Ilex Press imprint: 112 books
The Photographer's Handbook
Equipment - Technique - Style
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Know the equipment, refine your technique and express your style.
Combining straightforward guidance with artistic insight, this comprehensive handbook is an essential piece of kit for photographers of every style and experience level.
Michael Freeman shows you how to:
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by Sonia Leong, Meredith Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
As a sophisticated and highly stylised art form, Manga presents a series of challenges for budding artists, from character and set design to creating dynamic page layouts, perfectly paced narrative and panels with ever-changing camera angles.
Here, award-winning professional Manga artist Sonia...
Shoot Sexy
Pinup Photography in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2012
The pinup look made famous on WWII bombers and in the 1950s has become a timeless classic that is now undergoing a revival through digital photography. Alongside the rapid growth of the Boudoir genre - also covered in this book - the retro pinup look is an increasingly popular request from clients....
Retromania
The Funkiest Cameras of Photography's Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
The Lomography phenomenon shows that interest in - and love for - cheap, fun cameras has never been stronger. But the few plastic-lens models that are still manufactured are only the tip of the iceberg, with hundreds of amazing, exciting, weird and wonderful models widely available - and at low prices.
This...
Fashion Photography 101
A Complete Course for the New Fashion Photographers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Fashion photography is one of the most appealing markets for any new photographer, but also one of the most challenging, combining as it does a group of disciplines, from the more technical makeup and editing roles to the photography itself.
With digital technology and good planning, however,...
The Photographers Eye: A graphic Guide
Instantly Understand Composition & Design for Better Photography
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Taking a new look at composition, the theme of his best-selling classic The Photographer's Eye, Michael Freeman now explores the visual mechanics of photography in its own native terms. Lushly illustrated with straight-to-the-point diagrams and graphic deconstructions, this book speaks in that intuitive,...
101 Top Tips for Digital Landscape Photography
Capturing Great Landscapes With Your Camera
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
A comprehensive guide to improving your landscape photography by one of today's foremost landscape photographers.
Landscape photography is perhaps the single most popular genre among DSLR owners. In 101 Top Tips for Digital Landscape Photography, experienced professional landscape guru Carl...
The Photographer's Field Guide
The Essential Handbook for Travelling with your Digital SLR Camera
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2009
Whether on a weekend city break or a month-long trekking vacation, more and more of us are travelling with the hope of taking striking photos that capture the essence of our time away. Often these are more than just photos for our friends and family to enjoy, with an increasing number of talented...
by Gordon Laing
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Understand your camera's capabilities. Master the skills of exposure, composition and focus. Take amazing photos; no post-processing, no Photoshop, just your own vision.
With amazing low-light capabilities, incredible definition, intelligent autofocus and a host of other features, digital cameras...
Shooting Yourself
Self Portraits with Attitude
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Turn your camera on the world's most fascinating and attractive model-yourself! Take part in the new wave of expressive self-portraiture, enjoy unlimited creative control over your subject, and reveal your hidden side with confidence!
- Hundreds of inspiring self-portraits from creative photo...
101 Top Tips for DSLR Video
Using your camera to make great videos
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Following the arrival of game-changing new cameras from Nikon and Canon, the hottest area in the world of photography has been combining high-definition video capability with all the advantages of SLR's interchangeable lenses. For the first time, full cinematic creativity is within anyone's grasp.
With...
The Moviemaking with Your Camera Field Guide
The Essential Guide to Shooting Video with HDSLRs and Digital Cameras
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Any photographer with a modern digital camera can be a moviemaker, and this book shows you all the skills you'll need to shoot everything, from a video-blog to a feature film. Build on your photographic skills - this knowledge predisposes you to create great cinematography - and understand the technical...
The Colour Photography Field Guide
The Essential Guide to Hue for Striking Digital Images
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Understand the role colour plays in your images, learn to appreciate its dynamic effects and find out how to capture and reproduce it as precisely as possible in your own images.
The Colour Photography Field Guide provides a unique look at analysing and combining three important ways of dealing...
Shooting Models
Tips, Techniques & Testimony from Both Sides of the Camera
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
The success of any shoot - whether editorial, fashion, beauty, or advertising - depends not only on the skill of the photographer, but also on the model, and the all-important chemistry between the two. A great photographer understands how to get the best results from their model, with consistency...