A book of stunning nature photography and how to do it yourself Nature Photography – Learning from a MasterPhotographs by Gilles Martin, Text by Denis BoyardHarry N. Abrams, Inc, 2003ISBN: 0 8109 9116 0 Like Martin’s other book, Macrophotography, this is a profusely illustrated 300+ page book that is a must have for those interested …
A book covering photographic lighting but with little specifically about digital. The Practical Guide to Photographic Lighting for Film and Digital PhotographyBy Jon TarrantFocal Press 2001ISBN 0 240 51580 3 This highly practical book takes you from basic to advanced lighting, covering all the bases from daylight and tungsten to flash and the newer continuous …
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A guide to shooting weddings for people using digital equipment. Step-by-step / 006 /Digital wedding photographyBy Paul F. GeroIlex, 2006ISBN: 1 904705 49 9 This book on wedding photography in a digital mode takes a good, hard look at how to shoot weddings and what a digital process can add to it. Covering the contents …
A great book on this technically challenging area of photography MacrophotographyLearning from a MasterText by Ronan Loaec, Photography by Gilles MartinHarry N. Abrams, 2003ISBN: 0 8109 9117 9 Gilles Martin is certainly a master of nature and macrophotography and this book is a gem. This thick (300 pages), big and beautifully illustrated book is divided …
Black and White Photography with Photoshop – The Art of Transition Darkroom to DigitalBlack and White Photography with Photoshop – The Art of TransitionBy Eddie EphraumsArgentum, 2004ISBN: 1 902538 28 5 This is a book about why and how to make the transition from darkroom-based monochrome photography to the digital domain. The book does not, …
This book comes to grips with working with RAW files in Photoshop, and does it well. Photoshop CS2 RAWBy Mikkel AalandO’Reilly, 2006ISBN: 0 596 00851 1 This O’Reilly book gets to grip with that troublesome topic for many photographers, RAW files, whether to shoot them and what to do with them. In 200 heavily illustrated …
A great book of photographs of nudes for use as inspiration for drawing, painting and sculpting/ Art ModelsLife Nudes for Drawing Painting and SculptingBy Maureen and Douglas JohnsonLive Model Books, 2006Various ISBNs This book is, simply, a book of nude pictures. Various male and female models are shown in a wide variety of poses, each …
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A part of our testing of the Panasonic FZ50 digital camera we examine the effectiveness of the image stabilization system. The results below represent a typical response across a range of tests that we did.Note that your milage may differ. Everyone holds a camera differently, everyone has a difference stance and everyone’s hands shake differently. …
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As part of our testing of the Panasonic FZ50 digital camera we examine the image noise during typical daytime exposures. The Panasonic FZ50 is an impressive 10MP, 12x optical zoom digital camera with an electronic viewfinder and a swing down and tilt LCD display. It has convenient functions, like the swing down LCD screen that …
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We test the Sony A100 for image noise and for the effectiveness of its image stabilization system. The A100 digital SLR camera from Sony is the first from them since the purchase of the intellectual property from Konica-Minolta, and is their first ever SLR. It has a nice range of features, which have been well …