Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Highlights Volumes - On My Bookshelf S04E01

Small in Size, Big on Quality

Following on from my blog post last week where I told you what my favourite six books on landscape photography were, I’ve decided this week to look at a completely different genre of photography. While I’m not a wildlife photographer myself, I still love looking at wildlife pictures, particularly those found in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

After a few years of not buying the competition book, I was delighted to find that the competition publishes smaller, paperback versions of the big hardback books. These are known as the Highlights Volumes and they are a great way to view some of the word class photography that this prestigious competition attracts.

In this mini-episode of On My Bookshelf, I look at these mini-books to see if it is worth finding a space for them on my bookshelf.

You can pick up copies of these books using the links below.

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 Highlights

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: 2016 Highlights

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Highlights Volume 3

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Highlights Volume 4

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Highlights Volume 5

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Highlights Volume 6

• Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Highlights Volume 7

• Magnetic Bookmarks

5 Great Landscape Photography Books - On My Bookshelf S01E01

A New Video Series

For me, photography books are still very important in my development as a landscape photographer.  I value the experience that a book gives me.  Rather than simply just scrolling through an image feed on one of the popular photo sharing sites, reading a book gives me the time to really look at a photograph.  It's a more involved experience and I like the way it forces me to take time away from the computer to look at an image in detail.  Besides, looking at photographs in print is always a great experience.

So I've decided to create a new series of videos for my YouTube channel called On My Bookshelf. In each video will talk about a book (or even a few books) that are important to me and tell you why.  I think we all should spend more time reading photography books, and hopefully, these videos will give you some ideas on what to read next.

5 Great Landscape Photography Books

For my first video in this series, I tell you about my 5 favourite landscape photography books.

I hope you enjoyed the video and that it has inspired you to grab your favourite photography book.  If you are interested in picking up any of the books I mentioned in the video, you can use the following links:

1. The Causeway Coast by Steven Hanna (ISBN 978-0857043047) - Amazon or direct from Steven for signed copy

2. The Art of Landscape Photography by Ross Hoddinott and Mark Bauer (ISBN 978-1781450529) - Amazon

3. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 26 (ISBN 978-0565093952) - Amazon

4. Photographing Cornwall and Devon by Adam Burton (ISBN 978-0992905132) - Amazon

5. Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 1 (ISBN 978-0749552244) - Amazon

The links used above are Amazon affiliate links. By buying through the links I may receive a commission for the sale. This has no effect on the price for you.

There are a number of exciting landscape photography books coming out over the next few months so be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel so you get notified when I publish a new episode of On My Bookshelf!

So do you have a favourite photography book?  Which photography book are looking forward to seeing next?  Let me know in the comments below.