Westwood Light and Lens Bundle: Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age

Westwood Light and Lens Bundle: Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age Review

Light & Lens: Photography in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking introductory book that clearly and concisely provides the instruction and building blocks necessary to create thought-provoking digitally based photographs. It is an adventurous idea book that features numerous classroom-tested assignments and exercises from leading photographic educators to encourage you to critically explore and make images from the photographers' eye, an aesthetic point of view. Acquire a basic foundation for digital photography. Light and Lens covers the fundamental concepts of image-making; how to use today's digital technology to create compelling images; and how to output and preserve images in the digital world. Explore the history, theory and methods of digital image-making. Light and Lens translates the enduring aesthetics of art photography into the digital realm. You'll view, capture and think about images from a new perspective. Increase your ability to analyze, discuss and write about your own work and the images of others. Learn with exercises and assignments by leading digital educators. Innovative techniques will train your eye to make the strongest visual statement. Solve visual problems and overcome image challenges. Whether you use a digital SLR or a point-and-shoot camera, you'll get new strategies to master composition, design and light. View the full range of the digital terrain with stunning images and commentary by over 190 international artists. Robert Hirsch is a renowned photographer, educator, historian and writer. His book credits include Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Ideas, Materials and Processes; Exploring Color Photography: From the Darkroom to the Digital Studio; and Seizing the Light: A History of Photography. He has had many one-person shows and curated numerous exhibitions. Hirsch has also conducted many workshops and interviewed eminent photographers of our time. The former executive director of CEPA Gallery, he is now the director of Light Research in Buffalo, New York, and on the Visual Studies faculty of University of Buffalo/The State University of New York.

Robert Hirsch's new edition of Exploring Color Photography is also now available from Focal Press!

*Applies technology in the service of ideas *Emphasizes conceptual problem solving in photography today

* Full of beautiful and inspiring images

 

Tony Northrup's DSLR Book: How to Create Stunning Digital Photography

Tony Northrup's DSLR Book: How to Create Stunning Digital Photography Review

This ultimate comprehensive photography book is revolutionary in four ways:

1. FREE VIDEO TRAINING. Integrated into the book's content, the author shows you exactly how he took the photos. The print book includes links you can type into your web browser. If you buy the eBook and your eReader can play video (such as the Kindle app on an iPhone/iPad/Android, or the Kindle Fire), clicking the links when you have an Internet connection will load the video directly within your eReader.
2. NEVER OUTDATED. This book is regularly updated with new content (including additional videos) that eBook owners receive for free. As new photography trends emerge and new camera equipment and lenses are released, you'll see them described in both the print and eBooks immediately. 
3. 350+ HIGH RESOLUTION, ORIGINAL PICTURES. Detailed example pictures demonstrate both good and bad technique, all taken by the author himself in nine different countries. Most photo books use stock photography taken by other photographers. On the eBook, zoom into the pictures by double-tapping your screen (on a Kindle Fire) or pinching-and-pulling your fingers apart (on an iPad/iPhone/Android).
4. HANDS-ON PRACTICES. Complete the practices at the end of every chapter to get the real world experience you need.

In this book, Tony Northrup (award-winning author of more than 30 how-to books and a professional portrait, wildlife, and landscape photographer) teaches you both the art and science of creating stunning pictures. First, you will master these basic concepts:

• Composition
• Exposure
• Shutter speed
• Aperture
• Depth-of-field
• ISO
• Natural light
• Flash
• Posing
• Troubleshooting bad pictures
• Using raw files
• Studio lighting
• Night photography
• HDR
• Macro/close-up photography

Then, you will learn the pro's secrets for photographing these subjects:

• People (candid, casual, formal, and underwater portraits)
• Weddings
• Pets
• Wildlife (mammals, birds, insects, fish, and more)
• Landscapes
• Cityscapes
• Sunrises and sunsets
• Flowers
• Forests, waterfalls, and rivers
• Fireworks
• Stars

When pictures don't turn out the way you hoped, you can refer to Chapter 5 for tips on solving common problems.

UPDATE HISTORY:

• 12/11/2011: Initial release.
• 1/10/2011: Expanded section on baby portraits (including video).
• 1/18/2012: Added links to integrated videos covering aperture and depth-of-field, light painting, HDR, and macro.
• 2/14/2012: Fixed minor reader-submitted errata.

How to take stunning underwater photos using inexpensive point and shoot cameras

How to take stunning underwater photos using inexpensive point and shoot cameras Review

Waterproof cameras that once cost thousands of dollars have been replaced by small modern digital versions that look and feel just like any other pocket camera. Learn the exciting new sport of Underwater Photography while taking home vacation memories.

Underwater photography is easy to learn, fun to share, and a great way to learn about underwater life. Scott's plain talking, non technical, easy to understand style will make learning quick and easy. The book is filled with stunning photos all taken from simple point and shoot cameras with explanations so you can quickly take better photos.

Scott has taught hundreds of people to take better photos and now he shares the secrets that will change the way you view undersea life.

If your looking for long discussions F stops then this is not the book for you, but if you want plain talk, easy to understand language and discussions on how to take stunning photos without expensive underwater housings or strobes then this is the book to read, and re-read.

Underwater cameras can be used for documenting maintenance, fishing, skiing, snorkeling, diving or even recording an underwater video. These inexpensive cameras are the prefect solution for any wet activities.

In this book we discuss how to take amazing underwater and wet action photos with inexpensive point and shoot waterproof cameras.

Topics covered-Introduction
How to snorkel
Tips for holding your breath
Breath of fire and strengthening the diaphragm
Lesson number one - stabilize the camera
Buoyancy control
Keeping it together
Underwater photography
Standard photo concepts fail underwater
Stop the action
Learn to use macro
Progressive close ups
Study your subject
Add action
Zoom or macro
Puffer fish
Jellyfish
Up the odds with extra photos
Stationary targets
Decide on what you want to the photo to say
Family fun
Sunny choppy days are more difficult than overcast days
Blurs on the lens
Having trouble focusing?
Octopus
Schools of fish
Coral
Photographing sharks
Close up photos of action fish
Camera settings
Flash
Free software to edit an underwater photo
Documentation of maintenance
Photos around the water
Great fishing photos
Photos of wildlife taken from the skiff
What to look for when buying POS underwater cameras
The simple answer
Video
Underwater video cameras
Warranty
Depth
Shock proof
Dependability
Reshot time
Camera care

An Essential Guide to Digital Underwater Photography: A Complete How-To Guide

An Essential Guide to Digital Underwater Photography: A Complete How-To Guide Review

An Essential Guide to Digital Underwater Photography: A Complete How-To Guide Feature

• Complete Digital "How TO" Guide
• Lighting Techniques
• Elements To Good Composition
• Photo Editing & Management
• Hints - How To Shoot Better

With the explosion of underwater digital photography this book is an absolutely essential guide for those who want to shoot beautiful digital pictures underwater. It is a complete “How to” guide that includes detailed descriptions and professional secrets, step-by-step instructions about choosing and using digital cameras underwater, exposure, use of light and shooting techniques for macro and wide-angle imagery. It is packed with information, key points, tips and techniques of underwater photography, and even some professional secrets. An Essential Guide to Digital Underwater Photography takes you from the basics, channels your creativity to greater heights and guides you to produce some of the most beautiful pictures of the sea. It will also help you to learn the art form of photography and master the vocabulary of digital imaging. It is a complete digital "How To" guide. An important new title for all underwater photographers. For easy referencing, the pages are color-coded. Above all this book will open your eyes to the enjoyment of digital underwater photography increasing the fun factor of your diving.

Master Guide for Underwater Digital Photography

Master Guide for Underwater Digital Photography Review

From camera selection to enhanced exposure, everything necessary to capture underwater digital images is available in this handy reference. Photographers will learn how to select, test, and use digital cameras for technically perfect images, adapt traditional photo techniques to underwater conditions, confidently shoot and light underwater images for great exposure, and remedy common problems that plague underwater photographers. Helpful hints on maintaining, cleaning, transporting, and insuring a digital camera are included. With full-color images that both instruct and inspire, this handbook provides information on every conceivable aspect of creating the right conditions for beautiful underwater photographs.

Underwater Wonders of New Zealand

Underwater Wonders of New Zealand Review

This collection of underwater photographs portrays some of New Zealand's marine life, including the Poor Knights Islands marine reserve, the last resting place of the Rainbow Warrior and the active volcano of White Island, as well as the South Island's Fiordland.

Photographing Nature: A photo workshop from Brooks Institute's top nature photography instructor

Photographing Nature: A photo workshop from Brooks Institute's top nature photography instructor Review

25 years of nature photography instruction in one gorgeous, full-color, hands-on course

Anyone can photograph nature—just step outside and you’re on location. But becoming a good nature photographer takes expert training. In Photographing Nature, Ralph Clevenger, whose images have appeared in such publications as Nature’s Best and National Geographic, shares the techniques he’s been personally using and teaching to aspiring photographers for the last 25 years in his popular nature photography course at the elite Brooks Institute.

In this stunning, four-color course-in-a-book, each chapter opens with a spectacular photo spread from the natural world that Clevenger uses to illustrate themes and techniques essential to mastering nature photography. Just as he does in his classroom at Brooks, Clevenger explains how each photo was captured, the tools and techniques used, and typical problems related to capturing such a photo, along with solutions. Chapters also include sample Q&A sessions as well as assignments you can try yourself.

By the time you’ve worked through all of the techniques in this beautiful, yet informative book, you’ll not only photograph the world differently, you’ll see it differently as well. With a foreword by George Lepp, one of North America’s best-known contemporary outdoor and nature photographers.