We’ve partnered with photography book publishing giant Amherst Media and have written a collection of boundary-pushing, cutting-edge photography books that slice through the hype and offer a practical approach to modern photography. Our books are available at finer book sellers across the country and abroad and can also be purchased online through most book retailers.
Art is unique and it is perfectly acceptable for our images to show this. Being an artist is about speaking with your own voice. It’s about being able to stand tall and say, ‘I like this.’ It’s as much a reflection of you and how you feel, as it is about what’s in front of you. This is what it means to be an artist with your camera. ~ From Painting With a Lens
Painting With a Lens: The Digital Photographer’s Guide to Designing Artistic Images In Camera
Beginning with basic controls, such as shutter speed and aperture, this book goes on to explore how these settings, along with other creative in-camera controls, can be used to draw out the artistic value inherent in a scene or subject.
This guide also includes a section on selectively and intentionally adding blur to create wild effects that cannot be achieved otherwise. Painting with a Lens provides the tools essential to becoming an artist with a camera.
Flash Techniques for Macro and Close-Up Photography
This book discusses the many unique challenges faced in macro and close-up photography such as selecting specially designed lenses and/or accessories, correct focus, maximum depth of field and optimal lighting.
This guide walks through numerous indoor and outdoor shoots and includes step-by-step sequences and techniques for single- and multiple-light setups.
Studio Lighting Unplugged: Small Flash Techniques for Digital Photographers
The simple lighting setups show that one to three small, inexpensive electronic flash units, along with budget-friendly stands, communication systems, and some do-it-yourself light modifiers can be combined to create brilliant studio-quality images without the studio.
Numerous sample shoots and plans provide clear instructions for taking control of any environment to create spectacular images.
Just Available Light: Techniques for Digital Photographers
This guidebook explores modifying available light through the delicate use of reflectors to bounce light, polarizers to cut glare, and the proper procedure for adding neutral density filters to control brightness.
The authors demonstrate that thoughtful adjustment to settings such including white balance, contrast, and saturation can yield images that more closely reflect the mood of the scene and minimize postproduction editing.
The Flash Stick: Creative Off-Camera Lighting Solutions for the Solo Photographer
The flash stick helps photographers distance the flash from the camera, allowing the creation of images that would be impossible with an on-camera or hand-held flash … and to do so without the need of an assistant.
From easily building a flash stick, to setting up communication between the camera and flash, to modifying the light, to balancing the flash and ambient-light levels, all the instructions for skillful mastery and flawless use of this exciting tool are included.
Just One Flash: A Practical Approach to Lighting for Digital Photographers
Filled with creativity-enhancing exercises and approaches using a single flash, this guide shows photographers how to lighten their gear load and free up their budget.
Covering essential topics such as ISO, aperture, and wireless triggering, this guide also gives examples of creative lighting applications for still life, editorial images, wedding shots, and landscape photos.
Off-Camera Flash: Creative Techniques for Digital Photographers
Professionals and advanced-level amateurs seeking to push the envelope and enhance the creativity of their shots are shown how to add mood and manipulate color in their images with this guide.
Digital photographers discover how to alter a viewer’s perception through the use of shadows to mask certain details or to draw attention to a specific feature with a simple beam of light using an off-camera flash.
Multiple Flash Photography: Off-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Photographers
This manual shows photographers how to mount and use up to five flashes to sculpt and define every aspect of an image. Also included is a discussion on perspective and lens selection, as well as information on flash-triggering systems and supporting equipment.
A wide assortment of images with captions detailing the methods used to create each look completes this clever guide.
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