book is written by one of Europe's most successful scenic and natural history photographers, and provides a comprehensive guide that will teach you everything you need to know to take beautiful digital photographs of birds. Also featured are the following. Explanations of the importance of selecting the right equipment, including different types of cameras, lenses, and camera supports. Technical aspects of taking photographs in easy-to-understand language accompanied by helpful graphics and pictures. Birdwatchers are taught how to approach birds, how to bait them, stalk them, and finally, how to take fantastic photographs of our feathered friends in the wild or the backyard.  (less)

and demonstrates how to achieve top quality architectural images. Brief histories of both architecture and architectural photography lay the foundations for the technical applications that follow. This third edition provides increased coverage of the revolution in digital photography, which is forcing all photographers to review their practices. The pros and cons of these developments are assessed through a comparison of the film and digital mediums and the highly debated variances in their quality and cost.  (less)

camera obscura and daguerrotype to our present-day digital revolution, the book showcases important photographs that helped document history and define our culture as well as the photographers who took them. With sharp insight and wit, photography is exposed in all its aspects -- as fine art, science, a political weapon, a fashion statement, a capitalist tool, a therapeutic aid, and the means of documenting our history and preserving our collective memory.  (less)

mechanisms, of these marvelous antiquities. More specially commissioned photographs illustrate the outer beauty and inner complexity of the modern piano, with spectacular shots of current Steinway and Bosendorfer instruments, while new technology examined includes the electric piano as well as more recent developments such as the digital piano. This important new book is an essential purchase for every piano player and every musical instrument enthusiast.  (less)

to provide a solid foundation of knowledge on which practitioner can dance their creativity. Among his topics are traditional film processes, film to video transfer, film formats, high-definition television, film scanners and recorders, and digital cinemas.  (less)

obscura through the invention of the daguerreotype and calotype and into the present digital age. In the selection of objects that compose the body of this beautifully designed volume, careful juxtapositions emphasize the graphic qualities of the photos, and extended captions compare and contrast images from different times and places, underscoring shared techniques, sensibilities or subjects. A wide range of photographers--from early experimenters such as Eugene Cuvelier, Charles Marville and Anna Atkins to modern giants Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, as well as contemporary practitioners such as James Nachtwey, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Loretta Lux--are represented by portraits and figure studies, city scenes and still lifes, landscapes and seascapes.  (less)

throughout the world and contains important pieces by artists such as David Hockney, Helmut Newton, Jeanloup Sieff, and Robert Rauschenberg. The Polaroid Book, a survey of this remarkable collection, pays tribute to a medium that defies the digital age and remains a favorite among artists for its quirky look and instantly gratifying, one-of-kind images. ? over 400 works from the Polaroid Collection ? essay by Polaroid's Barbara Hitchcock illuminating the beginnings and history of the collection ? technical reference section featuring the various types of Polaroid cameras  (less)

artistic and historical documents of the early Old Kingdom. This publication presents a fresh interpretation of the Giza stelae, with new colour photography, ""digital epigraphy"" facsimile drawings, new translations, original discovery photographs and recent colour images taken at Giza. The book is published in full colour, with numerous charts and catalogues, gathering information on all Giza tombs with slab stelae emplacements, the history of their excavation, previous scholarly research, and comparative and interpretive chapters. Appendices include both colour and line drawing palaeographies of all hieroglyphs appearing on the stelae, and a collection of the enigmatic ""linen lists"" that adorn the Giza stelae and many other Archaic and Old Kingdom monuments. Indexes complete the volume."  (less)

the full text online without having to wait for a print desk copy. CourseSmart is an online eTextbook, which means users need to be connected to the internet in order to access. Students can also print sections of the book for maximum portability. Seizing the Light: A Social History of Photography by Robert Hirsch provides a thought-provoking, accurate, and comprehensible introduction to the photographic arts for all readers. Seizing the Light clearly and concisely provides the building blocks necessary to critically explore photographic history from the photographers’ eye, an aesthetic point of view. Acquire a basic foundation of photographic history. Explore events, methods, practioners, and theories, from the camera obscura to digital image-making, which comprises the photographic arts including advertising, fashion, journalism, and non-traditional viewpoints. Increase your ability to analyze and discuss key individuals, movements, and processes. Learn how images are made, circulated, and interpreted within Western culture. See the full range photographic practice with stunning images and commentary by hundreds of international artists. Understand photography’s diverse nature and the changing role of imagemakers.  (less)

and entertaining coverage of Photoshop you'll find anywhere. The book includes 352 color pages and two CD-ROMs packed with utilities, plug-ins, sample images, an artist gallery, video interviews, and more.Foreword.brbrPreface.brbrPART I: Welcome to Photoshop 6.brbrChapter 1: What's Up with Photoshop 6?brbrChapter 2: Inside Photoshop.brbrChapter 3: Image Fundamentals.brbrPart II: Making a Living.brbrChapter 4: Sketch to Execution: The Commerical Art Process.brbrChapter 5: High-Resolution Imaging for Advertising.brbrChapter 6: Printing Fine Art.brbrPart III: Painting and Retouching.brbrChapter 7: Defining Colors.brbrChapter 8: Painting and Editing.brbrChapter 9: Filling and Stroking.brbrChapter 10: Retouching, Repeating, and Restoring.brbrPart IV: Color and History Techniques.brbrChapter 11: Integrating Natural Media into Digital Art.brbrChapter 12: Colorizing Scanned Line Art.brbrChapter 13: Working Stock Photography into Graphic Art.brbrChapter 14: Three Real-World History Techniques.brbrPart V: Selections, Masks, and Filters.brbrChapter 15: Selections and Paths.brbrChapter 16: Masks and Extractions.brbrChapter 17: Corrective Filtering.brbrChapter 18: Full-Court Filtering.brbrChapter 19: Constructing Homemade Effects.brbrPart VI: Special Effects Made Practical.brbrChapter 20: The Face-Melting Power of Distortions.brbrChapter 21: Popping Type off the Page.brbrChapter 22: Creating Budget 3-D Characters.brbrChapter 23: Wrapping Images around 3-D Shapes.brbrChapter 24: Inventing Photorealistic Worlds.brbrPart VII: Layers, Objects, and Text.brbrChapter 25: Working with Layers.br?ò=p£×ÿ¾Û€  (less)