American Art Collector – November 2016
English | 140 pages | True PDF | 20 MB
Karen Dorame teaches you what you need to know to get started in color and black & white IR capture, showing you how to test your camera for its suitability to IR conversion, detailing the process, and discussing the costs involved. You’ll learn to select and use filters for enhanced effects and will discover the way that various lenses will impact the way your IR images are rendered.
Most photographers shoot in abundant sunlight. The problem is, full sun creates harsh, unflattering shadows that undermine images. Working in low light – in early morning or at twilight or when Mother Nature cues the clouds or fans in the fog – can help photographers produce stand-out images.
The debut cookbook from Cathal Armstrong featuring 130 recipes showcasing modern Irish fare, along with stories about Armstrong’s journey from Dublin to Washington, DC, and becoming an internationally recognized four-star chef, the owner of seven successful food and drink establishments, and a leader in the sustainable-food movement.
The Byrd Williams Collection at the University of North Texas contains more than 10,000 prints and 300,000 negatives, accumulated by four generations of Texas photographers, all named Byrd Moore Williams. Beginning in the 1880s in Gainesville, the four Byrds photographed customers in their studios, urban landscapes, crime scenes, Pancho Villa’s soldiers, televangelists, and whatever aroused their unpredictable and wide-ranging curiosity. When Byrd IV sat down to choose a selection from this dizzying array, he came face to face with the nature of mortality and memory, his own and his family’s. In some cases these photos are the only evidence remaining that someone lived and breathed on this earth.
High-quality images have an amazing power of attraction. Just add some stunning photos and graphics to your website or app and watch your user engagement and conversion numbers climb. It can be tricky, but with this practical guide, you’ll master the many facets of delivering high performance images on the internet-without adversely affecting site performance.
High-quality images have an amazing power of attraction. Just add some stunning photos and graphics to your website or app and watch your user engagement and conversion numbers climb. It can be tricky, but with this practical guide, you’ll master the many facets of delivering high performance images on the internet-without adversely affecting site performance.
The human eye perceives only light in the visible spectrum, but with specially modified cameras, lenses, and visible-light blocking filters, photographers can record ultraviolet wavelengths.
Beginning underwater photographers may be surprised to find that there are numerous tools-from fully automated cameras, to smart phone cameras, to sophisticated DSLRs-that can be used to create incredible underwater photographs.
Tony Corbell, “Light and Shadow: Dynamic Lighting Design for Studio Portrait Photography”
English | ISBN: 1682031403 | 2017 | EPUB | 128 pages | 17 MB
Studio lighting offers portrait photographers unlimited creative control. Mastering its use requires a specific skill set, however.