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Create beautiful Christmas embroidery for colorful holiday decor and festive, handmade gifts!For fun, festive holiday décor and homemade gifts, look no further than Handmade Holiday: Festive Embroidery Patterns and Techniques for Christmas Crafting! With this book of lovely Christmas embroidery scenes, designed by professional needlework artist Aly Ploof, you can add a touch of holiday spirit to napkins, towels, garments, and other textiles.Embroidery is an age-old needlework skill that has been entertaining crafters and makers for generations. There's nothing more relaxing on a frosty winter evening than painting with thread, so grab your cup of cocoa and settle in by the fire. Handmade Holiday offers 16 patterns to make your Christmas crafting merry and bright--as well as chapters on techniques for beginners, and a stitch library for easy reference.Whether you're a beginner interested in learning a new craft, or an experienced embroiderer looking to create one-of-a-kind handmade gifts, this book has patterns you'll love. Celebrate the season with Handmade Holiday!Patterns Include: -Merry Mittens-Starry Stockings-Christmas Cabin-PoinSanta Hat-Pretty Poinsettia-Citrus and Berries-Holiday Rocking Horse-Stuffed Stocking-And much more!TABLE OF CONTENTS00: Introduction01: Getting Started02: Stitch Library03: Embroidery Projects04: Being Mindful: Slowing Down During the Holidays

For home sewists who are eager to infuse panache and personal style into their basic patterns, pattern hacking is the skill to learn!It's happened to us all--the pattern you purchased to create the garment of your dreams is not quite right. The length is wrong for your body type, or you'd rather it had a different style of collar or sleeves to be the perfect representation of the outfit in your mind. For those home sewists who are ready to look past the pattern and infuse personal style into their home-sewn garments, look no further than fashion designer, author, and educator Eve Tokens' Pattern Hacking: Design and Create the Perfect Wardrobe Using Basic Pattern Templates!Pattern hacking is the art and craft of mixing and matching basic elements from your favorite patterns to devise the perfect piece of clothing for any occasion. This skill is the bridge between fashion design and home sewing that takes you beyond settling for following commercial patterns as designed. Pattern Hacking will give you the knowledge and confidence to let your inner fashion designer take over to create a garment that is uniquely "you." Learn basic design elements, working with slopers (pattern templates), accurately measuring yourself (or someone else), as well as hacking and drafting your new pattern. Then put your new knowledge into action with 13 hacked sewing projects, and perfect your garments with the information from the "sizing hacks and common alterations" chapter.This friendly and easy-to-follow text is like taking a fashion design course at your own pace in the comfort of your home. Take your wardrobe to the next level in personality and aesthetic with Pattern Hacking!

The ultimate guide to drawing detailed, lifelike images. Creating an image that looks exactly like a real person or photograph may seem intimidating, or only for very advanced artists, but in this book noted art instructor Matheus Macedo demystifies the process and shows step-by-step how to create realistic drawings using reference photos as guidance. Readers will learn all aspects of realistic drawing, including: -How to perceive the different values of light and shadow-How to render precise details using different textures-Choosing the right materials and how to use them-Observing subjects and how to capture all aspects of the face, body, and different hair typesFilled with beautiful and instructive drawings of every step of the drawing process, this book builds upon the author's popular drawing courses and will teach anyone how to amaze their friends and family with their lifelike drawings.

Quickly learn the basics of brushwork, color mixing, and how to create gorgeous watercolor images while on the go!Designed for artists who are starting out on their watercolor journey or those who just need a quick refresher on the basics, this handy and ultra-portable reference guide helps you create beautiful artwork whether in your studio or out and about- Choose the right material including brushes, paper, palettes, and additional tools- Learn basic watercolor techniques like wet-on-wet or wet-on-dry, layer, glazing, and textured effects- Quickly reference the best way to color mix with a color wheel- Master brushstroke techniques including for fine lines and details- Apply simple perspective and composition rules- Troubleshoot mistakes and learn how to avoid muddy colors and other common issuesNoted watercolor instructor Volta Volshin-Smith demystifies watercolor painting and distills her years of knowledge into this handy guide for all aspiring or expert artists.

The ultimate guide to learning how to draw detailed works of art in gorgeous pen and ink. Artist and educator Giovana Vescovi invites you on an inspiring journey into the mesmerizing world of ink pen drawing. Designed for both beginners and experienced artists, this book offers a roadmap to unlocking your creative potential and creating beautiful art.Readers will learn all aspects of this artform, including: Artistic Foundations: Explore the core principles of ink drawing including line work, shading, composition, and perspective.Unlock Your Creativity: Examples for finding inspiration in nature, dreams, and the human subconscious mind.Practical Tutorials: Step-by-step tutorials and hands-on exercises will help create captivating ink pen illustrations from start to finish.Personal Growth through Art: Use ink pen drawing as a means of self-expression and storytelling.The Pen and Ink Drawing Guide is an invitation to explore the boundless possibilities of ink pen drawing. Connect with your inner artist and create masterpieces that resonate with your deepest self. Enjoy exploring the depths of your creativity and imagination with this comprehensive guide.

Your guide to the world of Generative AI in Photoshop!Everyone's talking about the new Generative AI capabilities of Adobe Photoshop, and for good reason: This is the biggest update to Photoshop in its history. With the power of AI photo editing, you can now remove, expand, generate, change, or combine almost anything you need to in order to create the images you want.While these features are incredibly powerful, it can be a struggle to get the best results from these powerful tools. What exactly can Generative Fill and Generative Expand do, and how do they do it? When should you use these tools, and when should you use another tool? If you want to incorporate these tools into your workflow, it's very important to get an early grasp of these tools now--and get ahead of the crowd.In this book, best-selling author Colin Smith walks you through Generative AI in Photoshop. With decades of experience working in the real world and training for Adobe, Apple, Nvidia, and many others, he knows Photoshop on a level that few do. He also has a knack for making learning fun and easy, and he can take complex topics and make them seem simple.You will learn to: - Generate a scene from scratch- Extend an image- Fix panoramas- Remove crowds- Remove any object- Generate objects- Replace objects- Duplicate and move an image- Combine variations of generated images- Blend images into an extended scene- Repair old or damaged photos- Composite with your own photos- Composite your photo into an AI scene- Change backgrounds- Add reflections- Generate depth of field- Create actions with Generative AI commands- And much more!Make no mistake: Generative AI is here to stay, and it is revolutionizing how we work in Photoshop. With The Practical Guide to Using Generative AI in Photoshop by your side, you will be ready to confidently move forward with these new tools and apply them to your own imagery. Whether you want to simply clean up your photos or create fantastical works of art--or anything in between--your only limitation will be your imagination.

An inspiring, educational, and practical book about philosophy and art, and finding a personally meaningful life.Teacher, philosopher, and author Guy Tal has written several best-selling books on photography, creativity, and expression. While it would be understandable to label Guy a "photographer," it is more accurate to call him a philosopher and artist who has forged a creative life on his own terms: a life shaped by his love of nature, his interest in science and philosophy, his individualistic temperament, and his desire to create art that is expressive and significant in the ways most meaningful to him.In Be Extraordinary: Philosophical Advice for Photographic and Other Artists, Guy shares his knowledge of philosophy and art, then offers advice on how to implement it into your own work. In the first part, "Foundations," Guy lays out a conceptual framework for the book with short essays about philosophy and art. In the second part, "Practical Advice," he offers a series of brief essays aiming to enable and empower you to apply the foundational philosophies to your own life and work. Together, the two parts demonstrate how Guy has carefully fashioned his own perspective on philosophy, art, and life, and offer you a set of tools for finding your own path.This is not a how-to book of techniques and tips. The goal of the book is to make you think, to pose hard questions, to challenge you to question common beliefs and attitudes, to nudge you out of your comfort zone, and to help you find the courage to become who you--and only you--are. And in so doing, to create a life and art that is meaningful in the deepest ways that life and art can be meaningful, which is to say: meaningful to you.

A book about the craft of camera-using and the creative struggle of picture-making.Learning how a camera works is not difficult. Once you understand how to focus and expose, the rest are details. So why is it such a challenge to make photographs that feel like they do what we hope for? Could it be we're asking the camera to do the work that all along has been ours to figure out? Is it possible we've been thinking too much about the camera and not enough about our own creativity? In an industry that obsesses over the gear and all too often ignores the deeper questions around creativity and expression, this should come as no surprise.It's true, the camera sees differently than we do. As our creative collaborator it can do things that we simply cannot. It can see much faster (1/8000 of a second) and much slower (8 seconds, or 8 minutes) than we can. It can cut the light in half, or double it. It can magnify, compress, and otherwise transform our field of view through lens and aperture choices. Learning to see as the camera does is, itself, an exercise in creative thinking and imagination.The journey of mastering this craft is not so much about bending the camera to our will, but working with the many different ways the camera is able to see the world in order to create photographs that express the way we see and feel about it. That effort is more creative than it is technical. Crucially, this journey is also about learning to give ourselves the permission to create photographs that are truly our own, to risk and experiment, and to explore and play. Too often we hold ourselves back.In Light, Space, and Time, photographer, teacher, and author David duChemin helps you learn to look in the same way as the camera does, and to think in the same language as the camera speaks. In 20 powerful essays, and featuring more than 100 beautiful photographs, David explores the place of the human behind the camera in the act of picture making, and he does so with the same inspiring heart, soul, and voice that he has brought to his previous best-selling books. Books that teach not only how to make photographs, but how to think like a photographer. Throughout the book, David encourages you to move beyond the functions of your camera to embrace the creative choices those functions make possible. This exploration provides new frameworks for thinking about your decisions, presents new ways to see and look, raises new questions about the challenges we face in being creative, and offers new answers as you carve out your own unique path forward. Most importantly, David will inspire you to head out with your camera and play with the possibilities held by every intersection of light, space, and time that eventually becomes a photograph.The result of all this? Freedom. Freedom to find new ways of wrestling with the challenges we all face when collaborating with the camera to make something that is truly our own. Freedom to embrace your fundamental creative nature, to overcome the fear of trying something new. Freedom to work as an artist more at ease with a process that's inherently messy. And freedom to make the kinds of photographs you've always wanted to create. Table of Contents 01 The Mind of the Photographer 02 Light, Space, and Time 03 Interesting Perceptions 04 Repetition, Risk, and Reward 05 Reaction and Response 06 The Visual and the Visceral 07 Art and Artifice 08 The Seduction of Subject 09 The Freedom of Flow 10 We're All Missing Something 11 The Power and Possibility of Constraint 12 Comparison and Creativity 13 Beyond the Settings 14 In Praise of Luck 15 Talent or Time? 16 Ever Forward 17 Imposters and Improvisers 18 Over the Shoulders of Giants 19 Starts and Stops 20 Find Your Magic

A handy pocket guide for the Singer Quantum Stylist 9960. Designed for home sewists who haven't memorized every button, dial, and setting of their Singer Quantum Stylist 9960, Rocky Nook's handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you use your sewing machine's many features so you can complete your project. This guide will equip you with: A full anatomy of the machine, so you can identify and use every button, dial, and setting of your 9960 The essential modes and settings you need to know Execute step-by-step instructions for using various stitches and specialty sewing techniques, such as for quilting, patchwork, embroidery, and more Tips and techniques for making excellent stitches of all kinds (including basting, utility stitches, decorative stitches, and how to adjust your thread tension) How to clean and maintain your 9960 to keep it in tip-top shape

Diseñada para fotógrafos que aún no dominan por completo su cámara o los fundamentos fotográficos de la exposición y la composición.Esta Guía de Bolsillo de referencia rápida, práctica y ultraportátil te ayudará a tomar fotos adondequiera que vayas.- Comprueba que tu cámara esté configurada correctamente con la lista previa a la toma de fotos- Conoce los tres componentes clave de la exposición: apertura, velocidad de obturación e ISO- Domina los modos y ajustes esenciales de la cámara que necesitas conocer- Aprende cómo funcionan los objetivos y la distancia focal, y cómo afectan a tus fotografías- Sigue los consejos de composición más eficaces para encuadrar tus fotos- Aplica las técnicas para obtener magníficas fotografías en las situaciones más comunes (retratos, paisajes, congelar movimiento, condiciones de baja luminosidad, etc.)Quickly learn the basics of exposure, composition, and your camera so you can capture great photos!Designed for photographers who haven't fully conquered their camera or the photographic fundamentals of exposure and composition, this handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you're out and about.- Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist- Learn about the three key components of exposure--aperture, shutter speed, and ISO- Conquer the essential camera modes and settings you need to know- Understand lenses and focal length--and how they affect the look of your image- Use the most effective composition tips for framing your photo- Follow techniques for getting great shots in typical scenarios (portrait, landscape, freezing action, low light, etc.)

Take your night and low-light photography to the next level!There's a whole other side to photography that many people shy away from--night photography. But if you can master just a few techniques and settings, you can harness the power of night photography and excel at photographing subjects in low-light environments.The Night Photography Book, award-winning landscape, astro, and aerospace photographer Erik Kuna has created a comprehensive guide to mastering the art of night photography. This book covers all the essential techniques and tips that you need to know to capture stunning night photographs, including astrophotography, Milky Way landscapes, light streaks, light painting, and shooting in low-light environments.The Night Photography Book is an essential resource for taking your night photography skills to the next level.TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter 1: Why Night Photography?Chapter 2: The GearChapter 3: SettingsChapter 4: Planning Your ShotsChapter 5: Shooting in Low LightChapter 6: AstrophotographyChapter 7: Light PaintingChapter 8: Nighttime CityscapesChapter 9: Night PortraitsChapter 10: Star Trails, Timelapses, and MoreChapter 11: Night Photography on a PhoneChapter 12: Shooting for PostChapter 13: Post-ProcessingChapter 14: Printing and SharingChapter 15: Photo RecipesChapter 16: Final Thoughts

David Busch's Sony Alpha a6700/ILCE-6700 is the most comprehensive reference and guide book available for Sony's flagship APS-C mirrorless camera.This enthusiast digital camera has a more powerful processor and upgraded autofocus with enhanced real-time tracking and advanced subject detection. Built-in 5-axis image stabilization allows sharp images hand-held even with slower shutter speeds. The a6700/ILCE-6700's fully-articulated LCD swivels to face forward, making the camera excellent for self-portraits, vlogging, and other applications. The a6700/ILCE-6700 features a 26 megapixel sensor with 759 embedded phase-detect pixels for lightning-fast autofocus at up to 11 frames per second, and a powerful battery to extend shooting life. With an electronic shutter that provides a silent shooting option, stunning 4K/UHD video capabilities, and exciting time-lapse photography features, the a6700/ILCE-6700 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 a6700/ILCE-6700 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 a6700/ILCE-6700 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" chapter, an easy-to-use visual guide to the a6700/ILCE-6700'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 a6700/ILCE-6700.

Level up your drawing skills with this groundbreaking weekly guidebook! When it comes to improving your drawings nothing beats consistent practice. Committing to sketching a little bit every day will go a long way to getting closer to being the best illustrator, artist, or designer you can be. In this book, popular YouTube teacher Spencer Nugent gives simple lessons and prompts explaining how to draw complex objects as well as basic fundamentals and practice exercises to keep skills sharp, including: Mastering Perspective - Exercises to develop perspective drawing abilities from beginner to advancedForm Building - Step-by-step demonstrations on building complex formsLine Quality - Demos that emphasize different line types and how to use themColor/Materials/Texture - Applying materiality and realistic texture to objectsPresentation - How to add backgrounds, notes, context to sketchesWith over 20 years of drawing and teaching experience, Spencer breaks things down into simple step-by-step demonstrations so that beginners and advanced artists will find tips and tricks that will improve their work.

Become an ocean explorer with this interactive guidebook with step-by-step drawing lessons and fascinating facts about amazing sea creatures! Perfect for aspiring ocean explorers and budding artists, The Ocean Explorer's Drawing Guide For Kids shows kids how to observe and draw their favorite ocean animals and beach discoveries in a fun, interactive style! Popular YouTube drawing instructor Brad Woodard, founder of the Brave Kids Art Club show, shares his easy-to-follow lessons and tips and tricks for getting outside and drawing cool stuff. Featuring: Easy-to-Follow Instructions: Simple steps-by-step illustrations show to to create fun drawings with no experience necessary.Intro to Exploring: Encourages kids to get outside and make their own discoveries, including facts about the beach and ocean, things to observe about them, what to look for, and where to find them.30+ Awesome Ocean Animals: Featuring your favorite creatures such as sharks, whales, fish, crabs, birds, plants, and more.Interactive Journal Pages: Includes fill-in-the-blank pages of prompts for kids to record their observations and drawings.This is the ultimate guide for any kid who wants to explore the ocean and learn to draw!

Create mind-blowing artwork that pops off the page!Drawing complex three-dimensional art does not have to be intimidating. It may seem difficult or only for the advanced artist, but in this book author Tom McPherson breaks down in simple step-by-step instructions how anyone can create detailed, mesmerizing optical illusions even with little drawing experience.McPherson details how to create cool artwork from scratch by learning basic drawing techniques and progressing to more complex skills and creations, including: Impossible Shapes: Optical 3D illusions of shapes that could not exist in realityFloating Shapes: Solid shapes that look like they hover above the paper3D Line Art: Inventive 3D illusions on simple lined paperAnamorphic Buildings: Subjects drawn with extreme distortion that look realistic and 3DAnd much more! This is the ultimate guide to mastering trick drawing and creating cool images that will impress your friends and family.

When we look at everyday life, we realize that it is far from easy. Indeed, we are often confronted with the contrary: complicated instead of simple; demanding instead of effortless.As photographers, we face a similar situation with regard to our chosen hobby. The camera and computer are wonderful technical instruments, but their growing complexity can sometimes take away from the joy we find when we engage in creative work.In this book, author Bernd Daub shows us that simplicity works. He describes how with simple camera techniques, traditional film, and some imagination we can create ambitious artwork. This book teaches us how to focus our attention on the motivation behind our chosen image and develop a strong image impact without the need for high-tech equipment and flawless exposures.Learn about a variety of reasonably priced, low-tech cameras-such as the Holga, Diana, and Blackbird-as well as single-use cameras, the good old Agfa-Box, and the pinhole camera. For price-conscious beginners and intermediate photographers with high-quality equipment, this book provides ideas for alternative techniques without large investments. You'll discover many new possibilities as you foster your creativity.

VueScan is the world's most widely used software interface for digitizing film and prints on flatbed and film scanners. This powerful yet affordable program supports over 1500 scanners and 321 digital camera RAW file types, and is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. Much more than a simple scanner program, VueScan allows you to perform functions such as color restoration, adding sharpening filters, adjusting white balance, rotating images, and batch scanning multiple images. It also provides output to a variety of formats including TIFF, JPEG, and searchable PDF files (even all three simultaneously). The Pro version outputs to the RAW format and provides options for color adjustments, and more. Despite its popularity, the documentation for VueScan does not provide enough information to use the full power of the system and makes it difficult to get started. The VueScan Bible is the missing manual for new, experienced, and prospective users of VueScan.

A handy pocket guide packed with info on 50+ fabrics. Quickly learn the basics of the many kinds of fabrics commonly used for sewing projects so you can pick the perfect material for your project! Designed for sewists and DIY crafters who need a guide to the many common fabrics used for sewing, this ultra-portable reference Pocket Guide offers invaluable information, such as: The difference between natural and synthetic fabrics The intricacies of how fabric is woven--and how that effects the way the fabric is sewed Understanding terms like nap, weft, and weave, all words that describe how a fabric is handled Tips for placing pattern pieces and cutting fabric A glossary of over 50 fabrics with information on their common uses and tips for sewing with them

A handy guide with essential info for sewing beginners. Quickly learn and reference the basic skills of sewing and apply them to garment making and crafting. Designed for sewists and DIY crafters who need a guide to the many common stitches, fasteners, pleats, darts, and hems used for sewing. This handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide offers sewists information on the basic and necessary skills you need to follow a pattern, alter and embellish your projects, and create exquisite and accurate works of textile art! The spiral bound format allows sewists to have their hands free to sew while they reference information on: Pleats, darts, and hems so you can fit and finish your projectsHow to install fasteners of all kindsThe most effective ways to place and measure your pattern piecesReading pattern instructions and referencing terms and skills for most projects

From popular TikTok designer and Project Runway Junior contestant Ysabel Hilado. Save your wallet and the planet by repurposing older clothes and secondhand finds into fashionable new looks! In Fashion Upcycling, popular TikTok designer and Project Runway Junior contestant Ysabel Hilado shares her secrets for reinventing old clothing into dazzling new outfits. With several do-it-yourself, beginner-friendly projects and genius tips and tricks, you'll learn to express yourself and reinvent your closet in all-new ways. From dyeing faded clothes to easy ways to repurpose denim, there's a project for everyone. Featuring easy instructions for creative outfit ideas including: Turning ill-fitting pants into cute skirts Creating one-of-a-kind outfits out of old ties Several ways to upcycle denim including painting, dyeing, and repurposing Making new tote bags out of old t-shirts, pillowcases, and linensEasy ways to embellish any garment with lace, patches, faux fur, embroidery, or buttonsAnd much, much more! Filled with inspiring, helpful photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide makes it easy to embrace your creativity and create unique looks without breaking the bank.

Learn the essential skills you need to create garments and textile crafts from scratch! Welcome to the wide and wonderful world of sewing! You have your sewing machine at the ready--now what? For those DIYers who are ready to dive into garment and textile craft creation, Stitches and Seams teaches you essential skills that every beginner needs to know. Author and acclaimed sewing teacher Valeria Carrandi Macias walks new sewists through everything they need to get started with sewing projects, from necessary tools and gear to essential skills, like inserting a zipper, making straight stitches and clean corners, and how to use patterns. Valeria also offers indispensable information about the vast sewing vocabulary, fabric selection, and making measurements for fitting. Stitches and Seams is the book you'll need not only to immerse yourself in the nuts and bolts of sewing, but also to get you going on your machine with helpful preparation exercises, practical tips, and detailed instructions for five unisex sewing projects that put your new knowledge into action. Learn to make: A coaster and table mat setAn apronA zippered pouchPajama set with top and shorts A tote bag to haul your fabric and sewing gear The journey to making your own wardrobe begins here, with your very first stitches and seams.

The human figure is the most rewarding but the most challenging subject to draw. In this book, award-winning drawing instructor Brent Eviston demystifies the process and teaches practical skills that anyone can learn. Starting with simple shapes, the reader will then learn how to accurately draw a figure in three dimensions and depict flesh, muscle, and bone as well as how to shade using dramatic light and shadow. Readers will learn all aspects of figure drawing, including: -Depicting realistic movement with gesture drawing-How to accurately capture the structure of the skeleton-Filling in the parts of the body with contour and shading-Confidently sketch any person from a photo or real lifeFilled with beautiful and instructive drawings of every phase of the figure drawing process, this book builds upon Brent's popular approach to teaching pioneered in his popular Art and Science of Drawing book and courses.

"Digital Collage with Procreate is the ultimate guide to every step of creating beautiful, one-of-a-kind mixed media artwork. Using the versatile and intuitive iPad drawing and design app Procreate, author and artist Nicki Fitz-Gerald composes a series of fun and easy projects that will build confidence by giving all the necessary tools to create gorgeous compositions from scratch." --

This book takes you on a journey around the world through the eyes of photographer Mario Dirks. In the fall of 2011, camera and lens manufacturer Sigma sent Mario on a yearlong adventure to photograph the most beautiful places on earth. As Sigma's World Scout, he spent 50 weeks visiting a total of 77 cities, 48 countries, and 6 continents. He took 101 flights and traveled 2,500 miles by foot. The result of his tour is a collection of 347 extraordinary photographs showcasing fascinating destinations and scenic locations from around the globe.With this wealth of images and experiences, Mario Dirks has created a diversified snapshot of our earth. The images in this book show global sights like the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, Petra, the Grand Canyon, and Ayers Rock, as well as architectural masterpieces, unique natural landscapes, and portraits of people and animals.Mario's photographs are accompanied by anecdotes from his travels, making this book a visual delicacy not only for traveling photographers, but for anyone interested in viewing captivating images from around the world. Come with the author on a journey to the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia; immerse yourself in the colorful and exciting variety of our world; and experience what great travel photography is made of.

Quickly learn the basics of 35mm film photography: loading film, using the built-in light meter, the exposure triangle, composition tips, and shooting scenarios so you can capture great photos!Designed for photographers who want a quick introduction (or refresher) to 35mm film photography, this handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you're out and about.- Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist- Load your camera with 35mm film- Conquer the three key components of exposure--aperture, shutter speed, and your film's ISO- Learn to use your camera's built-in light meter (or a light meter app)- Understand lenses and focal length--and how they affect the look of your image- Learn about pushing and pulling film, bracketing exposures, and more- Use the most effective composition tips for framing your photo- Follow techniques for getting great shots in typical scenarios (portrait, landscape, freezing action, low light, etc.)TABLE OF CONTENTSPre-Shoot Checklist01 Working with 35mm Film02 Exposure Basics03 Shooting in Manual Mode04 Beyond Manual Mode05 Lenses and Focal Length06 Advanced Shooting Techniques07 Composition Tips and Shooting Scenarios

Designed for photographers who haven't memorized every button, dial, setting, and feature on their Canon EOS R10, Rocky Nook's handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you're out and about.- Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist- Identify every button and dial on your camera- Learn the essential modes and settings you need to know- Dive deeper with additional features of your camera- Execute step-by-step instructions for shooting in-camera multiple exposures, HDR images, and time-lapse movies- Follow tips and techniques for getting great shots in typical scenarios (portrait, landscape, freezing action, low light, etc.)

Conquer portable strobes and hot shoe flash to create extraordinary portraits! Whether you use small, portable strobes or hot shoe flash, flash photography has always been daunting for most photographers. Without a system and workflow for thinking about and working with flash, you can easily end up feeling stuck, or you end up flailing--randomly changing settings, positions, and modifiers--and hoping for the best. It's not surprising that this leads to failure and frustration. Enter bestselling author Roberto Valenzuela and the Picture Perfect Flash System, which he created to empower you to finally conquer your flash and create photographs that fulfill your intention and vision. There are two key components to this system, which Roberto calls FACES and NAME. The FACES component provides a framework for thinking about how you want or need to use flash in a particular scene. Once you've found your purpose for the light, the NAME component provides an essential workflow for carrying out your flash photography in a methodical way so that you get consistent and predictable results.