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In Dusk to Dawn: A Guide to Landscape Photography at Night,
photographer Glenn Randall teaches you how to plan, shoot, and
process professional-quality images of the night sky and more. In
the past, landscape photography largely ended when the last light
of dusk faded from the sky. Today it's only beginning. The latest
digital cameras have made it easy to create images of the landscape
at night that film and early digital photographers could only dream
of. Equipped with off-the-shelf cameras, more and more
photographers are venturing into the night, far beyond the
comforting glow of city lights, and returning with spectacular
images of places both familiar and unknown that are unlike anything
seen before. Dusk to Dawn: A Guide to Landscape Photography at
Night is your guide to this new photographic world. In it,
photographer Glenn Randall--author of the bestselling The Art,
Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography--teaches you how
to plan, shoot, and process professional-quality images of the
Milky Way, the aurora, lunar eclipses, meteor showers, star trails,
and landscapes lit solely by moonlight. Throughout the book,
Randall emphasizes ways to integrate beautiful depictions of the
night sky with equally compelling renditions of the land below to
create complete landscape images that evoke a sense of place--and a
sense of wonder. Equipped with the knowledge in this book, readers
will be prepared to create their own nocturnal masterpieces.
"How did you make this photograph?" This is the question that Ansel
Adams was asked repeatedly during his lifetime. In this book, Adams
shares the circumstances surrounding the making of many of his most
celebrated photographs. Each of the 40 photographs are superbly
reproduced in duotone, is accompanied by an entertaining and
informative narrative that combines reminscence of people and
places with precise recall of technical details and aesthetics
considerations. The specific technical information on camera and
lens, filters, exposure times, developing, and printing provided in
each example illustrates his approach and methods and will assist
amateur and professional photographers alike in learning the craft.
Through this case study approach, Adams' philosophy of craft and
creativity unfolds: his credos of visualisation, image management,
and the Zone System are demonstrated: and the colour story of a
lifetime devoted to photography is revealed.
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