FREE PHOTOGRAPHY EBOOK DOWNLOAD SITES

Some really good finds here! We searched through more than just the websites below, and many of the free e-books were not actually free, or the download links didn't work, or the page no longer existed.

At the time of doing our search (February 2009), everything was pretty much in order on these websites below.

Here are the free photography ebook links
with a brief description of each site or book

Photo Secrets

A wonderful website with free online photography books and courses, as well as links to further sites with free online books, or free ebook downloads. Some of the book titles include:
Photo Secrets How to sell your photos
Photo Secrets The Law for Photographers
Curtin's Guide to Digital Cameras
Photoshop Tips and Tricks
A Manual of Photography
Some of their courses and tutorials are:
Better Photo
School of Photography
Shoot Smarter
Web Photo School


DIY Photography - six and two halves must read free digital photography ebooks

Personal lighting systems
Lighting 101
Tips for digital photographers using lightroom
Wedding photography
Photo journalism technique
Starting a photography business
Street photography


The Textbook of Digital Photography

Free ebook download. 11 chapters covering over 130 photographic subjects including:
What is a digital photograph?
Composing images
Image size
Image formats
Photo-editing
The importance of exposure
Shutter controls
Aperture controls
Eliminating blur from camera movement
Depth of field
White balance
Zoom lenses
lens accessories
Macro lenses
Long and short focal lens lengths
Flash photography
Controlling flash exposures
Studio photography
Using reflectors
Portrait photography
Studio lights
Hard and soft lights
Slide shows
Making prints
Printing paper
Pin hole photography


usa.canon.com

Various CHAPTERS of various Canon digital photography books to download for free. Some of the free chapters include titles like:
Techniques for Great Photos
Reviewing the Elements of Exposure
In the Field with EOS 40D
Nature Landscape and Travel Photography
Simple Posing for Great Portraits
Choosing and using Lens


Marketing for photographers and photography

The free to download photography resource e-book for both amateur and experienced photographers entitled Freeze, I have a Camera and I'm not afraid to use it.


All Things Photography

Sign up to subscribe to a free newsletter from this very informative photographic site that also has a forum, and receive a free photography ebook.


Get Free Ebooks

10 Photography Posing Tips


11 Essential photoshop ebooks for free

Some involve having to subscribe to a free newsletter.


Online Free ebooks

Some of the titles are:
Aperture Digital Photography Fundamentals
LightRoom Tips and Tricks
Passion for Photography


20 Best websites to download free ebooks

Links to, and description of contents of, 20 websites that offer free e-book downloads on a huge variety of subjects including:
photoshop
3D animation
graphic design


Further interesting or helpful photography information:

OutdoorPhoto has a fantastic forum
with helpful members
who you can get more photography advice and tips from


our free public domain pictures


My first efforts at wedding photography
in Cintsa East, East Coast Resorts area, East London



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The following ebooks or digital products related to photography are NOT free, but may be of interest (follow the links to read a description of each one):

Photo editor software that rivals Photoshop Cs? Check it out!

Get paid to draw - Make Money With Art, Design, Photography, & Photos!

Digital Photography Success

Easy Photography Business - for US citizens

by Teresa Schultz
Written: February 2009