplinary journal.
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) announced [...]
Inspiration is an amazing thing. It can come from anywhere. From a song or sound heard, a story told, a memory shared...but for us, much of our inspiration comes from books. We seek them out when we need to see how things have been done before, and to plan how we will do them better. We have a wide range of books we refer to that help us with our inspiration, and these are our recommendations.
Magazines are a tremendous resource, not just because of the articles and resources they provide, but for their perspective and predicitons on fads and fashions. Magazines speak for the people and about the people. A book is published and it either makes it or breaks it, but it is a one time effort per book. A magazine must sing to the choir repeatedly month after month, attracting readers and deperately hanging on to them over and over and over again. Few magazines make it to "success", defined as lasting more than five years. If they last longer, then they are worth investing in and reading.
Examine magazines for their inspiration, but also go through them and look for trends. We have a few to recommend to you for serious consideration.
Traveling and writing about our travels, we've found some amazing books about various regions, the wildlife, habitat, and natural environment for our nature photography. Many of these books help you find the wildlife and understand how to get close for nature and wildlife photography, while others give you indepth views of the natural areas of these places. This is just the tip of the ice berg on regional travel books and we'll be adding more as we go. Enjoy!
