FIRSTGOV. Point and click your way to http://www.FirstGov.gov and instantly search more than 27 million U.S. government web pages. You can track your Social Security benefits, contact your Representative in Congress, find a job, buy a home, get a student loan, reserve a campsite at a national park, research your family history, find information about everything from Agriculture to World Travel.
DARKROOM BASICS…AND BEYOND, by Roger Hicks and Frances Schultz. Aimed at photographers who have little or no darkroom experience, this easy-to-follow guide begins by introducing the basic equipment and showing you how to set it up. Once you’re ready to start work, diagrams and specially-commissioned photos simplify and instruct you in the use of developers, fixers, graduates, timers, and thermometers. Covers how to use enlargers, lenses, trays, tanks, drums, safelights, plus much, much more. ($24.95; ISBN: Hard 1-85585-812-6) Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Ave S, New York NY 10016-8810. Phone: 1 800 367-9692. www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm#1855858126 .
WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY: THE ART OF MANIPULATING POLAROID SX-70 IMAGES, by Helen T. Boursier. This book goes over the specifics of each step in this process, starting with basic materials and outlining the procedures involved. Includes choosing a setting, composing the image, working with the subjects, lighting the portrait, and using the SX-70 for studio portraiture. Boursier covers the specifics of manipulating images and how to enhance and present your finished image. She lists the tools necessary to create certain effects, which parts of the picture to alter, and how much to alter. Finally, she covers marketing these portraits, by making your clients aware of the choice they have, with the unique treatment this process gives to a portrait, in contrast to standard portraiture. ($29.95; 120 pages; ISBN: 1-58428-032-8) Contact: Amherst Media, 155 Rano St, Ste 300 Buffalo NY 14207. Phone: 1 800 622-3278. Fax: 1 800 622-3298. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm#093626294X .
THE 37th FRAME, A Photography Newsletter, written by photographer Michael C. Johnston. An ink-on-paper newsletter intended to entertain, inform, and amuse. Published quarterly. Each issue features: The Rant--Mike sounds off. Fools deserve, and folly receives, no quarter. The Scoop -- straight talk like you won't hear in the commercial magazines. The Lens Test -- A subjective aesthetic appraisal of a different lens. The View -- Photographs, photographers, books, techniques, viewpoints, reviews, verities. The News -- The rest of what you'll want to know until the next issue. Subscriptions: 1 year/4 issues, $18. 37th Frame, 316 Windsor Drive, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186. Inquiries: michaeljohnston@ameritech.net .
THE INTERNET PUBLICITY GUIDE, by V.A. Shiva. A complete and practical explanation of the opportunities on the Internet and World Wide Web for businesses and individuals who want to publicize, market, and promote their products or themselves. The Internet Publicity Guide describes the state of the online marketplace, suggests the right strategies for achieving results, and looks ahead to future developments on the Internet and World Wide Web. ($18.95; ISBN: 1-880559-60-9) Contact: Allworth Press, 10 E 23rd St, New York NY 10010. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1880559609
ALBUM EXPRESS. A flexible, easy-to-use Windows program that lets you create picture albums on your computer or on the Internet. Using a wizard-like interface, Album Express creates Web pages, using your favorite Web browser. Sample templates give you instant access to a wide range of page styles. You can create a picture slide show, or use words or thumbnails to navigate from image to image and page to page. Cost: $19.95 http://www.fookes.com. E-mail: sales@fookes.com. You can download a free 30-day trial of Album Express from http://www.fookes.com/album/.
PHOTOSHOP RESTORATION AND RETOUCHING, by Katrin Eismann. This book features dozens of tutorials that will show you how to transform faded, damaged photographs into beautiful images that are as clear and crisp as the day they were taken. ($49.99; ISBN: 0-7897-2318-2). http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0789723182
MOTHER JONES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS AND MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE. This fund has a particular interest in cultural photography in the western media. Six grants for at least $7000 each will be awarded. One photographer in each region of the world will receive a grant. The work must address important political, social, economic, environmental or ethical issues. Entries must be postmarked by September 1st, 2001. Contact with SASE: Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, 731 Market St, Ste 600, San Francisco CA 94103. Phone: 1 415 665-6637; Fax: 1 415 665-6696; Email: photofund@motherjones.com; Web: http://www.motherjones.com/photofund.
PHOTOGRAPHING CREATIVE LANDSCAPES, by Michael Orton. This book focuses on cultivating your sense of discovery and creativity. The author examines the internal, creative conversation of a photographer approaching the landscape. Included are analyses of visual qualities, such as direction of light, motion and textures. As the creative conversation continues, readers will explore their own responses to visual qualities, including composition, exposure, filters and angel of view. ($29.95; 128 pages, 80 full color photos; ISBN: 1-58428-048-4) Contact: Amherst Media, 155 Rano St, Ste 300, Buffalo NY 14207. Phone: 1 800 622-3278. Fax: 1 800 622-3298. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1584280484 .
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