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.

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

What a delightful and fascinating book Guiding the amateur and semi-professional photographer with a very useful day-to-day common sense approach to photographing women. Photographer/author Andrew J Boyd takes the reader by surprise by introducing each of the seven women, telling how they met and what his criteria was in choosing them as a model. But he goes much farther in some of their personal experiences, describing a little of their past, present and future lives. Showing respect and gaining their confidence is easy to see in the wonderful images of each of these very beautiful women. Technical advice of how and why with examples throughout the book will be of great value to most amateur and many semi-pros. Things like focus and exposure that have always been important whether working with capturing the digital or film image or for that matter the very beginnings of photography have not changed, they are still valuable and need to be emphasized today. What has changed and is noteworthy is the constantly evolving world of electronics, helping the photographer better manage lighting, equipment weight and even his time. The author delves into both of these subjects showing examples and explaining what equipment trends he uses while reminding the reader of the old tried and true basics of good photographic practice.

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.