This book was written specifically to help amateur photographers capture stunning, action images of boats. The lessons can be applied to powerboats, sailboats, large, small, fast or slow boats. Technique is more important than equipment and the reader will learn how to get the most with the camera he already owns. The author draws on his many years of nautical photography experience and illustrates this guide with over fifty of his own photographs with original camera settings included. Th...

This book is focused specifically on capturing stunning images of horses in action at hunter/jumper horse shows. Amateur photographers can see what kinds of photographs are possible and learn how to take them. Abundant photographs taken at actual horse shows are used throughout to illustrate the many helpful tips. This guide will help you get dramatic action shots of your friends and family!

This book is focused specifically on capturing stunning images of marching bands. Amateur photographers, especially the parents and relatives of marching band members, can see what is possible to achieve and how to do it. Numerous photographs are used throughout to illustrate the many helpful tips. Parents, this guide will help you get dramatic shots of your kids and have fun doing it!

This book is focused specifically on capturing stunning images of alpine (downhill) ski racers on the slalom and gs courses. Amateur photographers can see what kinds of photographs are possible and learn how to get them. Many photographs of actual ski races are used throughout to illustrate the many helpful tips. This guide will help you get dramatic action shots of your friends and family!

Photography Wisdom, The Shooting Collection contains 10 great tips to improving your photographic shooting. Extracted from the 50 tip Photography Wisdom book, these ten tips concentrate on making your shooting of photography better and more enjoyable. These tips include:• Composition• Exposure• Watch the Eye Line• Shoot More• Shoot Different• Shoot Always• Shoot Dirty• Shoot Anything, and See What Happens• Work a Scene to the M...

The Photographer’s Guide to Drones explains everything photographers need to know about drones and quadcopters in order to take their photography to new levels.Consumer drones and quadcopters have become the hottest new gear in photography, whether you’re a professional photographer or an amateur shooter. These “flying tripods” have given photographers the ability to place their cameras virtually anywhere they want, creating still images and video footage ...

This book shows the techniques and skills to take awesome pictures at night. The tools and accessories shown in the book are inexpensive so anyone with a camera can take great night pictures. Most of the accessories are household items put to good use. The book begins with landscape pictures at dawn or dusk, proceeds to timed exposures, and ends with night pictures of people using creative methods of lighting. The chapter about creative lighting at night shows how to use handheld flashes, ...

Les Powles only had 8 hours of sailing experience when he decided to sail solo around the world. Many novices would be content to just dream of such an adventure, and maybe get as far as a solo Channel crossing a couple of years down the line. Not so Les Powles, one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary and eccentric sailors.Les was in his 50s when he built himself a yacht with little prior knowledge of boatbuilding. Remarkably he made it across the Atlantic, though his nav...

Over the last few years, most books on photography have been focused on the new breed of cameras and how to master the digital imaging workflow. In The Art of Black and White Photography, author and photographer Torsten Andreas Hoffmann takes a different approach, focusing on image composition and image capture, with an emphasis on the creative aspects of black and white photography rather than on the digital workflow.After introducing the ground rules of ...

Photography: Night Sky will give you the tips and techniques you need to take stunning photographs in the dark. You’ll learn how to overcome the unique issues that confront nighttime photographers and capture images of which you’ll be proud.Co-author Jennifer Wu, an elite Canon “Explorer of Light” professional photographer, has become renowned for her ability to capture nighttime phenomena, from quarter-phase moon rises to shooting stars to the ephemeral Milky Way. this ne...

From award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, Lesley Kagen, a wrenchingly funny, poignant, and ultimately uplifting tale about mothers and daughters, horses, and the redemptive power of love. Annie Bellamy is a woman struggling to come to terms with her painful past. In her daughter, Teddy, she sees the opportunity for redemption. The chance to balance the scales by giving her girl the support and nurturance she feels she didn't receive from her own mother. Wha...

This volume provides easy-to-use horse whispering techniques and principles that can help readers develop better bonds with horses