Photo Productions - a London-based company that produces premium photo books for all special occasions - have launched brand new Parent Books to complement their existing range of albums. Starting at £68 including professional design, printing and delivery, these half-size albums are constructed using the same high-quality methods as their bigger brethren, with bevelled acrylic covers. The entire range of premium photo books can be ordered through the website below.

Rocky Nook has re-published Adrian Schulz’s “Architectural Photography: Composition, Capture, and Digital Image Processing”, a step-gy-step guide to the photography of buildings and interiors. This second edition has been extensively revised and includes 80 new images and illustrations, as well as an expanded chapter on shooting interior spaces. Also included is an updated discussion of post-processing techniques and the latest technical developments in the world of photography. The 240-page book is available for $44.95.

Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964 is a monograph by James A. Ganz, which presents for the first time a collection of newly discovered pictures Tress took in 1964 as a young man. The photographs reveal a theme familiar to Tress’s many fans: the intersection of the absurd and the mundane. Formally posed portraits on the streets of San Francisco as well as candid views of shop windows, signs and other idiosyncrasies of the local landscape capture the vibrant scene in the Bay Area at the dawn of a chaotic era. An introductory essay discusses the historical context of the works while an interview with Tress illuminates the making and rediscovery of these brilliant images. The 112-page hardback is going on sale on 12th March for £22.50.

The Beginner’s Guide to Landscape Photography is a new e-book by Dimitri Vasileiou and Mike Bell. Primarily designed as an aid to newcomers to the genre, this sixty-page book covers a range of subjects from white balance to focusing to post-processing. According to the authors, it could even provide inspiration to experienced landscape photographers. The book is available for £14.95 from the website below.

Rocky Nook has re-published Torsten Andreas Hoffmann’s book, The Art of Black and White Photography. Highlighting the creative aspects of B&W photography, the author introduces the reader to the basic rules of composition through his own images, and discusses the elements of a “photographic language,” which distinguishes creative photography from random shooting. He also covers digital post-processing techniques in great detail. The second edition has been updated to include Photoshop CS5, and features brand new images, new content, and a revised layout. The Art of Black and White Photography is available for $44.95.

PhotoShelter has just released a new free educational guide, The Photographer’s Social Media Handbook. This two-part document helps photographers understand their desired target audience and build a thriving following, optimise and integrate social media platforms into a daily workflow, develop and implement key content-posting strategies, take advantage of the newest social media features and track their progress. This handbook also includes first-hand interviews with seasoned photographers who have mastered Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Twitter and established significant online followings. You can download your copy of The Photographer’s Social Media Handbook from the website below.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide by Carol Roullard and Brian Matsumoto is a new book from Rocky Nook. This guide explores the GH2 camera in detail, including basic camera functions, the menu system, the various settings, the extended video capabilities and more. The book is available for $29.95.

White Knight Press has just released the Photographer’s Guide to the Canon PowerShot S100, a 283-page guidebook available as a PDF or a 5.5x8.5-inch paperback. This book, written by Alexander S. White, is a follow-up to the author’s earlier guides to advanced compact digital cameras. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, the Photographer’s Guide to the Canon PowerShot S100 explains all operations, features, menus, and controls of the camera in clear language, providing guidance not only about how to accomplish things with the camera, but when and why to use certain features. The PDF version is available now for $9.95, while the paperback edition will retail for $24.95.

Shaped by War is the largest ever UK exhibition about the life and work of one of the world’s most acclaimed photographers, Don McCullin. On show at IWM London until 15 April 2012, the exhibition brings together McCullin’s frontline work from conflicts all over the world including the confrontation between East and West Berlin, Vietnam and Cambodia, the conflicts of the Middle East and the intense human suffering in Biafra and Bangladesh. These are displayed alongside McCullin’s photographs of more recent conflicts such as the Gulf War and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. The exhibition is accompanied by a book, Don McCullin: Shaped by War, published by Jonathan Cape in association with IWM. The 208-page hardback has an RRP of £25.

Visions of Sport is a coffee-table book featuring some of the best sports photographs found in the archives of Getty Images. The 200-page hardback includes both black-and-white and colour images of the most famous sports stars, including Maria Sharapova, Muhammad Ali, Jessica Ennis, Lewis Hamilton, and many more. Containing over 150 photos, Visions of Sport is available now for an RRP of £16.99 through the website below.

Panda – Back from the Brink is a new book featuring an extraordinary collection of photographs never before seen in the UK. Photographer Zhou Mengqi has dedicated more than 20 years to photographing the species in the mountains of Sichuan and produced some truly spectacular images that provide a rare glimpse into the world of this much-loved animal. The book, due to be released in January, is priced at £25.

Published by Steidl, Chromes is an edit of more than 5,000 Kodachromes and Ektachromes taken from ten chronologically ordered binders found in a safe in the Eggleston Artistc Trust. “This book presents Eggleston’s early Memphis imagery, his testing of colour and compositional strategies, and the development towards the ‘poetic snapshot’,” the publisher says. “In short, Chromes shows a master in the making.” To be released in December, this set of three clothbound books - priced at £220 / €248 / $345 - showcases 364 colour photographs on a total of 728 pages.

Behind Photographs – Archiving Photographic Legends is a new book by world-renowned photographer Tim Mantoani. Successfully funded through a Kickstarter project, the book is Mantoani’s personal mission to introduce the world to the photographers behind some of the world’s most quintessential images. Using the rare and mammoth format of 20X24 Polaroid, Mantoani documented these photographers holding one of their favorite or most iconic photographs.Featured photographers include legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall holding a photograph of the late Johnny Cash during his legendary concert at San Quentin Prison, Neil Leifer posing with his famous shot of Muhammad Ali standing and gesturing over a knocked out Sonny Liston, Harry Benson with his epic photo of The Beatles having a pillow fight and Steve McCurry’s famed portrait of the Afghan Girl from the cover of National Geographic. At the bottom of each Polaroid, the photographer has been asked to comment about their image in their own penmanship. Published by ChannelPhotographics, the book is available for $60. There is also a limited-edition version, which includes a set of nine 8"x12” individual prints ($295).

Visions of Earth: Beauty, Majesty and Wonder is a new photography book from National Geographic. The book showcases the beauty in the world around us - from breathtaking landscapes to fascinating people all over the globe. Each chapter is divided into themes based on the shapes of the photographs inside, including surfaces, radiance, parallels and more. The 512-page hardcover features 250 colour photos and is available from the National Geographic Store for $40. The video below gives you a taste of what’s inside,

Plateaus and Canyons - Impressions of the American Southwest is a new title from Rocky Nook, and the first book of colour photographs by master photographer Bruce Barnbaum. Over the past forty years, Barnbaum has visited the Colorado Plateau repeatedly to capture a series of stunning images of Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Factory Butte, Colorado River Plateau, White Cliffs, Painted Desert, and other scenic locations in the region. “These 95 large-format color photographs, each with an accompanying description, are certain to captivate, inspire, and above all, encourage a new appreciation of the wonder of our planet,” the publisher says. The 220-page book is available now for $44.95.

White Knight Press has just released the Photographer’s Guide to the Fujifilm FinePix X100, a 297-page guidebook available as a PDF or a 5.5x8.5-inch paperback. This book, written by Alexander S. White, is a follow-up to the author’s earlier guides to advanced compact digital cameras. Illustrated with over 190 photographs, the Photographer’s Guide to the Fujifilm FinePix X100 explains all operations, features, menus, and controls of the camera in clear language, providing guidance not only about how to accomplish things with the camera, but when and why to use certain features. The PDF version is available now for $9.95, while the paperback edition will retail for $24.95.

From the Boundary’s Edge is a new coffee-table book featuring images captured by award-winning sports photographer Laurence Griffiths. Described as a “glorious celebration of village cricket”, the book is filled with photos of anonymous village and club cricketers; tea ladies, spectators, scorers, kids playing cricket on the beach, and more. Published by Atlantic Publishing, the book is available now for £25.

Lost Leviathans - The World’s Last Working Steam Locomotives is a new title from Milepost Publishing, featuring 300 colour photographs by Colin Garratt. The photographer, who used to work as an office clerk at the Leicester Midland Motive Power Depot, has dedicated his life to documenting the demise of the steam engine by travelling around the world photographing the last remaining locomotives. The 224-page hardback is available for £30.

Ten Photo Assignments provides real-world assignments to help you become a better photographer. Learn about the capabilities and limitations of your equipment, the proper ways to expose a scene for digital capture, how to manage the color of a scene in-camera, and much more. Ten Photo Assignments costs $19.95 or $9.99 for the Ebook version.

The Complete Guide to Nature Photography - Professional Techniques for Capturing Digital Images of Nature and Wildlife by Sean Arbabi is a new book published by Amphoto Books. To be released in December, The Complete Guide to Nature Photography guides readers through every stage of shooting landscapes close-­‐ups, and animal portraits, from packing your gear bag to selecting sites, deciding on a composition, getting a perfect exposure taking macro images, and processing your digital images afterward Using his own exceptional work as examples Arbabi discusses each type of nature subject and how to approach it. An assignment at the end of each chapter gives readers a step-­‐by-­‐step opportunity to practice one of the chapter’s key concepts. Packed with 250 of the author’s beautiful images of nature and wildlife, The Complete Guide to Nature Photography will hit bookstores in the US on December 6th and most international locations around early February.