Photography

Over 50,000 photographers can’t be wrong! John and Barbara Gerlach finally write the book that their workshop attendees have been asking for! more...

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Digital SLR cameras, with their interchangeable lenses and superior image quality, give aspiring photographers the tools to create great pictures. And with the ever more affordable price of these cameras, more novice digital photographers are taking advantage of D-SLR features. more...

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Geopolitics identifies and scrutinizes the central features of geopolitics from the sixteenth century to the present, paying close attention to its persisting conceptual underpinnings, novel turns and shifting impacts. more...

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One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as “a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.” It begins with the famous “In Plato’s Cave” essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching “Brief Anthology of Quotations. more...

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Digital photography is hot. In the year 2006, 106 million digital cameras were sold worldwide, up 14.5% from the previous year. That number is expected to increase to 114 million units in 2007. Digital cameras have outsold film cameras since 2003; many manufacturers have discontinued their film-based operations in favor of all-digital product lines. Basic digital cameras can now be found as low as $50. Professional and semi-pro cameras have even come down in price; consumers can now purchase single-lens reflex (SLR) digital cameras for under $700. Traditional photographers face a difficult learning curve when switching to digital. Not only are new image-editing capabilities available, but existing techniques often have no counterpart in the digital world. (How do you create a double exposure when there's no film to manipulate?) In addition, the buzz around digital photography is enticing new photographers into the fold. Not only do they not know how to use their new digital cameras, they also don't know how to compose, focus, and light their photographs. These new digital photographers need to learn basic photographic techniques, from the ground up, and how they apply in the digital world. To meet the needs of both new and migrating digital photographers, a comprehensive A to Z guide is needed - a book that includes instruction in both basic photographic techniques and advanced digital image manipulation. more...

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