Help me select a book!

[DocFrankenstein]

I am gonna be teaching a photography course. The people will come in with zero knowledge and I need to teach them some basic concepts in about 8 lessons.

Stuff like shutter speed, aperture, DOF, focus, different film speeds...

I know this stuff, but I am not the best teacher. Is there a nice book I could get an outline for something like this?

Thanks

 

[ksmattfish]

Henry Horenstein's books:

Black and White Photography
Color Photography
Beyond Basic Photography

Even though it's called "BW Photography" the lessons on exposure, etc... are still good for color shooters.

 

[mattvillano]

National Geographic Photography Field Guide.

There's probably more but this one explains the basics pretty easily.

 

[airgunr]

Another is John Hedgerco (sp?- I know I didn't spell the last name right) "The Photographers Handbook". Covers just about everything.

 

[ksmattfish]

John Hedgecoe and Michael Langford have put out numerous photo "how to" books.

 

[Solarize]

yeah, i've found that John Hedgecoe's "handbook" is very useful. It outlines the things you have mentioned and it isn't overwhelmingly technical.

 

[DocFrankenstein]

Thank you guys. I'll check them out.