Taking pictures is a great way to save wonderful memories to reminisce about later. But what about when you accidentally cut off someone's head in the photo, or block the aperture with your thumb? The library is here to help! Between our extensive catalog of books and the LinkedIn Learning eSource (formerly Lynda.com), you'll have all the tools you need to take GREAT photos with you camera or mobile device!
Using LinkedIn Learning is easy, you just need your ibrary card and PIN to log in! You can select topics you're interested in, save your progress, and set goals for your learning journey. There are several video courses on LinkedIn Learning for Photography, with a separate section just for Mobile Photography, including low light photos, portraits, and photo editing. Videos are posted and updated all the time, so there's always something new to learn!
With LinkedIn Learning, you'll be a photo-taking pro in no time!
Are you looking for some photo inspo, like a book or two full of gorgeous photography? Check out these titles!
Of Love and War
by Lynsey Addario
779.9355 ADD 2018
The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist presents a curated selection of images from her work in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa, in a collection that features essays by such contributors as Dexter Filkins, Suzy Hansen and Christy Turlington...an utterly compelling and singular statement about the world, and all its inescapable chaos and conflict, from one of the most brilliant and influential journalists working today in any medium. -Baker & Taylor
The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals
by Joel Sartore
779.32 SAR 2017
Sartore is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. With a goal of photographing every animal in captivity in the world, he has photographed more than 6,000 already! This book showcases his animal portraits: from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one-horned rhinoceros. -Random House, Inc.
Pictures on the Radio
by David P. Gilkey
779.99 GIL 2021
Compiles the work of David Gilkey, a celebrated conflict photographer who helped NPR bring vivid life to big and small stories with global impact. Known for chronicling pain and beauty in war and conflict, his death in 2016 made headlines around the country and the globe. includes photographs from assignments in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Gaza covering war, natural disasters, and political strife, but also a surreal journey on the tran-Siberian railroad, a voyage down the Yamuna, and coverage of American war-veterans showcasing Gilkey's range as a photojournalist whose work captured the strength and fragility of our humanity and our planet. -Random House, Inc.
Forever Wandering: Our Natural World Through the Eyes of Hello Emilie
by Emilie Ristevski
779.36 RIS 2020
Forever Wandering documents the endless beauty of our natural world. Photographer and the creative mind behind @helloemilie, Emilie Ristevski, invites you on a journey through her lens with a collection of otherworldly landscapes and photographic studies of the delicate ecosystems that make our planet unique. The photography that fills these pages shows our world's immense diversity, from the vast desert landscapes in Namibia to the frozen glacial icecaps in Greenland and the red haze of the Australian outback. -Baker & Taylor
100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time
779 ONE 2015
While they may not be the most famous or well-known photographs, each one is unique for the way in which it changed, influenced, or commemorated a particular world event. From the first sports photograph to ever win the Pulitzer Prize - that of Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium to the photograph of Student Neda Agha-Soltan's death during Iran's 2009 election protests, each of these photographs is significant in how it forever changed how we live, learn, communicate, and in many cases, view the world. -Grand Central Pub