David Bigwood: 28 books

A hankering after being able to create landscape panoramas but without the necessary panoramic camera led David Bigwood to begin by cropping his medium format transparencies then, when he moved from film to digital, to using Photoshop to stitch a series of images together. In this book he describes...

An e-book of over 50 photographs from the photogenic area of the Snowy Mountains of Australia from David Bigwood, a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society.

What you need to do if you want to start freelance photography. What is required, how to catalogue your images, basics of marketing and submitting images to editors.

How to convert colour images to black and white using Photoshop, how to use Photoshop's duotone, processing a black and white image, simulate processes such as split toning, sepia toning, lith printing, selenium toning.

An illustrated guide for tourists to some of the attractions around the Snowy Mountains town of Jindabyne in New South Wales, Australia.

How to make bookmarks, greeting cards, calendars, notecards, postcards, posters using your photos. Illustrated to show how products are set out for printing at home as well as advice on using a commercial printer. Written by a self publisher of souvenirs to be sold through retailers.

How to set up a garden compost area including what to put into the compost, how to maintain your composting area,and how to use the resulting soil. A brief history of composting which goes back some 7,000 years.

An introduction to close up photography of flowers, insects and other subjects with macro and close up lenses plus learning to see the parts that make up the whole of the landscape.

Introduction to nature photography including wildflowers, birds on the wing, snow, with photos of animals, insects, flowers, and demonstration of processing with Photoshop.

An introduction into what companion planting is plus details of the likes and dislikes of plants and how plants can be used to attract or repel insects.

An introduction to the important filters for use in digital photography especially of the landscape and a process to obtain fine images from a contrasty original.

How to rid yourself of the 'sun over your shoulder' mantra and add the wow factor to your pictures by shooting into the light. How to calculate exposure, look for subjects, avoid flare, make silhouettes and make your people subjects comfortable. Many examples of images included.

How to process your portrait shots to get the best results without losing the reality of the subject. In other words, how to make the final print as faithful to the subject as possible and not over process so that your sixty year old sitter has the skin of a sixteen year old. Also how to concentrate the viewer's attention on the subject.

What to look for when entering photography competitions. The benefits for your photography and how to get the 'wow' factor. Illustrated with example pictures and step by step instruction for processing images.