The Modern Photographer's Guide to Shooting Waterfalls is a basic how-to book for those who are interested in capturing the raw and natural beauty of waterfalls and their surroundings using today's digital technology. It is not a book about the waterfalls themselves, or where to find them, but rather a book full of valuable information for the active photographer. While the approach is fairly basic, this is a guide that even a seasoned shooter can benefit from, and the compact 6"x9" size makes it an ideal companion booklet to carry in your camera bag. The author shares tips & tricks gleaned from over 20 years of shooting 35mm film cameras, and now digital SLR cameras. Among the techniques covered is a basic introduction to the technique of high dynamic range, or HDR shooting and processing, with an emphasis on the proper way to capture your images on-location for effective post-processing later. Lush, full-color examples of various waterfalls and the author's reasoned approach to shooting them are featured throughout the book.

Historically, stereoscopic photography was widely used in medicine as a teaching aid, so it seems fitting that Jim Naughten's stereoscopic pictures of human specimens on display at the Vrolik Museum in Amsterdam transform science into art. With over 5,000 immaculately preserved objects, the Vrolik has one of the largest collections of anatomical specimens in the world. Naughten has selected 50 of the most striking examples for this book, including pathological specimens such as skeletons afflicted by rickets and other diseases of the bone; congenital malformations; and dissected heads. Many are photographed in their original wood and glass specimen cases, which lends them a haunting tone. Reproduced with stunning clarity, these transfixing images take the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the study of anatomy, with the stereoscopic viewer permitting an immersive experience that is not possible with conventional photography.

Confused by Digital Cameras? Don't Be Like many in the Baby Boom, I grew up in a house full of cameras. The post-war prosperity meant that most families could afford to chronicle their own lives. The cameras ranged from antique Kodak Brownies to SLR box cameras and gradually to Instamatics and Polaroids. When I started art school in 1971, Photo 101 included darkroom developing and printing. My "photo editing software" was a dodging stick - a thin rod with variously sized and shaped cardboard forms on the end, held manually between the projector and photo paper to deny light to chosen areas of the print as I counted off seconds. Since I was too broke to afford am upscale SLR, I compensated for my cheap camera's shortcomings with creative darkroom technique. Today, we'd say most of my work was "Photoshopped." However, I soon learned that if I planned the shot properly, I needed less darkroom trickery to get the finished piece I wanted. That planning paid off years later, when I finally did have better hardware. From 2004 to 2007, I taught a series of photography courses at the Ed Tech Training Center in Marion, Kentucky, and shared my approaches to planning each shot, and developing the artistic vision. I was still using the anachronism "film speed," and would be told each time by the students with digital cameras that they did not have film What they couldn't grasp is that they still had film speed settings (ISO) on their cameras. The manuals I had created for those courses formed a solid instructional core, and were expanded into a full book. Professionals in several states told me they've learned from my lessons. I hope you find this work of value to you as well

Capturing The Smoky Mountains is the first book of Through A Lens series. The book is full of descriptions, tips, and information to help you make the most out of you shooting trip.

This lavishly illustrated and authoritative book presents the secret history of Stasi and Warsaw Pact subminiature spy cameras used during the Cold War. It is a history that could have been written only through the collaboration of veteran Stasi technical intelligence officers and the world's foremost historians on Cold War spy cameras and tradecraft. With more than 450 photographs, the book reveals the history, development, and operational use of more than 70 secret cameras as used by one of the worlds most formidable intelligence servicesEast German Stasi, or MfSfor secretly copying documents, and for surveillance and compromise. Every major camera system used by the Stasi is covered. A bonus at the end of the book is an exhaustive glossary of Stasi and Warsaw Pact photographic systems and optical devices. This book is a must-have for camera collectors, military enthusiasts, historians, and counterintelligence officers.