TAKE GREAT PICTURES: A Simple Guide, by Lou Jacobs Jr. Contains techniques for portraits, action shots, close-ups, landscape images, and more; with composition ideas for instant image improvements; techniques for eliminating exposure ???????????written by a long-time photography observer.???????????????? problems. ($14.95; ISBN: 1-58428-102-2; 112 pages) Contact: Amherst Media, 155 Rano St, Ste 300, Buffalo NY 14207. Phone: 1 800 622-3278. Fax: 1 800 622-3298.
LEARNING TO LIGHT, by Roger Hicks and Frances Schultz. Although this book is subtitled "A Practical Guide to Photographic Lighting for the Amateur," it's equally appropriate for most pros. In 62 concise chapters the authors show you how to handle practically every lighting situation you're likely to encounter, including large interiors, buildings at night, polished surfaces, food, and group portraits. Helpful lighting diagrams show exactly how the book's many illustrative photos were taken. ($24.95; Amphoto Books; ISBN 0-8174-4179-4; 160 pages) Contact: Watson-Guptill Publications, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003. - David Arnold
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How to Shoot Stock Photos That Sell, 3rd edition, by Michal Heron. Allworth Press, 2001, 224 pages, $19.95, ISBN 1-58115-087-3. Although Heron also discusses commercial stock (corporate, advertising, etc.), most of her book is directly applicable to editorial stock photography. The emphasis, as the title promises, is on how to shoot saleable stock. Her chapter "Thirty-Five Stock Assignments You Can Shoot," with detailed instructions for self-assignments that can generate saleable photos, is especially useful. There are also chapters on equipment, editing and organizing, marketing, negotiating prices, etc. Contact person is Birte Pampel, Publicist, Allworth Press, 10 East 23rd Street, Suite 510, New York, NY, 10010; (212) 777-8395; http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1581150873 . - David Arnold
THE PHOTOSHOP BOOK FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, by Scott Kelby. This book shows you step-by-step the exact techniques used by today's cutting-edge digital photographers and retouchers. It also does something that virtually no other Photoshop book has ever done: it tells you, flat out, which settings to use, when to use them, and why. ($39.99; ISBN: 0-7357-1236-0) Contact: New Riders Publishing, 201 W. 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46290. Phone: 1 800 545-5914.http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0735712360 .
WEB ANIMATION EXPERT: All That You Need to Create Your Own Fantastic Web Animations, by Graham Davis. Beginning with the basic theory behind moving images, this manual explains how browsers understand animation (along with hints on control); how to use animation judiciously; and how to achieve a variety of effects. Tells exactly what you can animate, and the different ways you can create the illusion of movement. ($24.95; ISBN: 1-58663-679-0; 192 color pages) Contact: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Ave S, New York NY 10016-8810. Phone: 1 800 805-5489.
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