Showcasing professional lighting techniques featuring innovative work from photographers around the world, this paperback edition covers the genres of portraits, fashion and glamour photography. For every featured photograph, the lighting setup is illustrated by helpful 3D diagrams, along with explanations and advice on potential problems.

It's Tennessee, in 1864. On a late autumn day, near a little town called Franklin, 10,000 men will soon lie dead or dying in a battle that will change many lives for ever. None will be more changed than Carrie McGavock. Taking charge, she finds the courage to face up to the horrors around her and, in doing so, finds a cause.

This unique handbook for photographers looks at every stage of the photographic process and shows how often overlooked details can make all the difference between a good photograph, and a great photograph. Quality is easier to recognize than describe, but the techniques for achieving it can be learned. In their straightforward, easy-to-understand style, well-known authors and working ...

Unravels the secrets of the sushi bar to show you how to make the ideal sushi at home. With instructions, illustrated by step-by-step photography, this book provides comprehensive information on traditional ingredients and equipment, buying and filleting fish and preparing decorative garnishes.

Presenting the work of some of the top photographers, this book showcases over 400 images of the nude in a wide variety of styles, and offers the key lighting secrets of the photographers featured. Each quality image is accompanied by lighting diagrams and an explanation of what makes the shot work.

This guide for users and collectors of rangefinder and direct-vision cameras includes advice on choosing and using focal lengths and speeds, accessories, techniques and formats.

In their familiar easy-to-read style, the authors (who have earned their living by taking pictures all over the world) provide a wealth of information on the theory and practice of exposure, whether on location or in the studio; information which is always applicable, regardless of the size of the reader's budget.