Birds have been a source of fascination and mystery for humans throughout the world, and throughout time.The Encyclopedia of Birds reveals in striking detail the rich variety of bird life,from the exotic to the common that we can see everyday in our locality; birds whose songs and silhouettes in flight we often take for granted. But you will also find, photographed close-up with stunning clarity, occasional visitors to these shores, together with images of birds from all over the world.Splendidly illustrated, featuring more than 400 species in a highly informative text,The Encyclopedia of Birds offers a window on the world of the extraordinary diversity of birds on our planet.
Revised and thoroughly updated, this practical guide tophotographing people is better than ever! What is the color of skin? You may think you know, until youenter the world of digital photography and try to reproduce whatyou see. Differences in software, lighting, computercalibration—everything has an impact on color. And that’s allbefore you get into differences between people in terms of skintypes, ethnicities, age, gender, and more! Hollywood-basedphoto-illustrator Lee Varis guides you step-by-step through themaze. This new edition covers the very newest trends and techniques inphotographing, lighting, and editing skin—and offers plenty oftips, examples, and valuable advice from the author’s ownprofessional experience in the field. Shows you how to digitally capture all skin types: male,female, young, old, different skin tones and ethnicities, withmakeup or without, wrinkled, tattooed, and more Covers a wealth of topics in addition to photo editing, such ashow to obtain model releases a
铁托南斯拉夫共chan主义极简主义狂野世界指南 Spomenik-- Serbo-Croat /斯洛文尼亚语中的纪念碑 - 指的是20世纪60年代至80年代在铁托的南斯拉夫共和国建造的纪念碑，标志着第二次世界大战期间占领的恐怖和轴心国的失败。全国各地都有数百座建筑，从沿海度假胜地到偏远山区。通过这些富有想象力的混凝土和钢铁形式，设想了一个没有种族紧张局势的无阶级，前瞻性的社会主义社会。而不是寻求意识形态一致的苏联的艺术灵感，铁托转向西方和抽象表现主义和极简主义的作品。这使得南斯拉夫能够通过纪念碑发展自己独特的身份，将它们变成政治工具，阐明铁托对新明天的个人愿景。 今天，在该国解体和随后的1990年代南斯拉夫战争之后，一些人被摧毁或被遗弃。许多人遭受了种族紧张局势的后果：一旦被视为希望的象征，他们现在成为怨恨和愤怒的焦点。 本
The photography community has been among the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of Apple’s revolutionary iPad. With its crystal-clear display, powerful graphical capabilities and intuitive interface, it’s certainly an effective way to show off photographs. But what else can it do? In this, the first book on the subject, Ben Harvell explains how the iPad is revolutionising the way that pro photographers work. There are powerful photo editing applications, easy-to-use photo sharing and display programs, and useful tethered-shooting this book explains all, and will be a must-read for digital photographers everywhere.
Sidestepping the tragic figure presented in other books,"Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox" provides a light-hearted andhumorous look at a legend like no other! Sixty years after herimage first flickered on the screen, Marilyn Monroe remains theultimate Hollywood star, a face and name more recognizable thancurrent performers. What remains to be explored about 'Marilyn'?Here we celebrate what first made her a star. Profusely illustratedwith colour and black and white stills from the 20th Century Foxarchives - some of which will be seen for the first time in thisbook - "Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox" focuses on quintessentialMarilyn in classics like "Gentleman Prefer Blondes", "The SevenYear Itch" and her other Fox films. The text is filled withbehind-the-scenes stories, memorable movie quotes, film facts,trivia, plotlines, character profiles and highlights of the mostMarilyn moments.
