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A deluxe baseball treasury unlike any other, complete with essays, photos, and player bios from The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Everyone dreams of Cooperstown. It's a hallowed name in baseball, for players as well as their fans. It's a house where legends live; it's everything...

This book will give you a rounded and complete idea of how to control exposure. The book isn't DSLR or analog specific and covers aspects of both. It explains the three components to exposure, which are ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. Concepts such as depth of field and a quick overview of Ansel Adams' zone system are also covered. The focus is mainly on how to get a great exposure from the start, but there are also tips on how to fix an overexposed or underexposed photo.

Selling your photos as prints for someone to hang on their wall is a dream of many photographers and this guidebook will help you achieve that. This is a guidebook to selling your work online as prints or on other products. Whatever other books might claim, there is no "one size fits all" recipe for success. Let me say straight away that not everything I do will work for you. And some things that didn’t work for me could work for you and so I have included details of all my experiments and approaches so you can understand what is likely to happen and can then decide if it will work for you.

When Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha, left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like today, was a pilgrimage site for the young, the arty, and the ambitious. But it was also becoming a city of greed, where both life's consolations and its necessities were increasingly going to the highest bidder. At the Strangers' Gate builds a portrait of this particular moment in New York through the story of this couple's journey....

It is easy to make a picture. Right? Think again. Of course, in today world, pictures are everywhere and tools for making them are available to everybody. Cyanotype 101 is an audiobook that speaks about, for a long time now commercially obsolete but beautiful photographic process, the Cyanotype. The audiobook is not intended for scientific research, advanced, or professional photographic artwork. The audiobook is intended for the starters in alternative photo processes and professional that could use simplification of the process.

Dream of combining your love for drones with the art of photography? How to Start a Drone Photography Business is your essential guide to launching a successful aerial photography business. From legal requirements and market research to branding and client management, this book covers every aspect required to turn your passion into a profitable enterprise. Whether you're starting from scratch or expanding your existing photography services, this guide will equip you with practical knowledge, insider tips, and industry insights for thriving in the competitive world of drone photography.

The iPhone camera has so many hidden features and tricks that you probably don’t know about and only a book like this can help to expose those hidden features. Very often the manuals and user guides that accompany devices tend to be basic on providing the best tricks and tips required to get the best from such devices which is why this book was written to help you get the most out of your iPhone 14 Pro Max Camera app.

Men and Style reaches beyond standard "what to wear" advice: It is equal parts style guide and intriguing conversation about the masculine identity within the world of fashion. David Coggins explores the history of men's style and learns from some of the most notable tastemakers in the industry and beyond. Its essays and interviews discuss the lessons men learned from their fathers, the mistakes they made as young men, and how they emerged to become better men.

Looking up at the night sky fills a person with wonder, knowing there is so much unknown out there! Admiring the universe can put things in perspective – if only we could capture that feeling. Tonight, you can! The first ever photo was taken in 1826 and at the end of the following decade, the moon was captured. But it wasn’t until the late 19th century that technology advanced to the point where details of stars could be seen, and only really the last 20 years that software has taken this to a new level.

This book will guide you in starting your own photography business; it's truly an advantage if you are a photographer by profession, but if not, it doesn't mean that you could not open your own business. I can help you get the ball rolling.

Through stories remembered and imagined, A Stranger's Pose draws the listener into a world of encounters in more than a dozen African towns. Iduma blends memoir, travelogue, and storytelling in these fragments of a traveler’s journey across several African cities. 

A fascinating biography of the philanthropist Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America’s soul From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling new art collector biography of America’s first great collector of modern art...

A folklorist chronicles the history and lore of witchcraft in the Keystone State from William Penn's seventeenth century witch trial to twentieth century occultism. As English and German settlers migrated to Pennsylvania, they brought their beliefs in magic with them from the Old...

Discover the interesting, outlandish, and dark secrets you wish your tour guide would tell you about all the world’s most popular landmarks. Everything you thought you knew about your favorite travel destinations? There’s so much more. Curated by the relentlessly curious travel journalist...

The ultimate photographic collection of the most historic trees on the planet. Uncover remarkable trees from around the world, many of which have borne witness to key moments in history or reached a scale and age that have allowed them to become a part of history themselves. “[A] rich history...

Times of great change did not occur by man's desire for change, but through protest and persistence. Across the globe, it seems we are in an era of protest and drive. Not since the '60s have we seen political divides and awareness of this magnitude, and it is shaping all aspects of our day to day life. While some feel lost in despair and fear, we can look to the past and rise up ourselves. Protest changes the world like nothing else has to date. What change do you want to fight for?

In today's busy world, preventing audience boredom is more important than ever. Now screenwriters and directors have an easy guidebook for making their films more captivating, spine tingling, and suspenseful. "Hitchcock Whisperer" Jeffrey Michael Bays brings the secrets of suspense out of the shadows.

Unlock the full potential of your drone photography with our detailed guide on editing and post-processing. This comprehensive resource dives into essential techniques for transforming your aerial images into breathtaking masterpieces. Learn how to make basic adjustments, correct colors, enhance details, and apply advanced methods like HDR processing and panorama stitching. With step-by-step instructions and expert tips, you'll master the art of post-processing to create visually stunning and impactful photos.

Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera underwater, watch a movie, or view an X-ray. But the photographic innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were experimental, revelatory, and sometimes dangerous—and many of the innovators, entrepreneurs, and inventors behind them were memorable eccentrics. In Flashes of Brilliance, writer and photo editor Anika Burgess engagingly blends art, science, and social history to reveal the most dramatic developments in photography from its birth in the 1830s to the early twentieth century.

Learn the secrets to photo composition: There's a common misconception that composition is mysterious and that only certain people have that natural gift for the techniques involved. The truth is that composition involves a set of skills that you can master. Just as you can use cookbook recipes to make your favorite meal - you don't have to be a famous French chef - you also can take amazing photos by just following a recipe!