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"This book is designed to teach you ingenious, clever, and inexpensive tricks and techniques that will help you shoot great images without breaking the bank. Six chapters are broken down into 64 numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to know to improve your photography."--Cover page four.

The photography industry is advancing and changing moreand more quicklythan ever. Right along with changes in camera technology, photographers are witnessing shifts in the business landscape that can be a challenge to understand and navigate, whether they're just beginning their business or growing it after 25 years of shooting.Best Business Practices for Photographers, 3rd Edition, is an updated and expanded version of John Harrington's bestselling books on the topic. For the first time, Harrington brings together both Best Business Practices for Photographers and More Best Business Practices for Photographers, creating a complete and comprehensive guide for photographers starting, maintaining, and growing their business in order to achieve financial success and personal satisfaction.In great detail and with a friendly, conversational voice, Harrington covers all the key points of the business of professional photography, and he provides today's best practices that you need to know. This book covers:*; How to establish your business (Sole Proprietor vs. LLC/LLP vs. S Corp)*; Whether or not you need a physical, brick-and-mortar location*; The equipment you need*; Planning a shoot*; The value of internships*; Setting your fees*; Pricing your work*; Why you need insurance*; Surviving an IRS audit*; Contracts for editorial, commercial, and corporate clients, as well as weddings and rites of passage*; The art of negotiation*; How video can be incorporated into your business*; Marketing, branding, and social media*; Publishing a book of your work*; Practical finance advice and guidance, from working with accountants to setting up QuickBooks*; How to protect your work*; Releases for models, property, and more*; How to handle a breach of contract*; Licensing your work*; Digital asset managementWhether you're just starting a photography business or you're a veteran shooter looking to improve your finances, Best Business Practices for Photographers, 3rd Edition, is for you. Harrington's Best Business Practices books have long been recognized throughout the industry as the go-to resource for photographers, and this new, complete 3rd Edition is your key to a successful career in photography.

In How Photographs Are Sold, author and fine art photographer Alain Briot has compiled stories and examples of how several successful photographers market and sell their work. The book features information from photographers who earn a living from their artwork, as well as from others who sell their artwork simply to further their passion.

In Studio Anywhere 2: Hard Light, photographer and author Nick Fancher builds on the success of his previous book (Studio Anywhere: A Photographer's Guide to Shooting in Unconventional Locations) as he continues to offer candid, practical, and valuable lessons on how to create successful and fresh photographs armed with only minimal gear, a resourceful mind, and a creative spirit. The heart and soul of Studio Anywhere 2: Hard Light resemble its predecessor, but this time Nick focuses his approach on hard light, demonstrating how to use it in innovative and flattering ways, working with subjects ranging from products to people. You'll learn: How to work with both available light (e.g., the sun) and manufactured light (such as inexpensive small flash) How to shape, bounce, and manipulate your unmodified flash to get the results you want The importance of proper light placement and ambient balance How to create dramatic, intentional photographs with hard light DIY techniques for making your own gobos and photo hacks (such as with a reflector) How to incorporate colored gels into your work to create expressive and innovative imagery Post-processing tricks and techniques that Nick uses to achieve the final look of the imageIncluded in the book are behind-the-scenes photos, lighting diagrams, and Lightroom settings for many scenarios, so the reader can follow along from idea through the shoot and on to the final edit. There is also a feature throughout the book called "e;Making a Scene"e; where, upon being presented with an "e;empty"e; scene, you're challenged to figure out where you might place your subject and your light(s) in order to achieve a specific effect or result. At the back of the book, Nick shows you how he chose to tackle each scenario. The goal is to train yourself to look at the everyday, commonplace locations and scenarios you encounter and begin to see them full of photographic potential.

No photographer works in a vacuum. Photographers, like all artists, stand on the shoulders of those who came before them, and they are informed and influenced by those working around them. If you are striving to find your own style, one of the most powerful exercises you can practice is to find influence and inspiration in the work of those around you, and then emulate that work in an effort to define, shape, and grow your own photographic voice. By collecting, imitating, and eventually reshaping and combining the work of those around you, your unique voice can be found and the quality of your work can soar.In Photograph Like a Thief, photographer, author, and retoucher Glyn Dewis embraces the idea of "e;stealing"e; and recreating others' work in order to improve as an artist. By stepping inside others' images, you can learn to reverse engineer their creation, then build an image that simultaneously pays homage to that work and is also an original creation itself.Glyn begins by covering the process of "e;stealing ideas"e; and finding inspiration. He shares the gear he uses as well as his retouching and post-processing workflow. In a chapter on how to reverse engineer a photograph, Glyn discusses how to read an image by looking at the catch lights, shadow and highlight positions, and the hardness or softness of the shadows. This is a crucial skill to acquire if you want to recreate a specific look.Glyn then works through a series of images-inspired by movies, books, history, and a few legendary photographers-from the initial concept and influence to the final result. For each image, he reverse engineers the shot to describe how it was created, then works through the gear he used, the lighting for the image, and the post-processing of the image in Photoshop-from the RAW out-of-camera shot to the finished piece. While Glyn's work primarily focuses on portraiture, he finds inspiration and influence from a wide variety of work.By working alongside Glyn (he makes all the files available for download), you too can learn to find inspiration all around you, discover how others' work can influence you, improve your photographic and post-processing skill set, and begin your own journey to defining your unique style. Who knows? Soon, others may be stealing from you.

As both an art form and a universal language, the photograph has an extraordinary ability to connect and communicate with others. But with over one trillion photos taken each year, why do so few of them truly connect? Why do so few of them grab our emotions or our imaginations? It is not because the images lack focus or proper exposure; with advances in technology, the camera does that so well these days. Photographer David duChemin believes the majority of our images fall short because they lack soul. And without soul, the images have no ability to resonate with others. They simply cannot connect with the viewer, or even-if we're being truthful-with ourselves.In The Soul of the Camera: The Photographer's Place in Picture-Making, David explores what it means to make better photographs. Illustrated with a collection of beautiful black-and-white images, the book's essays address topics such as craft, mastery, vision, audience, discipline, story, and authenticity. The Soul of the Camera is a personal and deeply pragmatic book that quietly yet forcefully challenges the idea that our cameras, lenses, and settings are anything more than dumb and mute tools. It is the photographer, not the camera, that can and must learn to make better photographs-photographs that convey our vision, connect with others, and, at their core, contain our humanity. The Soul of the Camera helps us do that.

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 Exposure: 45 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 11 chapters that include 45 photographic lessons to help you conquer your exposures, photographer and author John Greengo covers light, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure modes, and much more. Example lessons include:4. The Light Meter and Metering Modes6. The Exposure Triangle10. Using Fast Shutter Speeds to Stop the Action18. Advanced Auto ISO Settings21. Getting the Most Out of Aperture Priority Mode27. Maximum Sharpness and Hyperfocal Distance28. Using Exposure Compensation to Get the Shot37. Capturing Great Silhouettes39. Focus Modes and Focus PointsWritten in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to Exposure 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.

Imaginarium: The Process Behind the Pictures is a compendium of practical advice and information covering the photographic process-from idea cultivation through execution. The guidance in this book is written with an understanding of the nature of artists at their core and explores the science of how ideas are born, the conditions that facilitate the productive creation of art, and the elements necessary to make creative work. This compendium is applicable across genres, for individual artists and for those working in a commercial capacity. It brings together strategies and tools to help readers generate compelling ideas and create unique images. From the simplest idea to the most fantastical, you will learn brainstorming, concept development, pre-visualization, pre-production, problem solving, and execution steps in the creative process, including practical tools and ideas for overcoming obstacles and achieving success along the way.Contributors:Beth TaubnerMercurylabAlessia GlavianoVogue ItaliaRebecca MansonThe Post OfficeInterviews with:Maggie Steber, Roger Ballen, Sara Lando,Gabriela Iancu, Robin Schwartz, and Eleanor Macnair***Imaginarium: The Process Behind the PicturesTable of Contents1: ON ARTThe Purpose of ArtStrong ImagesDevelopment of an ArtistGoals for Making WorkChapter Wrap-Up2: ARTISTIC LIFESTYLEThe FoundationCuration of ExperiencesTapping into the UnconsciousCreative PsychologyHealthNurturing CreativityCommunity of ArtistsChapter Wrap-Up3: TIME MANAGEMENTMotion Versus ProgressProductivityMotivationWork That Fits into Your LifeChapter Wrap-Up4: PREVISUALIZATION Concept Generation TriggersDivergent ThinkingFree AssociationBrainstormingMind MappingMood BoardsPrevisualizationConcept DevelopmentChapter Wrap-Up5: PRODUCTIONPre-ProductionResources and ResearchBuilding a TeamPlan B, C, and DOn Set ChecklistBest PracticesEditingPost-ProductionChapter Wrap-Up6: THE VIEWER EXPERIENCEThe Viewer ExperiencePresentation ConsiderationsCritique and FeedbackSeries and Long-Term ProjectsAssignments/CommissionsBody of Work: What We Leave BehindChapter Wrap-UpConclusionArtist Interviews

David Busch's Canon EOS Rebel T6/1300D Guide to Digital SLR Photography is your complete all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Canon EOS Rebel T6/1300D. Aimed at budding photo enthusiasts seeking to improve their photographic skills, the T6/1300D is a budget-priced digital SLR with an impressive range of features, including Wi-Fi communications to link your camera to your iOS or Android smart device. With this book in hand, the camera is remarkably easy to master, too. Equipped with an 18-megapixel sensor, full HD movie-making, an accurate 9-point autofocus system, and a full range of semi-automatic modes, scene options, and creative filters, this newest Rebel has everything you need to explore the world of photography.With clear how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Canon EOS Rebel T6/1300D Guide to Digital SLR Photography covers all the camera's capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lenses, lighting, and more. Also included is a handy Canon Rebel T6/1300D "e;roadmap"e; chapter, an easy-to-use visual guide to the camera's features and controls.With best-selling author and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll be in full creative control, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced hobbyist, or just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Canon EOS Rebel T6/1300D today.

A book of essential tips on using this camera, based on months of in-depth research.

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.

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.

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.