Lighting for Glamour
Black and White Photography
Black and White Photography: A Basic Manual
Creative Black-And-White Photography: Advanced Camera and Darkroom Techniques
Mastering Black-And-White Photography: From Camera to Darkroom
A Short Course in Photography: An Introduction to Black and White Photographic Technique (4th Edition)
Special Techniques
Basic Photographic Materials and Processes, Second Edition
Infrared Photography Handbook
The Complete Guide to Close Up & Macro Photography
The Complete Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography
The New Darkroom Handbook: A Complete Guide to the Best Design, Construction, and Equipment
The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures
Photographing Interiors
How to Photograph Buildings and Interiors
Professional Interior Photography
Mounting and Framing
Home Book of Picture Framing
Picture Framing (Library of Professional Picture Framing, Volume 1)
Mat Cutting & Decoration (Library of Professional Picture Framing, Volume 2)
How to Make Your Own Picture Frames
On the Business Side
ASMP : Professional Business Practices in Photography -- Buy this book if you ever plan on selling one of your images.
The Photographer's Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion
Wedding Photography: Art, Business, and Style -- Steve Sint; Probably the only complete guide to wedding photography available; from business to developing a personal repertoire, written by a truly artistic wedding shooter. Well worth the money.
2003 Photographer's Market: 2,000+ Places to Sell Your Photography
How to Operate a Successful Photo Portrait Studio
How to Start a Home-Based Photography Business, 4th
Nature Photography
The Art of Bird Photography : The Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques -- A must have if you are considering photographing birds.
John Shaw's Landscape Photography -- Your landscapes will improve ten-fold after reading this book. Describes the often over-looked details in making stuning landscapes.
John Shaw's Closeups in Nature
John Shaw's Focus on Nature
John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide
Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography
Nature Photographer's Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques
Creative Outdoor Photography - Part 1
Creative Outdoor Photography - Part 2
Portraiture
Corrective Lighting and Posing Techniques for Portrait Photographers
Master Posing Guide for Portrait Photographers
The Pro Lighting Series - Portraits
Professional Secrets of Natural Light Portrait Photography
Posing and Lighting Techniques for Studio Portrait Photography
Studio Portrait Photography of Children and Babies
The Art and Business of High School Senior Portrait Photography
Group Portrait Photography Handbook
Lighting Techniques for High Key Portrait Photography
Photographing Children in Black & White
Professional Secrets of Nude and Beauty Photography
Portrait Photographer's Handbook
Professional Secrets for Photographing Children
Outdoor and Location Portrait Photography
Photojournalism
Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach - My personal favorite.
Witness in Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers
Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History
Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism
Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War
The Photojournalist's Guide to Making Money
The Zone System and Exposure Technique
The Practical Zone System -- You want to learn the zone? Don't want to re-live calculus? This book is a treasure.
The Zone System for 35Mm Photographers: A Basic Guide to Exposure Control
The Confused Photographer's Guide to Photographic Exposure and the Simplified Zone System
Understanding Exposure
Kodak Gray Cards
National Geographic Guides
National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Landscapes
National Geographic Photography Field Guide: People and Portraits
National Geographic Photography Field Guide: Secrets to Making Great Pictures
Kodak Guides
Kodak Professional Photoguide (6th edition)
Existing Light Photography
Using Filters
Studio & Commercial Photography
Copying and Duplicating: Photographic and Digital Imaging Techniques
Kodak Guide to 35mm Photography: Techniques for Better Pictures
Kodak Pocket Guide to 35mm Photography
Photo Assisting
The Photographer's Assistant Handbook -- It is the most comprehensive book on the subject I've seen.
Hardware Specific Guides
The Hasselblad Manual, Fifth Edition
The Nikon Flash Guide : The Definitive Speedlight Reference
Using the View Camera
View Camera Technique, Seventh Edition
The Medium Format Advantage, Second Edition
Magic Lantern Guides - Canon Eos Elan 7/7E, Eos 30/30E
Magic Lantern Guides - Nikon N80/F80
Magic Lantern Guides - Nikon N65/F65
Magic Lantern Guides - Nikon F100
More Magic Lantern Guides
Image Design and Print
Designing a Photograph: Visual Techniques for Making Your Photographs Work
Learning to See Creatively
Photography and the Art of Seeing
Non-Designer's Scan & Print Book
Photo Essays / Portfolios
Two books that I think are remarkable are Tribes and Rhythms from the Wild by Art Wolfe. Both have over 120 images that will bring you to exotic places and sites we may never experience ourselves. I've been an Art Wolfe fan for years, and these are my favorites of his work. Art has an impressive web site you should see.
The Photo Book - an amazing collection of 500 photographers' images that span the lifetime of photography.
William Eggleston's Guide
Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art
Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey, 1963-1999
Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs
The Phaidon 55 series - portfolios by 20 different photographers; 55 shots each. A neat, very affordable approach to highlighting these photogs' work. Insightful commentary on many of the shots are provided by "celebrity" photo editors and photographers.
photo technique / technical reference / the big photography list
kayaking / birding / popular picks
