Digital photography has become a revolution. The possibility of recording an image inside a memory device, instead of using film, makes the whole process more straightforward and accessible to amateur and casual photographers. This concept facilitates the management and edition of images in personal computers. Otherwise difficult tasks such as color correction, photo retouching, cropping, printintg or sharing your images are now achieved with incredible ease. As digital cameras are becoming more popular than film cameras a lot of information is becomes available on the web. In this section you will find a large amount of digital photography resources such as tutorials, books and software to help you develop your skills as a photographer.
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Transcendent Spirit: The Orphans of UgandaThis intimate book of photographs follows the inspiring journey of twenty orphans who overcame tremendous hardships to form a dance troupe and become cultural ambassadors for their troubled country. They have brought their intense energy and joy to audiences across the U.S. over the past ten years, which has resulted in their support of more than 700 orphans in Uganda. Rising from the extreme poverty and devastation wrought by AIDS and civil war in Uganda to receive standing ovations while touri... |
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The Cats of VeniceIn the spirit of Hans Silvester's brilliant feline photo collections, including Cats in the Sun and Asleep in the Sun, Shin Otani's The Cats of Venice celebrates the charming Italian city and its bewhiskered inhabitants. Eighty full-color photographs capture the legendary waterways, gondolas, and glorious Renaissance architecture. Asleep in shop windows, lolling on park benches, and ambling along the cobbled streets are an assortment of content kitties, some strays, and some household pets. The ... |
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Cuba: Picturing ChangeWith insightful essaysin English and Spanishfrom Louis A. Pérez Jr., Americas preeminent Cuba scholar, and Ambrosio Fornet, renowned Cuban author and screenwriter, Cuba: Picturing Change introduces the work of photographer E. Wright Ledbetter, whose images create a captivating portrait of the remarkable Cuban culture as it faces the complex forces of change. Made from visits to Cuba over a four-year period (1997-2001), Ledbetters photographs take us on a compelling journey within a cul... |
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San Francisco VictoriansFor more than a century the refined but playful elegance of Victorian houses has helped define the style and identity of the city by the bay. San Francisco Victorians showcases the variety and charm of the city's signature houses. This generous but portable survey features the most picturesque of the Victorians and exquisite Queen Annes, including classically restored marvels and the more fancifully decorated "painted ladies." Focusing on breathtaking exteriors and finely turned details from hom... |
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TulsaWhen it first appeared in 1971, Larry Clark's groundbreaking book Tulsa sparked immediate controversy across the nation. Its graphic depictions of sex, violence, and drug abuse in the youth culture of Oklahoma were acclaimed by critics for stripping bare the myth that Middle America had been immune to the social convulsions that rocked America in the 1960s. The raw, haunting images taken in 1963, 1968, and 1971 document a youth culture progressively overwhelmed by self-destruction -- and are as ... |
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Margaret Bourke-white: The Early Work, 1922-1930 (Pocket Paragon Series)Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was one of the leading photojournalists of her time, a mainstay of the Luce empire whose signature work for Fortune celebrated the machine age and whose later work for Life featured the human face and a "progressive" humanitarian sensibility. Many of her photo essays are classics; indeed those on the Louisville Flood and its victims, on the liberation of the Nazi death camps, and on the poverty of India and Pakistan are now part of the iconography of the twentie... |
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Adversary: America's Aggressor Fighter Squadrons (Schiffer Military History)Adversary takes an inside look at the dedicated adversary tactics units within the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Every unit in this highly specialized group, from the Navy's well known TOPGUN program to the US Air Force's elite 414th Combat Training Squadron is reviewed. The Marine Corps Sniper squadron and Navy reserve units are also covered. Over the course of a two year time-frame, authors Rick Llinares and Chuck Lloyd were afforded unprecedented access to each of the five remaining ... |
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FoliageIn Foliage, Harold Feinstein returns to the natural forms that he chronicled in One Hundred Flowers. An introduction by popular gardening author Sydney Eddison explores the cultural significance of plants while revealing the subtle ways in which they touch our daily lives. Her introduction, along with text by horticulture expert Greg Piotrowski, makes Foliage as practical and informative, as it is beautiful.... |
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Basic Photography'Basic Photography' is a longstanding international bestseller and continues to be the introductory textbook for photography courses throughout the world. Key features:practical assignments, so you can put into practice what you've learnedchapter summaries for easy revisiona clear and concise approach to essential photographic principles, assuming no prior knowledgecomprehensive coverage of both black and white photography, processing and printing; colour photography, digital manipulation and fi... |
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