From Still to Motion
by James Ball, PhD, Robbie Carman, and Matt Gottshalk
Professional photographers are evolving and adding video to their list of offerings to clients. Driving the evolution is the need for competitive advantage and creative exploration. With the addition of high definition video capabilities to the latest batch of DSLR cameras, photographers have a convenient and familiar tool to fully embrace the new world of video. But video is very different than photography, with new challenges and technology to master. Here to guide digital photography stude...
David Busch's Nikon D5600 Guide to Digital SLR Photography
by David D Busch
★★★★★ "Truly better than watching YouTube videos." Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon D5600 Guide to Digital Photographyis your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Nikon D5600 camera. This ultracompact and light weight Nikon digital SLR has new SnapBridge wireless Bluetooth communication so you can use your iOS or Android device to control the camera. Nikon has also added an easy-to-use time-lapse feature to its impressive ca...
The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Photography (Sources of Modern Photography)
by Walter E Woodbury
Face to Face: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Photographing People
by Rick Sammon
In this beautifully illustrated book, travel and adventure photographer, Rick Sammon introduces the proven techniques he uses to make extraordinary photographs of people around the world. You'll find important tips and strategies for engaging your subject and setting up the shoot, along with techniques for shooting in a variety of conditions both indoors and outdoors. Rick Sammon is people person who loves the art of making - rather than simply taking - people pictures.In "Face to Face", he make...
This accessible guide charts the evolution of contemporary photography from the 1960s to the present. From the refined elegance of fashion photography, to the frantic pace of photojournalism, to more traditional and purely artistic shots, photography undeniably permeates every aspect of our modern society. The wide availability of camera equipment means that just about anyone can now class themselves among the ranks of amateur photographers snapping away the world over. This engaging survey by f...
Designed for photographers who haven’t memorized every button, dial, setting, and feature on their Nikon D500, Rocky Nook’s handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you’re out and about.• Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist• Identify every button and dial on your camera• Learn the essential modes and settings you need to know• Dive deeper with additional features of your camera• Execute step-by-step instructions for sh...
The Complete Guide to Creating a High Impact Digital Portfolio
by Art Ketchum
In The Nikon Autofocus System, 2nd Edition, photographer Mike Hagen, author of the bestselling The Nikon Creative Lighting System, takes his deep knowledge of Nikon technology and concentrates on its focus features. With today’s advanced camera technology, achieving focus on a photographic subject seems like it should be a straightforward task. But many photographers know that it can be deceptively difficult, especially when shooting moving subjects or in challenging situations. Now, there is a...
VueScan is the worlds most widely used software interface for digitizing film and prints on flatbed and film scanners. This powerful yet affordable program supports over 1500 scanners and 321 digital camera RAW file types, and is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. Much more than a simple scanner program, VueScan allows you to perform functions such as colour restoration, adding sharpening filters, adjusting white balance, rotating images, and batch scanning multiple images. It also prov...
Photoshop CS and Lightroom 3: A Photographer's Handbook
by Stephen Laskevitch
Adobe Photoshop is central to almost all photography workflows today. Each new version fo the software is a milestone in the development of this imaging behemoth, and 2010's release is no exception. Photographers often feel overwhelmed when starting with Photoshop; the sheer number of tools and options make it difficult for the novice. There is no shortage of instructional books, yet very few direct the user to the most significant aspects of the program in a way that reflects a real workflow fo...
Designed for photographers who haven’t memorized every button, dial, setting, and feature on their Sony a6100, Rocky Nook’s handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you’re out and about. Learn how to:• Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist• Identify every button and dial on your camera• Master the essential modes and settings you need to know• Dive deeper with additional features of your camera• Execute step-by-step ins...
For more than a century National Geographic photographers have traveled the globe capturing stunning images of all cultures and landscapes. Now national Geographic photographer Bob Caputo reveals secrets of the trade and shows readers how to improve their own travel photographs. Practically everyone becomes an amateur photographer when they travel. Whether it's family vacation to Disney World or a once-in- a lifetime African safari, photographs are a way to capture the experience. However, many...
Considered by many to be the world's top destination for amateur and professional landscape photographers, Iceland possesses unparalleled beauty, and the variety of spectacular landscapes found on this small island is astounding. Whether you're visiting Iceland as a destination in its own right or as a stopover on your way elsewhere, you're bound to have a unique and memorable experience. To help you make the most of your trip — no matter how long or short it is — Photographing Iceland provides...
Overwhelmed with images files? Need to set up a system but don't know where to start? Concerned about metadata and protecting your long term income? Then this guide is for you! "File Management for Photographers" is a step by step guide to setting up and managing a system to handle analog and digital image files. It offers solutions to tailoring the system and streamlining your workflow. David Riecks guides you through the process with clear information, screengrabs from relevant programs, flow...
"Perfect" is a purely subjective term when it comes to art. A journey toward the perfect photo is a journey without a defined destination. There are photographs that are technically perfect and others that stand out because of their message or composition, but in the end, the perfect photo remains a matter of taste. With this volume in our Espresso series, Elin Rantakrans provides you with a wide range of practical tips that cover capture, composition, and editing, all with the aim of helping y...
Illustrated Dictionary of Photography
by Barbara A Lynch-Johnt and Michelle Perkins
The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography
by Glenn Randall
The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography teaches photographers how to convert their visual peak experiences-moments of extraordinary natural beauty that evoke a sense of wonder and awe-into stunning images that elicit the same awestruck emotion in their viewers. Randall begins by focusing on the art of landscape photography. He describes his three-step process for composing a photograph and shows how good composition is an organic process that begins with rules but ultimately t...