I collect a great deal of photography books - both coffee table art photography books as well as instructional books. The following is the list of books I own and (where applicable) a short review and/or a link to a larger discussion posted to the main page.

If you have favorite books in either vein, please use the contact link to drop me a line and let me know what I should look for.

Enjoy!

- Bill

PS: I provide links to Amazon mainly because they generally have everything listed (more-so than some of the other big chain book stores). However, look for deals where-ever you can find them - I personally am a huge fan of Half Price Books, but they don't have stuff listed online (but the excitement of getting an awesome book like one of these for super cheap is usually nice).

Fine Art

• Burnie, David - Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife - ISBN: 978-0789477644
• Cousteau, Fabien - Ocean: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed - ISBN: 978-1405330923
• Dalton, Stephen - Spiders: The Ultimate Predators - ISBN: 978-1554073467
• Doubilet, David - Water Light Time - ISBN: 978-0714846057
• Fothergill, Alastair - The Blue Planet: Seas of Life - ISBN: 978-0789482655
• Grundberg, Andy - In Response to Place - ISBN: 0821227408
• Jones, Andrea - Plantworlds - ISBN: 978-8889431153
• Jones, Burt - Diving Indonesia's Bird's Head Seascape - ISBN: 978-9791173186
• Jones, Burt - Diving Indonesia's Raja Ampat - ISBN: 978-9791173063
• Jones, Burt - Secret Sea - ISBN: 978-0964273672
• Kostyal, K. M. - Great Migrations - ISBN: 978-1426206443
• Laman, Tim - Birds of Paradise: Revealing the World's Most Extraordinary Birds - ISBN: 978-1426209581
• Lanting, Frans - Eye to Eye - ISBN: 978-3836508940
• Marent, Thomas - Butterfly - ISBN: 978-0756633400
• Marent, Thomas - Frog - ISBN: 978-0756641320
• Marent, Thomas - Life in the Wild - ISBN: 0756656966
• Marent, Thomas - Rainforest - ISBN: 978-1405315302
• Munzinger, Paul - 100 Diving Sites: Underwater Paradises Around the Globe - ISBN: 978-1407595009
• Nightengale, Neil - Wild Australasia - ISBN: 978-1552978559
• Rotman, Jeff - Underwater Eden: 365 Days - ISBN: 978-0810993112
• Santella, Chris- Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die - ISBN: 978-1584797104
• Scubazoo - Reef - ISBN: 978-0756631222
• Sierra Club Books - Galen Rowell: A Retrospective - ISBN: 978-1578051595
• Starosta, Paul - Frogs: And Other Amphibians - ISBN: 978-1905377053
• Steene, Roger - Coral Seas - ISBN: 978-1552092903
• Steene, Roger - Oceanic Wilderness - ISBN: 978-1552979990

Instructional

• Aaland, Mikkel - Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure - ISBN: 978-0596521011
• Braasch, Gary - Photographing the Patterns of Nature - ISBN: 978-0817454296
• Busselle, Michael - 100 Ways to Take Better Photographs - ISBN: 978-0715314999
• Davies, Paul - Small Things Big: Close-up and Macro Photography - ISBN: 978-0715316887
• Davis, Harold - Creative Night - ISBN: 978-0470527092
• Davis, Harold - The Photoshop Darkroom - ISBN: 978-0240812595
• Easterby, John - 150 Projects to Strengthen Your Photography Skills - ISBN: 978-0764144707
• Edge, Martin - The Underwater Photographer - ISBN: 978-0240521640
• Edwardes, Guy - 100 Ways to Take Better Landscape Photographs - ISBN: 978-0715319932
• Edwardes, Guy - 100 Ways to Take Better Nature & Wildlife Photographs - ISBN: 978-0715331491
• Evening, Martin - Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers - ISBN: 978-0240522005
• Ferrari, Andrea & Antonella - A Diver's Guide to The Art of Underwater Photography - ISBN: 978-9832731023
• Fitzharris, Tim - Close-up Photography in Nature - ISBN: 978-1554070220
• Fitzharris, Tim - National Audubon Society Guide to Nature Photography: Digital Edition - ISBN: 978-1554073924
• Fitzharris, Tim - Nature Photography Hot Spots - ISBN: 978-1552090923
• Freeman, Michael - Perfect Exposure - ISBN: 978-0240811710
• Frost, Lee - 50 Photo Projects - Ideas to Kickstart Your Photography - ISBN: 978-0715329764
• Gatcum, Chris - Camera Creative - ISBN: 978-0817424503
• Greenaway, Frank - Exposing Nature - ISBN: 978-0565091934
• Guncheon, Michael - Magic Lantern Guides: Canon EOS 7D - ISBN: 978-1600596643
• Guncheon, Michael - Magic Lantern Guides: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT - ISBN: 978-1579907617
• Guy, NK - Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography - ISBN: 978-1933952444
• Lezano, Daniel - 100 Ways to Take Better Portrait Photograph - ISBN: 978-0715323250
• Milton, Michael - 100 Ways to Take Better Black and White Photographs - ISBN: 978-0715320358
• Peterson, Bryan - Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition - ISBN: 978-0817439392
• Shaw, John - Closeups in Nature - ISBN: 978-0817440527
• Shaw, John - Focus on Nature - ISBN: 978-0817440565
• Story, Derrick - The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers - ISBN: 978-0596521936
• Thompson, Robert - Close-Up on Insects: A Photographer's Guide - ISBN: 978-1861082381
• Tipling, David - The Bird Watcher's Guide to Digital Photography - ISBN: 978-1592236084
• Young, Steve - A Field Guide to Bird Photography - ISBN: 978-1861082527

Identification

• Allen, Gerald - Reef Fish Identification: Tropical Pacific - ISBN: 978-1878348364
• Anderson, R. Charles - An underwater Guide to Indonesia - ISBN: 978-0824823689
• Arnett, Dr. Ross H. - Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects - ISBN: 978-0671250140
• Brandenburg, David M. - Field Guide to Wildflowers of North America - ISBN: 978-1402741548
• Brock, Jim P. - Butterflies of North America - ISBN: 978-0618153121
• Howell, W. Mike - Spiders of the Eastern United States - ISBN: 978-0536758538
• Humann, Paul - Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific - ISBN: 978-1878348449
• Humann, Paul - Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas - ISBN: 978-1878348326
• Humann, Paul - Reef Creature Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas - ISBN: 978-1878348319
• Humann, Paul - Reef Fish Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas - ISBN: 978-1878348302
• Knopf, Alfred - Insects and Spiders (Audubon Society Pocket Guides) - ISBN: 978-0394757926
• Valdes, Angel - Caribbean Sea Slugs - ISBN: 978-0970057426