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Are you tired of taking shot after countless shot, but not being impressed with your results? Do you want to get rid of the guesswork and find actionable advice that will help you capture gorgeous images? In this audiobook, Anthony Jacquard gets rid of the fluff and filler and shows you how to become a better photographer without spending tons of money on overpriced photography courses or poring through tomes of boring camera manuals.

Improve your photography technique under the expert guidance of two established photography professionals, who will help you nurture and develop your camera handling skills and master landscape photography. With years of providing their expertise on photography magazines and books, Daniel Lezano and Ross Hoddinott have now created the ultimate audiobook guide, with essential information and self-help tasks for photographers wanting to capture their best-ever landscape images using their DSLR or mirrorless camera.

In Fermentation as Metaphor, stemming from his personal obsession with all things fermented, Katz meditates on his art and work, drawing connections between microbial communities and aspects of human culture: politics, religion, social and cultural movements, art, music, sexuality, identity, and even our individual thoughts and feelings. He informs his arguments with his vast knowledge of the fermentation process, which he describes as a slow, gentle, steady, yet unstoppable force for change.

The Ultimate Guide to Master Astrophotography is the ultimate manual for anyone looking to create spectacular landscape astrophotography images. By explaining the science of landscape astrophotography in clear and straightforward language, it provides insights into phenomena such as the appearance or absence of the Milky Way, the moon, and constellations. This unique approach, which combines the underlying scientific principles of astronomy with those of photography, will help deepen your understanding and give you the tools you need to fulfill your artistic vision.

Susie Bright, “The Pauline Kael of Porn” (SF Chronicle), rips open the history of erotic cinema before the internet— from the Golden Age of lavish 35mm hardcore, to the video-inspired “Porno Spring”, initiated by none other than punk, feminist, and lesbian video-makers.

As a mother, life often feels like it is passing by in a blur. You take countless pictures trying to freeze time and capture the memories, but in looking back find you barely even remember experiencing the moments. But what if there were a way to preserve your family's story while also becoming fully present within it? Combining the science of memory preservation with photography principles, professional photographer Joy Prouty shows you how to exit survival mode and enter the present moment through the photos you're already taking.

If you're an intermediate photographer who've mastered the basics of DSLR photography and are looking to upgrade your portfolio with masterpieces, then this guide is for you. In DSLR Photography Advanced, Leonard Piquar shows you how to take amazing, professional-quality photographs every time you press the shutter button and take your photography skills to a whole new level.

When feminist writer Susan Faludi learned that her 76-year-old father - long estranged and living in Hungary - had undergone sex reassignment surgery, that investigation would turn personal and urgent. How was this new parent who claimed to be 'a complete woman now' connect to the silent, explosive and ultimately violent father that she had known, the photographer who'd built his career on the alteration of images? Faludi chases that mystery into the recesses of her suburban childhood and her father's many previous incarnations.

The explosion of digital camera technology over the last 10 years has contributed to the increase in the popularity of photography. Social media sites have also added to this rise. The area of photography that seems to have the biggest boost is the use of SLR cameras, now known as digital SLR (or DSLR) cameras.

Whether you are thinking about a new purchase or already have a camera, smartphone, or drone, this guide will put you on the path to a future of great picture-taking! This guide will help you with selecting the right equipment and accessories. It will help you understand how to start using your camera or smartphone for drone photography and how to start vlogging. Beyond equipment, this guide will help you understand how a great photographic image is created, based on using skills in lighting, composition, framing, and an eye for the quirky or unusual.

How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck is a quick and easy guide that will make your video better instantly - whether you hear it cover to cover or just listen to a few chapters.

Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera underwater, watch a movie, or view an X-ray. But the photographic innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were experimental, revelatory, and sometimes dangerous—and many of the innovators, entrepreneurs, and inventors behind them were memorable eccentrics. In Flashes of Brilliance, writer and photo editor Anika Burgess engagingly blends art, science, and social history to reveal the most dramatic developments in photography from its birth in the 1830s to the early twentieth century.

Mindful photography is the art of slowing down and looking at any subject with a particular type of attention in the present moment, without judgment, and then documenting what you see through the camera lens. When you become fully aware of what you’re seeing and feeling in that moment, then you become a mindful photographer.

Seeing with Your Own Eyes: The Zen of Photography is about discovering a different way of seeing that changes our attitude toward picture-making. Usually, we don’t question the way we see the world because we believe our way is the one and only. These essays present an alternative viewpoint. They challenge the habitual way of seeing, which gives priority to technique, subject, and outcome.

This audiobook is a fabulous tool for any photographer just starting out in the genre of landscape photography. While the audiobook does offer some technical insights and guidelines on how to get the most out of your camera, it is focused on the art of seeing, and how beautiful landscapes can be created using the elements and principles of design. In this way, anyone, at any level, whether they shoot on manual or auto, can create a captivating landscape.

David Molnar was never supposed to be a professional photographer. Until the fateful day he almost died from a head on collision. While learning to walk again, photography became his escape and a form of therapy. But he found that turning pro in photography wasn't clear. There is no Bar exam for photography. He wished he had a mentor to show him the way. He struggled for a decade using trial and error before finding eventual success.

NFTs have taken the world by storm…and wherever you go on the internet, they’re dominating the headlines. They turn something you have created into digital assets that can be sold. You’re probably wondering why you should even care about NFTs at this point…but there’s a very good reason why you should.

With more than seventy years on the silver screen, Shirley MacLaine has, as she says, seen it all, done it all, been everywhere, and met everyone. Since making her Hollywood debut in 1955, her popularity has only grown as she’s amassed a stunning collection of awards and written multiple bestselling memoirs. Now, at ninety years old, MacLaine has more stories to tell and the pictures to bring them to life.

Many photographers and small business owners feel pressure to discount their products and services, especially when times are tough. After all, how else will they keep up with the low prices offered by their discounting competitors? What they don't realize is that discounting is the last thing they should be doing if they want to win big. Worth Every Penny encourages you to explore and use the boutique model, which is designed to maximize your advantages over discounting competitors.

Exposure Mastery takes a basic understanding of Digital SLR cameras and transforms it into professional-level skill. Covering the integral physics of the tool of a photographer’s trade, the guide transforms pure knowledge into artistic know-how. Written by a professional photographer, Exposure Mastery introduces the amateur photographer to the most fundamental ingredient in a professional photograph: light. From here, it branches out to cover all the important aspects of photography and the tricks of the trade every photographer should know.