What topics should a free ebook for beginner photographers cover?
Asked 4/15/2012
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We're planning a free ebook in our native language for people who are just starting photography. We'd like the first book to focus on practical beginner topics, with example photos that explain camera settings and basic technique. What subjects should we include to make it genuinely useful for new photographers without making it too technical?
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Photography Stack Exchange contributor
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Here would be my topics
- How to Hold a Digital Camera
- How to buy the right equipment for you
- Composure - Some basic rules and how to break them
- Shutter/Aperture settings - How they affect your shot
- Depth of field
- Lighting and Exposure
- How to use flash
- What is ISO?
- How to pre-focus and use auto focus effectively
- An introduction to White Balance
- Lenses and Focal Length
- Printing Your Work
- How to Clean a Digital Camera and Lenses
If that was a book when I had started I would have been very pleased
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A strong beginner ebook should cover the fundamentals first, with clear examples and simple language. Good core topics from the suggestions include: how to hold and use a camera, basic equipment choices, lenses and focal length, autofocus and pre-focusing, the exposure triangle (aperture, shutter speed, ISO), depth of field, lighting and exposure, flash basics, white balance, composition, and printing.
It would also help to include broader beginner-friendly chapters such as a short history of photography, major genres of photography with visual examples, creative/conceptual thinking, and equipment maintenance/cleaning. A buying guide can be useful too, especially if it emphasizes choosing the right gear rather than assuming more gear makes someone a better photographer.
For structure, keep the book practical and not overly technical. Organize it around the most common beginner questions, and use lots of example images to show how settings change the result. That will make it more approachable and useful for true beginners.
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