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David Busch's Sony Alpha a6300/ILCE-6300 Guide to Digital Photography is the most comprehensive reference and guide book available for Sony's advanced APS-C mirrorless camera. This eagerly-anticipated enthusiast/professional digital camera features a new 24 megapixel sensor with 425 embedded phase-detect pixels for lightning-fast autofocus at up to 11 frames per second. With an electronic shutter that provides a silent shooting option, stunning 4K/UHD video capabilities, and ISO sensitivities up to ISO 51,200, the a6300/ILCE-6300 is a versatile digital camera that's simple to use, yet boasts features demanded by the most avid photo buff. With this book in hand, you will discover all the capabilities of the Sony Alpha a6300/ILCE-6300 as you explore the world of digital photography, develop your creativity, and capture the best photographs you've ever taken.Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Sony Alpha a6300/ILCE-6300 Guide to Digital Photography describes every feature of this sophisticated camera in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more. It relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations.Also included is the handy camera ';roadmap,' an easy-to-use visual guide to the a6300/ILCE-6300's features and controls. Learn when to use every option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author's recommended settings for every menu entry.With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, taking pictures as an advanced enthusiast pushing the limits of your imagination, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Sony Alpha a6300/ILCE-6300.

David Busch's Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV Guide to Digital Photography is the most comprehensive resource and reference for Sony's wildly popular pocket-sized camera aimed at both advanced and beginner photography enthusiasts. Sony has packaged up the most alluring features of advanced digital cameras and stuffed them into an ultra-compact wireless-capable body with an amazing array of features, including a fast Zeiss f/1.8-f/2.8 zoom lens, SteadyShot image stabilization, a clever pop-up high-resolution electronic viewfinder, and built-in flash. The RX100 IV's "e;stacked"e; CMOS Exmor R sensor provides fast image capture and processing, making 4K video, fast continuous shooting, and video frame rates up to 960/1000 fps possible. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV Guide to Digital Photography covers every feature of this camera in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, movie making, and more. Explore this camera using a handy "e;roadmap,"e; a visual guide to each camera's features and controls. Learn when to use every option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author's recommended settings for each menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, taking pictures as an advanced enthusiast exploring full-frame photography for the first time, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence while bringing your vision to light with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV.

If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography.The Enthusiast's Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography: 49 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you how to shoot compelling images at night and in low-light situations. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing what you need to improve your photography. Divided into five chapters that include 49 photographic principles to help you create great images, photographer and author Alan Hess covers all the necessary gear and camera settings, as well as topics such as light painting, photographing the night sky, shooting great cityscapes, and post-processing techniques that will bring out the best in your photographs. Example lessons include: 7. Using Manual exposure mode is the best way to go 9. Focusing in low light 21. Mounts, clamps, and other ways to keep the camera stable 27. How high can you push the ISO? 33. Creating low-light portraits 37. How to get those starburst street lights 46. Correcting the tones in your imageWritten in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you'll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

This book is written for the test analyst who wants to achieve advanced skills in test analysis, design, and execution. With a hands-on, exercise-rich approach, this book teaches you how to define and carry out the tasks required to put a test strategy into action. Learn how to analyze the system, taking into account the user's quality expectations. Additionally, learn how to evaluate system requirements as part of formal and informal reviews, using an understanding of the business domain to determine requirement validity. You will be able to analyze, design, implement, and execute tests, using risk considerations to determine the appropriate effort and priority for tests. You will also learn how to report on testing progress and provide necessary evidence to support your evaluations of system quality. With a quarter-century of software and systems engineering experience, author Rex Black is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing, and is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today. He published several books on testing that sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide. He is President of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and is a Director of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB). This book will also help you prepare for the ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst exam. Included are sample exam questions, at the appropriate level of difficulty, for most of the learning objectives covered by the ISTQB Advanced Level syllabus. The ISTQB certification program is the leading software tester certification program in the world. With about 400,000 certificate holders and a global presence in 50 countries, you can be confident in the value and international stature that the Advanced Test Analyst certificate can offer you. The 2nd edition has been thoroughly revised and is aligned with the curriculum. In addition, some minor corrections have been included.

Throw away those cheat sheets and fold-out command cards! David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Nikon D5500 condenses the most essential reference information about the Nikon D5500 in a handy size that can be tucked into a camera bag and carried anywhere. Inside are explanations of when and why to use each setting and option-information that's missing from cheat sheets and the book packaged with the camera. This complement to David Busch's comprehensive full size guidebook details key adjustments for the D5500's upgraded autofocus system, and details use of its Wi-Fi and Near Field Communications (NFC) to link the camera to computers and iOS or Android smart devices. The book explains the D5500's versatile new swiveling touch-sensitive LCD screen and lists the basics for shooting compelling 1080p 60 fps high-definition movies with stereo sound.Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Nikon D5500 covers all the camera's features, including advanced details of setup, exposure, use of electronic flash, and more. Also included is the handy visual guide to the D5500, with close-up photos and descriptions of the camera's essential features and controls, accompanied by the author's recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch's field guide in your camera bag, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, taking pictures as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun.

David Busch's Nikon D7200 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Nikon D7200 camera. This advanced Nikon model adds Wi-Fi and Near Field Communications (NFC) to link the camera to your iOS or Android device, and an upgraded autofocus sensor with 51 AF points and lightning fast tracking. The D7200 captures 24-megapixel still images and 1080p 60 fps high-definition movies with stereo sound, too. With this book in hand, you can fine-tune your camera skills as you explore the world of digital photography, develop your creativity, and take great photographs with your D7200.Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon D7200 Guide to Digital Photography covers all the camera's features in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy visual guide to the D7200, with close-up photos and descriptions of the camera's essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author's recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, taking shots as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon D7200 today.

With just a rudimentary understanding of exposure and composition, one can capture fairly competent images of attractive subjects. But is that image remarkable in any way? Does it really say anything? How does one capture, edit, and share images that stand out from the crowd and express a distinct vision of the world? How do photographers develop and define their own voice?In The Visual Palette: Defining Your Photographic Style, photographer Brian Matiash outlines and illustrates mindsets, approaches, and techniques that photographers can implement in order to apply their own unique stamp on their photos. Matiash concentrates on the ability to train oneself to "e;see differently"e;-whether you're behind the camera, editing an image, or sharing your photo with others-and this book explores ways to help photographers do just that. Matiash examines his own path to creativity and personal style and then encourages readers to use that knowledge gained to forge their own paths. What sets The Visual Palette apart is that Matiash considers the entire image-making process, including both image capture and post-processing, when discussing how to develop a photographic style and express one's vision. Throughout photography's history, astute photographers always knew there were two crucial opportunities to express oneself: during the capture and in the darkroom. As Ansel Adams said, "e;The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance."e; In that same spirit, The Visual Palette considers both image capture and post-processing as equal partners in the creation of the image and the expression of one's vision. The book is organized into three sections: composition, post-processing (what Matiash calls "e;Stylization and Editing"e;), and sharing. Each chapter tackles a concept, such as compositional rules (and when to break them), then Matiash shares "e;My Story,"e; with a specific example of that concept in action in his own work. Finally, there is a "e;Your Story"e; segment where, with prompts and exercises, Matiash empowers and motivates the reader to examine their own work or practice a new technique in order to further develop their own photographic style. Beautifully illustrated with Matiash's photographs, the book covers topics that range from fundamental to creative. The ideal reader is a beginning to intermediate photographer, including photography enthusiasts, hobbyists, advanced amateurs, and any and all photographers interested in landscape, nature, urban, and architectural genres of photography.

David Busch's Canon EOS Rebel T6s/T6i/760D/750D Guide to Digital SLR Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Canon EOS Rebel T6s/T6i cameras. These advanced 24-megapixel Canon models both feature upgraded autofocus and exposure systems, with more than twice as many focus points as previous Rebel models, and high-resolution 7560-pixel exposure metering. Hybrid autofocus brings lightning-fast phase detect AF to live view and high-definition movie modes, too. The T6s/T6i/760D/750D are the first Rebels to include built-in Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity to link your camera to a computer and iOS or Android smart devices. With this book in hand, you can explore the world of digital photography, boost your creativity, and take great photographs with your Rebel T6s or T6i. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Canon EOS Rebel T6s/T6i/760D/750D Guide to Digital SLR Photography covers all the camera's features in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy Rebel T6s/T6i/760D/750D "e;roadmap,"e; an easy-to-use visual guide to the camera's features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author's recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, taking pictures as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Canon EOS Rebel T6s/T6i/760D/750D today.

If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books don't waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead, they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills.The Enthusiast's Guide to Portraiture: 59 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses what you need to know in order to create great portraits in natural light. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Divided into eight chapters that include 59 photographic lessons to help you shoot great portraits, photographer and author Jerod Foster covers equipment, setup, light, composition, posing, color, storytelling, and post-processing. Example lessons include:8. Choosing a Lens and Focal Length10. Minimum Sustaining Shutter Speed13. The Three Degrees of Diffusion17. Modifying Natural Light21. Framing Your Subject29. Composing for Design33. The Nose and Cheek Line36. Working with Groups38. Letting Color Direct the Eye45. Creating Shot ListsWritten in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to Portraiture is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you'll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books don't waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead, they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills.The Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques: 49 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses what you need to know in order to shoot compelling images that require multiple exposures. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Divided into five chapters that include 49 photographic principles to help you create great images, photographer and author Alan Hess covers double exposures, high dynamic range (HDR) images, panoramas, time lapse images, focus stacking, and image stacking. Example lessons include:4. Using a Flash to Create Double Exposures6. Double Exposure Portraits13. Tripod, Release, and Mirror Lockup17. What Is Tone-Mapping?23. The Need to Overlap Your Panoramas25. Handholding for Panoramas33. Software Settings for Image Stacking37. Focus Stacking in Landscape Photography42. Exposure Settings for Time Lapse43. Doing the Math for Time Lapse SequencesWritten in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you'll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books don't waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead, they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills.The Enthusiast's Guide to Composition: 48 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses what you need to know in order to shoot great images with powerful compositions. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Divided into nine chapters that include 48 photographic lessons to help you create strong compositions, photographer and author Khara Plicanic covers lens selection, light, color, lines, movement, and more. Example lessons include:2. Consider the Rule of Thirds5. Make Things Pop with Contrast9. Find a Frame Within the Frame11. Add Depth with Foreground21. Keep an Eye on the Sky, and Watch the Clock26. Setting the Scene33. Go Get the Shot36. Make Sense of Maximum Aperture40. Finding (or Making) Soft Light48. Cull Like a ProWritten in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to Composition is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you'll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

As the bestselling software for professional photographers, Adobe Lightroom is a popular, fun, and highly powerful application for image organization, photo editing, and output. But with its hundreds of features and capabilities, learning Lightroom can be overwhelming for both beginner and veteran photographers. In The Indispensable Guide to Lightroom CC, Sean McCormack brings his expertise and experience as a professional photographer, Adobe Community Professional, and Lightroom Master to provide an accessible guide to learning Lightroom. In this book, Sean focuses on the fundamentals of Lightroom CC, using a hands-on learning style to carefully walk users through Lightroom's features, including file management, image editing, slideshows, printing, sharing, and much more. This book provides detailed, illustrated descriptions of the program's most important features and capabilities to get new users up and running quickly, and it covers all the new features of Lightroom CC to keep advanced users ahead of the curve. The Indispensable Guide to Lightroom CC makes learning this extensive photo-editing program simple, fun, and fast.

David Busch's Nikon D500 Guide to Digital SLR Photography is the most comprehensive reference and guide book for Nikon's long-awaited 20.9-megapixel enthusiast/professional DX-format digital camera. With the same 180,000-pixel metering sensor and lightning-fast 153-point autofocus system found in Nikon's top-of-the-line D5, this model offers precise exposure and fast focusing at up to 10 frames per second. The D500 adds stunning 4K/UHD video capabilities, and a new "e;SnapBridge"e; feature that provides a seamless connection between the camera and a smartphone using a Bluetooth link. With this book in hand, you will discover all the capabilities of the Nikon D500 as you explore the world of digital photography, develop your creativity, and capture the best photographs you've ever taken. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon D500 Guide to Digital SLR Photography describes every feature of this sophisticated camera in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more. It relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy camera "e;roadmap,"e; an easy-to-use visual guide to the D500's features and controls. Learn when to use every option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author's recommended settings for every menu entry. With bestselling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, taking pictures as an advanced enthusiast, or just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon D500.

Packed with games, strategies, lessons, and challenges, Photo Adventures for Kids makes learning about photographic composition and framing easy and fun.Look up! Look down! Move around! Everywhere you go, there are great pictures just waiting to be made!Kids love to take pictures. With Photo Adventures for Kids, you can encourage your child's passion while exploring the art of photography together.With this book, your child will become an official Photo Adventurer and go on a very important mission to solve the greatest mystery of photographylearning how to find a great photograph no matter where they are. Whether they're at home or at school, in the backyard or on a field trip, in the city or in nature, they'll learn the important lesson of how to ';see' where the best photographs are hidden in any location. Packed with games, strategies, lessons, and challenges, Photo Adventures for Kids makes learning about photographic composition and framing easy and fun. The book also features a cutout ';viewfinder' device at the back of the book, which kids can use to explore their environment. In Photo Adventures for Kids, your child will learn all about:CompositionFramingPerspectiveLeading linesSubject placementAnd much more!The mission is to find great photographs anywhere and everywhere. Hurry! Adventure awaits!

Mike Hagen opens up a whole new world to those photographers who are already well versed in photography, but may not have a clue about flash photography.With the new and rapidly evolving technology, flash photography (especially advanced light modeling with modern iTTL flash systems) has become an art in itself and should be mastered by all aspiring photographers-amateurs as well as professionals-who are often helpless when it comes to using the full potential of these systems.Using a simple, step-by-step method for setting up and using the newest Nikon iTTL flash units, Mike teaches all the steps required to achieve consistent and amazing flash photos. He solves the common frustrations associated with flash and teaches readers how to use the SB-500, SB-600, SB-700, SB-800, SB-900, SB-910, and R1C1 strobes. Also included is a chapter showing system configuration so readers can duplicate the desired results on their own. Beginning at a basic level and progressing to more advanced techniques, Mike teaches you everything you need to know about mastering Nikon's iTTL flash system.

Requirements engineering tasks have become increasingly complex. In order to ensure a high level of knowledge and competency among requirements engineers, the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) developed a standardized qualification called the Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE). The certification defines the practical skills of a requirements engineer on various training levels.This book is designed for self-study and covers the curriculum for the Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Foundation Level exam as defined by the IREB.The 2nd edition has been thoroughly revised and is aligned with the curriculum Version 2.2 of the IREB. In addition, some minor corrections to the 1st edition have been included.About IREB:The mission of the IREB is to contribute to the standardization of further education in the fields of business analysis and requirements engineering by providing syllabi and examinations, thereby achieving a higher level of applied requirements engineering. The IRE Board is comprised of a balanced mix of independent, internationally recognized experts in the fields of economy, consulting, research, and science. The IREB is a non-profit corporation. For more information visit www.certified-re.com.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide provides a wealth of information and professional insights for owners of this powerful HD camera. With its electronic viewfinder and interchangeable lenses, the GH4 i

The X100T is the third generation in Fujifilm's popular, groundbreaking, and award-winning X100-series cameras. With its small size, powerful functionality, and classic rangefinder design, the X100 line has become the go-to camera for travel, snapshots, and street photography for amateurs and professionals alike. This book sets the X100T alongside its predecessor, the X100S, explaining everything you need to know to get the most out of these exceptional cameras. In Mastering the Fujifilm X100T and X100S, photographer Peter Fauland goes well beyond the camera manual to offer ambitious photographers both in-depth techniques and helpful tips on how to get the most out of their cameras. Fauland not only explains each camera's functions and features, he provides practical advice for specific shooting situations-such as urban landscapes, "e;silent shooting,"e; and portraiture-using clear instructions along with example images. Included are discussions on new features such as: The new hybrid viewfinder The integrated ND filter In-camera image editing Effective use of flash Using WiFi Shooting video Much, much moreIntended for those who already have a basic understanding of photography fundamentals such as exposure and composition, this book gets X100T and X100S owners quickly up and running with their cameras, significantly shortening the learning curve on the path to creating great photographs. Even for seasoned amateurs, advanced enthusiasts, and semi-pros, there are sure to be many aha moments as Fauland reveals new tips, tricks, and techniques for using the X100T and X100S cameras.

Mastering the Nikon D7200 by Darrell Young provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of the new D7200 camera. Darrell is determined to help the user navigate past the confusion that often comes with complex and powerful professional camera equipment. This book explores the features and capabilities of the camera in a way that far surpasses the user's manual. It guides readers through the camera features with step-by-step setting adjustments; color illustrations; and detailed how, when, and why explanations for each option. Every button, dial, switch, and menu configuration setting is explored in a user-friendly manner, with suggestions for setup according to various shooting styles. Darrell's friendly and informative writing style allows readers to easily follow directions while feeling as if a friend dropped in to share his knowledge. The information in this book goes beyond the camera itself and also covers basic photography technique.

Olympus launched the OM-D E-M1 camera with a specific purpose in mind: to create a Micro Four Thirds camera for professional and advanced enthusiast photographers. As the flagship Micro Four Thirds camera, the E-M1 is the peak of the Olympus digital imaging system. It is a true system camera for those who demand the best in cameras, lenses, and image quality.Darrell Young's Mastering the Olympus OM-D E-M1 explores the features and capabilities of the camera in a way that far surpasses the user's manual. It is designed to guide readers through the camera's features with step-by-step setting adjustments; color illustrations; and detailed how, when, and why explanations for each option. Every button, dial, switch, and menu configuration setting is explored in a user-friendly manner, with suggestions for setup according to various shooting styles.Darrell's friendly and informative writing style allows readers to easily follow directions while feeling as if a friend dropped in to share his knowledge. The learning experience for new E-M1 users goes beyond just the camera itself and covers basic photography technique.This book is based on firmware 3.0.

Make a big impression with small flashes! In this book, Tilo Gockel shows you how to make magic by mastering the use of light. You will learn how to use speedlights to create amazing photographs in any lighting situation. Tilo uses 40 lighting workshops to teach his methods for producing impressive flash shots in portrait, fashion, macro, food, still life, and high-speed photography.The richly illustrated, easy-to-understand workshops are filled with recommendations and instructions for flash setups, detailed lighting diagrams, and tips and tricks for how to achieve the look of high-end studio shots using simple, accessible equipment, even in your own home. Also included is information on the settings that will help you master complex multi-flash situations, as well as tips on how to create cost-effective, self-built accessories.Foreword by Strobist.com's David Hobby.

All fine artists share a common goal: to combine individual elements into a convincing, cohesive whole that tells a story or expresses an intention. Photography is especially suited to this pursuit because the photographer can create multiple, distinct images of a single subject using a variety of design techniques. The display on a digital camera instantly shows the arrangement of elements in an image, allowing the photographer to make changes and refine their creation as they work.Albrecht Rissler believes that a firm understanding of image design is as important as having an observant eye or having the technical knowledge to operate a camera. Photographic Composition presents the most important concepts of image design and offers 250 beautiful photographs to illustrate these concepts. By applying these concepts to your own work, you will greatly improve your photographic eye and your ability to compose an ideal image.This book's impressive images are in black-and-white, intentionally removing the distraction of color and making it easy to focus on compositional elements and form. With this book, photographers as well as all visual artists will learn how to infuse their own images with excitement, develop and hone their visual language, and express their personal artistic aesthetic.Topics include:The effect of various aspect ratiosPerspective and compositionForm and contrastProportion and harmonySymmetry and asymmetryBrightness and darknessStructures and texturesThe "e;perfect moment"e;

With over 1500 words, abbreviations, and acronyms, this Glossary strives to help those involved in this cutting-edge industry to understand the language that makes it up. It has been extensively researched to collect the terms in use and to provide the meanings of these terms.

For many people, photography serves as a form of meditation; a way to separate themselves from their stressful lives. In this book, Torsten Andreas Hoffmann explores an approach to artistic photography based on Japanese Zen-Philosophy. Meditation and photography have much in common: both are based in the present moment, both require complete focus, and both are most successful when the mind is free from distracting thoughts. Hoffman shows how meditation can lead to the source of inspiration.Hoffman's impressive images of landscapes, cities, people, and nature, as well as his smart image analysis and suggestions about the artistic process, will help you understand this approach to photography without abandoning the principles of design necessary to achieve great images. Photographing busy scenes, especially, requires an inner calm that enables you to have intuition for the right moment and compose a well-balanced image amidst the chaos.The goal of this book is to develop your photographic expression. It provides enrichment for photographers who believe that only technical mastery produces great images and shows how important it is to engage with your own awareness to act creatively.