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Focal Digital Camera Guides: Sony A200 Just bought a Sony A200 and
looking to combine practical know-how with inspiration? This
one-stop, easy-to-read guide covers all the basic functions of the
camera, and everything beyond.For the basics, turn to the quick
start guide, which will get you up and running in five minutes.For
an understanding of your camera's many controls and features, check
out the section called "The Camera." If all you need is a quick
explanation, you'll find it. If you're looking for the whole story,
you'll find that, too. Settings that affect how your pictures look
are accompanied by full-color examples that show you exactly what
you can expect. This section also covers the camera's menus,
playback features, memory, and power sources.The section called
"Software" shows you how to get the most out of your camera's
software. It covers RAW conversion, storing your images, managing
your library, and backup strategies.Ultimately, this book's
greatest strength isn't its focus on the camera or the software;
it's the detailed, easy-to-follow instruction it offers on using
your camera to take truly superior photographs. Sections devoted to
lenses, subject matter, and light cover these variables in depth,
always presenting the most effective techniques in the context of
the Sony A200. Written by an experienced photographer, The Sony
A200 Digital Camera Guide shows you how to get the shots you can
see in your head but have never been able to capture with a camera.
The quick start guide will have you taking great photos in ten
minutes. In-depth coverage of every feature and control ensures
that you have access to the tools you need for every shot.
Full-color examples demonstrate how different settings affec
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Nude photography can be intimidating, for the artist and the
subject. Technique, creativity, and psychology all need to be
considered and executed seamlessly to achieve a photographer's
desired artistic and professional result. Author Louis Benjamin has
built a career by studying the intricacies of the perfect nude
photography photo shoot and he has compiled what he has learned for
you in this second edition of the best-selling book, The Naked and
the Lens. This revised text updates and builds upon the key
concepts presented in the first edition that guide photographers
from finding models and planning a shoot, all the way through to
post production. New material includes discussions of the latest
equipment, software, web publishing options, as well as fresh and
more diverse photographs and interviews.
Even as COVID-19 made a seismic impact across the world, the cracks
exposed by Brexit, Black Lives Matter and rising levels of race
hate crimes revealed bitter divisions in British society. In the
aftermath of the pandemic, and with questions over the breakup of
the United Kingdom refusing to dissipate, how do people across
Britain choose to navigate the tensions in this divided land? With
a foreword by Kit de Waal, This Separated Isle explores how
concepts of 'Britishness' reveal an inclusive range of opinions and
understandings about our national character. Featuring a diverse
range of fascinating photographic portraits of people from across
the UK and their accompanying narrative stories, this landmark book
examines the relationship between identity and nationhood,
revealing not only what divides us, but also the ties that bind us
together as a nation.
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Film photography has recently witnessed a significant renaissance
and not just among those who have previously shot with film.
Interest in film photography and analogue photography has also
grown enormously among those who have only ever shot digitally. In
The Film Photography Handbook, 3rd Edition, authors Chris Marquardt
and Monika Andrae speak to both types of film photographers as they
offer an easy-to-understand, complete resource to shooting film. In
this updated and expanded edition, they address today s working
climate, including such topics as the hybrid film/digital workflow,
the digitization of negatives, and using smartphones for light
metering and to assist in film processing. This book is intended
for anyone who is curious about film and analogue photography,
whether you need a refresher course or are discovering this
wonderful format for the first time. You ll learn how easy it is to
shoot and process black-and-white film at home, and that just a
little special equipment is needed to get into film photography.
You ll learn all about: The important differences between film and
digital photography Numerous film cameras, as well as how to buy a
second-hand camera Film formats, from 35 mm to medium format and
large format Exposure settings, tonal values, and tonal
representations in different types of film, from colour negatives
and slides to the enormous spectrum of black-and-white film
Processing film, covering everything you need to know: equipment,
chemicals, and workflow Scanning negatives to bring your analogue
photography into a digital workflow Both presenting and archiving
your prints and negatives. Working in such an analogue medium
requires a unique approach to photography, and it fosters a
completely different form of creativity. Working in film and
embracing analogue photography can also prove to be a great
inspiration for your own digital photography, as well. The Film
Photography Handbook, 3rd Edition covers it all from the technical
to the creative and will have you shooting film in no time, whether
it s with an old rangefinder, an inexpensive Holga, or a
medium-format Rolleiflex or Hasselblad.
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The best of Harry Benson's era-defining Beatles portfolio,
capturing the Liverpudlian quartet on the road, performing, and
coming to terms with skyrocketing fame. From a pillow fight in
Paris to their first U.S. tour, shot in luminous black and white,
Benson's pictures show intimate glimpses of George, John, Paul, and
Ringo composing, relaxing, and engaging with euphoric fans.
Photographic stills of women, appearing in both press coverage and
relief campaigns, have long been central to the documentation of
war and civil conflict. Images of non-Western women, in particular,
regularly function as symbols of the misery and hopelessness of the
oppressed. Featured on the front pages of newspapers and in NGO
reports, they inform public understandings of war and peace,
victims and perpetrators, but within a discourse that often
obscures social and political subjectivities. Uniquely, this book
deconstructs - in a systematic, gender-sensitive way - the
repetitive circulation of certain images of war, conflict and state
violence, in order to scrutinize the role of photographic tropes in
the globalized visual sphere. Zarzycka builds on feminist theories
of representations of war to explore how the concepts of femininity
and war secure each other's intelligibility in photographic
practices. This book examines the complex connections between
photographic tropes and the individuals and communities they
represent, in order to rethink the medium of photography as a
discursive and political practice. This book interrogates both the
structure and transmission of contemporary encounters with war,
violence, and conflict. It will appeal to advanced students and
scholars of gender studies, visual studies, media studies,
photography theory, cultural anthropology, cultural studies, and
trauma and memory studies.
In the world of grand touring cars, Aston Martin occupies a special
place. The English firm has always distinguished itself by its
restraint, by the elegance of its creations, by the discretion of
its style, by a reserve rarely observed in a universe that
willingly abandons itself to exuberance. This book is devoted to DB
models. David Brown relaunched the brand with emblematic cars,
including some models that later became legendary, like the famous
DB5 of James Bond. The history of Aston Martin over the past 70
years is organised around eight main designs. They are all strongly
typed; directly associated with their creators, and with the nature
of the successive owners of the company. Serge Bellu, a specialist
in the history of the automobile, has produced a superbly
illustrated book on the history of this typically British brand.
Defining photography is impossible. Revealing it is another matter,
and that's what The Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography does,
with each turn of the page. History: The technical origins and
evolution of photography are half of the story. The other half
consists of the ways that cultural forces have transformed
photography into a constellation of practices more diverse than any
other mode of representation. Photographers can tell a more
in-depth story through a photo like Dorothea Lange's "Migrant
Mother than a journalist ever could with the written word alone.
Major themes and practitioners: Over 25 entries, many with
supporting illustrations, examine the figures, trends, and ideas
that have contributed most heavily to the history and current state
of photography. Contemporary issues: The issues influencing
photography today are more complex than at any other time in its
history. Questions of ethics, desire, perception, digitization, and
commercialization all vie for attention. Hear what the experts have
to say about crucial issues such as whether or not the images we
take today will last the test of time, and if so, how? When
material is covered this skillfully, "concise is no compromise. The
Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography is packed with useful
information, compelling ideas, and - best of all - pure pleasure.
In an age of increasingly fragmented migration, consumption, and
globalisation, how do diasporic individuals navigate their ethnic
identities? Diasporas, Weddings and the Trajectories of Ethnicity
investigates the ways that Chinese Singaporeans shape their
Chineseness through wedding rituals and artefacts. Proposing a
framework of ethnic identity as a journey, this book will
Interrogate the processes underlying diasporic ethnicity-making
through weddings. Offer new concepts of transdiasporic space,
ethnic tastes, and aesthetic dissonance. Explore the intersections
between commercialism, ethnicity, and socio-economic divides. Map
the micro-social ramifications of ethnic and racial policy in
Singapore. As a former professional wedding photographer, Terence
Heng brings a sociological lens to the scripted and spontaneous
arena of social interactions that is the wedding day. By combining
ethnographic observation, photography, and poetry, Heng reveals the
many decisions and demands that underscore Singaporean Chinese
weddings, offering novel insights into the roles of the bridal
couple, their social networks, and the wedding industry.
There are currently 272 London Underground, 113 Overground and 45
Docklands Light Railway stations. Luke Agbaimoni has been slowly
attempting to capture visual moments at each one. When we see a
symmetrical image, it soothes us. It feels as if a puzzle has been
completed in front of our eyes. In his first book, The Tube Mapper
Project: Capturing Moments on the London Underground, Luke
Agbaimoni captured themes such as light, reflections, tunnels and
escalators, and documented how the London Underground is part of
our identity, a network of shared experiences and visual memories.
This follow-up project sees Luke delve into his obsession with
symmetry, seeking out stunning and powerful examples across the
network in his quest to find beauty in the seemingly mundane.
London Underground Symmetry & Imperfections considers such
questions as what symmetry means and how to find it in your daily
commute, and also revels in the design of the newly opened
Elizabeth line.
James William Newland's (1810-1857) career as a showman
daguerreotypist began in the United States but expanded into
Central and South America, across the Pacific to New Zealand and
colonial Australia and onto India. Newland used the latest
developments in photography, theatre and spectacle to create
powerful new visual experiences for audiences in each of these
volatile colonial societies. This book assesses his surviving,
vivid portraits against other visual ephemera and archival records
of his time. Newland's magic lantern and theatre shows are
imaginatively reconstructed from textual sources and analysed, with
his short, rich career casting a new light on the complex worlds of
the mid-nineteenth century. It provides a revealing case study of
someone brokering new experiences with optical technologies for
varied audiences at the forefront of the age of modern vision. This
book will be of interest to scholars in art and visual culture,
photography, the history of photography and Victorian history.
Baudelaire and Photography
Joel Meyerowitz is one of the pioneers of color photography, as
well as an essential reference figure for street photography,
large-format photography, and portraits. The Pleasure of Seeing is
his first biography, the book offers a look behind the scenes of
the life and career of one of America's photographic living
legends. In conversation with historian and photographer Lorenzo
Braca, Meyerowitz speaks vividly about his beginnings, studying art
history, meeting Robert Frank, photographing on the streets of New
York City with Tony Ray-Jones and Garry Winogrand, traveling
extensively across America and Europe, learning from John
Szarkowski, director of photography at MoMA, working on numerous
exhibitions and publications, photographing at Ground Zero in 2001
and 2002, and about the most recent still lifes and self-portraits
projects. The book contains over one hundred pictures, including
Joel's most iconic photographs as well as new and previously
unpublished material. This comprehensive visual biography testifies
to the author's continuing evolution throughout the six decades of
his career and discusses his work in relation to his personal life,
to the history of photography, and to the incessant transformation
of the medium. Meyerowitz reveals anecdotes, personal memories, and
the story behind many of his famous photographs.
This book celebrates the special relationship between beloved
British dogs and their devoted owners. Architects, fashion
designers, florists, entrepreneurs - these and the other famous,
creative and hyper-successful people have one thing in common when
it comes to their canines: the strength of the bond between human
and four-legged friend. This makes for tales of companionship that
will be sure to uplift your spirits and make the heart sing.
Exuberantly photographed by Dylan Thomas, with interviews by
Poodle-mad Georgina Montagu, Top Dogs is a joyous read and lustrous
eye-candy for dog lovers. From Jacobean manor to Cumbrian hill
farm, and circus wagon to royal residence, the lucky hounds who are
showcased in this sumptuous volume occupy some of the loveliest
homes in the country.
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The world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent
with 1.3 billion inhabitants, Africa offers a diversity of culture
and landscape rarely seen elsewhere – ranging from the Ancient
Egyptian kingdom of the pharaohs on the banks of the River Nile to
the deepest recesses of the Congo rainforest, one of the most
biodiverse environments on the planet. Divided into five chapters
by region, Africa is a sumptuous introduction to this most vibrant
of continents. Be amazed at the spectacular Victoria Falls, which
is the world’s largest sheet of falling water from a height of
108 metres (354ft); explore the Congo River, second largest in the
world by volume, as it snakes through the ancient forests of
central Africa; enjoy the view from Table Mountain, across Cape
Town to the Lion’s Head and the South Atlantic; experience the
diversity of creatures in the Serengeti National Park, including
herds of wild elephants and Cape Buffalo, as well as their primary
predators, lions and leopards; and marvel at the 13th century
Dejenne Mosque in Mali, made from wooden scaffolding and clay.
Presented in a landscape format with more than 180 vivid
photographs of Africa, this book offers a pictorial exploration of
this great and varied continent in all its majesty.
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