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A practical, affordable and accessible home photography tutor. This inspiring project-based course book covers everything from basic composition to the latest digital darkroom techniques. Learn at your own pace as this practical, comprehensive course helps you develop your key photographic techniques....

There is a lot more to photography than simply picking up a camera, pointing it toward something, and tripping the shutter. Achieving a great photograph requires thought and preparation, an understanding of the photographic process, and a firm grasp of how light and composition affect a photo. There...

Jay Maisel, hailed as one of the most brilliant, gifted photographers of all time, is much more than that. He is a mentor, teacher, and trailblazer to many photographers, and a hero to those who feel Jay’s teaching has changed the way they see and create their own photography. He is a living legend...

In The Photographer's Eye, Michael Freeman showed what a photographer needs to do in the instant before the shutter is released. In the sequel, The Photographer's Mind, he explained the way that professional photographers think a picture through before taking it. Both of these international best-sellers...

Imagine capturing stunning, professional-looking product shots without needing a studio filled with expensive equipment and large flash units. This book teaches all the steps for creating your own tabletop photography studio. Affordable compact flashes offer a number of creative lighting options...

Everything you need to know about photography, both digital and film, written by a team of experts. This comprehensive and superbly illustrated guide covers all aspects from basic composition to the latest digital know-how and digital darkroom techniques. Practical, inspiring and informative, Collins...

This essential reference for photography students explains how to become part of the professional community. By defining professional photography today, and exploring what is expected of professional photographers, the book demystifies this often-misunderstood and misjudged career track. The easily...

Once you realise that the defining quality of any landscape is the weather then you are truly able to master landscape photography. The weather governs the two most important features of landscape images, notably lighting and mood. Tony Worobiec, as a master of landscape photography, provides us with...

The Magic of the Light, An Introductory Guide to Better Photography Lighting will show you how you can use light to your advantage. Taking you through a number of different scenarios, you will begin to understand how you can use natural and diffused light in order to help you take the perfect photograph. If...

Are you interested in becoming a great photographer?  Maybe you are thinking about taking up photography as a hobby.  Or maybe you are thinking about making it a little side business.  Regardless of whether you are thinking about doing photography as a hobby or a business, you have to start somewhere...

Pictures and Progress explores how, during the nineteenth century and the early twentieth, prominent African American intellectuals and activists understood photography's power to shape perceptions about race and employed the new medium in their quest for social and political justice. They sought...

What could top the #1 best-selling photography book of all time?   We’re talking about the award-winning, worldwide smash hit, written by Scott Kelby, that’s been translated into dozens of different languages, because it’s the one book that really shows you how to take professional-quality...

Composition can make or break a photograph. Regardless of your skill level, Composition in Photography will introduce to you some of the strongest composition tools in photography. Written with the hobbyist and amateur in mind, Composition in Photography explains concepts in simple terms that everyone can understand.

This book is a compilation of a number of my e-books that have been published on individual topics. These include . How to do Well in Competitions, Into the Light, How to Show Movement in Still Photography, Starting Macro Photography, and Starting Nature Photography.