Best house & hotel photography books according to redditors

These are what I've been reading lately:

The Art Of Japanese Joinery https://www.amazon.com/dp/0834815168/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_iu3lDbFDTNZHX

Modern Practical Joinery https://www.amazon.com/dp/0941936082/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_3u3lDbXBS44FG

The Unplugged Woodshop: Hand-Crafted Projects for the Home & Workshop https://www.amazon.com/dp/1600857639/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Cv3lDb3AXFZK4

The Complete Manual of Woodworking: A Detailed Guide to Design, Techniques, and Tools for the Beginner and Expert https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679766111/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_MC3lDb1VJZAGN

And one from B&N
https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/woodworking-wisdom-know-how-taunton-press/1122228678?ean=9780762465446

Here's a few:

Mid-Century Modern: Interiors, Furniture, Design Details (Conran Octopus Interiors)

Making Midcentury Modern

Mid-Century Modern Furniture: Shop Drawings & Techniques for Making 29 Projects

Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Mid-century Designers

So I ended up going on an Internet dive because I’ve been on an architecture kick lately. “How to build Japanese without looking like a weeb” was an interesting topic.

This book looks really promising though I haven’t read it. I think you can probably apply a lot of the proportions and materials to a Western style home.

French doors instead of paper screens. While clearly traditional, this interior doesn’t require a traditional Japanese exterior. From the outside, that window configuration could be any American sunroom.

And I think that a U-shaped house plan would do miracles, since you could have a fairly inconspicuous ranch exterior but stick a Japanese garden in the center courtyard, with all interior spaces open to it.

Throwback to 2014. Photos I've not seen before! Found them in photography book TOKYO INNOCENCE by Mika Ninagawa.

BABYMETAL BIG PORTRAIT

BABYMETAL SINGLE PORTRAITS

this reminds me of a book called wood burner.

i love this type of architecture taxonomy..
http://www.amazon.com/Wood-Burner-Mihalyo-Daniel/dp/156898104X

Really focus on your lighting. Lighting can be tricky in a forest, but the two golden hours can be your best friend.

Also, find something interesting, fill your frame with it, and use the forest as your background. Forests can be extremely "busy", and you often need to try to focus on one subject.

Last, I would recommend checking out "Capture the Magic" by Jack Dykinga. Dykinga's an accomplished nature and landscape photographer, and although this book is far from a how-to guide, it is easy to understand and may give you some good ideas. I bought a copy about a year ago, and loved it.

http://www.amazon.com/Capture-Magic-Improve-Photographic-Composition/dp/1937538354

Edit: I think this needs to be said... You've taken a huge step by evaluating your photos and identifying problems on your own. I also think it takes a lot of courage to publicly display your work (especially on Reddit), and ask for advice on how to improve it. It took me about fifteen years to get to a point where I'm generally happy with my photos and feel like they have my "look." I've taken thousands of photos that I wouldn't care to share. :)

Keep at it!

>"I always felt I'm more Betty than Veronica, myself." Nobody gives a fuck, lady.

Aw.

>When we wake up to a certain degree, we tend to shuck and chuck lots of things from our lives. We purge. The purging feels so good, we look for what else can be purged.

I called the disposal company today to get a roll-away for this yard ancient yard-waste we keep finding around the field and brush. We've probably done three rounds of purging useless crap and stuff over the past two years. There was a book we had, lent it to friends and it never made it's way back, BUT, it's called: Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors.

Description:
>Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century cross-cuts the ranks of important books on social history, consumerism, contemporary culture, the meaning of material culture, domestic architecture, and household ethnoarchaeology.

>Using archaeological approaches to human material culture, this volume offers unprecedented access to the middle-class American home through the kaleidoscopic lens of no-limits photography and many kinds of never-before acquired data about how people actually live their lives at home.

This book was repeatedly shocking to see how much people own, and how much time they really spend outside, even though they talked about how much they valued nature. They talked and acted like...2D people.

Purging is hard with kids. But necessary. Who needs 22 pairs of pants, honestly?! We're grateful because we get so much second hand stuff, but it builds up quickly. Purging helps reduce the time I spend with stuff management and organization.

Thanks for sharing your day in Big Sur. That water and forest look amazing. Ever hike around in that beautiful greenery here or find any hidden treasures?

There is Engel's [Measure and Construction of the Japanese House] (https://www.amazon.com/Measure-Construction-Japanese-Contains-Sketches/dp/0804814929).

https://www.amazon.com/Punk-House-Interiors-Abby-Banks/dp/0810993317

I haven't done that sort of coffee table book before, mine are all black & white and priced for very small tables. And yeah, color printing is super expensive, especially if it's a small production run.

Thanks for pointing this out! I did some Google Street views, and, as I suspected, a lot of the homes that have not been renovated in this area are what is known as Cinderella homes. These were midcentury storybook homes that they started to build in southern California in the 1950s.

They were called "Cinderella homes" because their layout was apparently supposed to help make housework easy and free the "modern Cinderella" (i.e., stay-at-home housewives) from the drudgery of housework.

If you want to read more about them, there is a photography-focused book entitled All You Can Lose Is Your Heart. It's also available for checkout from the Central branch of the library.

Punk House is a pretty entertaining photo book about... well, punk houses. The house I used to live in is in there, too, so that's cool for my nostalgia.

Wow, OP, this is a seriously impressive chair. You really did a great job of balancing an elegantly designed form with thoughtful details. I've been waffling on the idea of building an armchair recently and seeing your rocker is very inspirational.

If you haven't already read it, can I recommend Handcrafted Modern by Leslie Williamson. It's a great look into the homes of some influential 20th century designers, I've found it a great inspiration for design.

You're quite right. Books like this one discuss in some depth just how normal it used to be for families to all sleep in a single room, and how activities like sex and having to take a leak in the night were tolerated and accepted.

Modern A-Frame Book

You may quite enjoy Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Hong-Kong-Corner-Houses-Michael/dp/9888028723&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiR6ZWpsYvmAhUMn-AKHZsKD_8QFjAAegQICRAB&usg=AOvVaw0qAZSLQADUf2mKDZ32NcjP

There's a few books you can get to start things out. If you go through them and it doesn't diminish your passion but increases it, they'll set you on course to get started on your own. They also are worth reading if you've already begun.

• The Soul of a Tree - A Woodworker's Reflections by George Nakashima
  
  
• Good Clean Fun - Misadventures in Sawdust at the Offerman Woodshop by Nick Offerman
  
  
• The Art of Japanese Joinery by Kiyose Seike
  
  
• Illustrated Cabinetmaking - How to Design and Construct Furniture that Works by Bill Hylton
  
  
• Hand Tools - Their Ways and Workings by Aldren A. Watson
  
  
• The Real Wood Bible - The Complete Illustrated Guide to Choosing and Using 100 Decorative Woods by Nick Gibbs
  
  
• Woodworking - The Right Technique by Bob Moran
  
  
• Woodworking 101 - Skill Building Projects that Teach the Basics by Aimé Fraser, Matthew Teague, and Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk
  
  Source here for this list of books with additional ones (that I haven't personally seen or read).
  
  Edit:
  Apologies if these are in the sidebar. I'm on mobile and can't view it.

This post was not meant to be 'blog spam'. I posted the link straight to the blog, and not to the flickr set because the rest of the blog has some amazing stuff on it as well. I found this incredible Japanese Baseball Card Book just because of this site's archives. I have no idea who writes this blog. I just like it is all... :)

Keep in mind, termites are normally just below the house. If they are up high it's most likely wood worms (thats what a termite hunter here in Japan told us).
Also check this book regarding general symmetry of japanese houses: https://www.amazon.com/Measure-Construction-Japanese-Contains-Sketches/dp/0804814929

Precisely. If you're interested in contextualizing further the social image of children, this book is indispensable:

http://www.amazon.com/Pictures-Innocence-History-Childhood-Interplay/dp/0500280487/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195261275&sr=8-1

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