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Brian & Janet Stoppee have incorporated their decades of daily, hands-on expertise at image-making plus their leading seminars and one-on-one training into the most comprehensive guide to photographic lighting available! It's impossible to be successful in photography without a mastery of light. It's the basis of all things photographic. The Stoppees welcome the reader into their professional world with a conversational tone that makes you feel as if you are a member of their team in pre-production planning, out on a shoot, or back at their studio, in post-production. They've packed the book with full color, vibrant images and lighting diagrams that make the technology easy to quickly unders...
The date was Tuesday, June 4, 1968. That particular Tuesday in June held little significance for most people living in Windsor, Ontario. It was however, a day that Brian Bradley would likely remember for the remainder of his long life.
The photographs of Eadweard Muybridge are immediately familiar to us. Less familiar is the dramatic personal story of this seminal and wonderfully eccentric Victorian pioneer, now brought to life for the first time in this engaging and thoroughly entertaining biography. His work is iconic: the first icons of the modern visual age. Men, women, boxers, wrestlers, racehorses, elephants and camels frozen in time, captured in the act of moving, fighting, galloping, living. Scarcely a day goes by without their derivate use somewhere in today's media. And if most of us have seen Muybridge's distinctive stop-motion photographs, all of us have seen the fruit of his extraordinary technological innovat...
Toliver’s adventure begins when he is abducted and swept away from San Francisco on the first day of his senior year summer vacation. Strange things begin to happen to him as he discovers that he possesses supernatural powers that enable him to harness the physical energy surrounding him and empower him to do fantastic things – unimaginable things. Just as a child learning to walk, Toliver stumbles a few times as he learns to use his new abilities and attempts to understand their limitations. Eventually he makes progress, but not without the help of his best buddy, Whip, and his heart throb, Copper, but even they could not protect him against the mysterious organization called the CENT -...
By picking up this book, chances are good that you're busy, committed, and frustrated! There are literally millions of people who in their personal lives, their workplace, family or spiritual life want to spend a full day living out a life that is rich in purpose and significance. But it's not happening! Not really!
The "The Dead President's Club" story continues with the ghosts of Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge trying to end a 160 year old curse before an assassin kills the president and his family by blowing up the White House. The ghosts have little time to discover the assassin and to stop him. Meanwhile their living friend Brian Stone, the president's son, has problems of his own he must climb the dreaded rope to the ceiling of the school gymnasium or receive a failing grade.
Two dead bodies, seemingly unconnected, are found within a week on Orcas Island, a San Juan Island off the coast of Washington. Border concerns with Canada, bizarre murders, coupled with teenage kidnapping and runaways prompt the local authorities to call in experts, agents Bev and Brian Moore. These specialists in foreign intrigue are diverted from their international assignment in Italy to pose as journalists for a criminal investigation on the island. Clues lead to discovery of terrorist tactics and the attempted recruitment of teens into a quagmire of ruthless behavior. Aileen Nowatzki is a Californian writer of novels of intrigue. She received her MA in French and has worked as a teacher, a college instructor, a translator and a director of religious education. Extensive travel with her husband spans three continents and has provided her with a unique perspective on multi-cultural issues. Volunteerism is an important part of her weekly activities. Three children and young grandchildren keep her very active.
An indispensable lighting reference you’ll refer to again and again Photography is all about light, yet light remains one of the most confusing and intimidating topics for amateur photographers. The Photographer’s Lighting Toolbox is a complete introduction to lighting principles, gear, and techniques, including: • the basics of exposure: metering, bracketing, exposure value, depth of field, and more • gear and techniques associated with the four main types of light: natural light, modified light, continuous light, and flash illumination • setups for a variety of lighting scenarios, from simple to complex, with foolproof diagrams showing what to put where With easy-to-grasp explanations of complex lighting concepts, clear lighting diagrams, and a thorough review of all the gear you’ll need, this is an indispensable reference for photographers of all levels interested in using light for more professional results.
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The life of eleven-year-old Alestir Perez is not an easy one. The constant isolation and abuse that make up his world are slowly pushing him to the brink of insanity. Soon Alestir will not be able to control the darkness and rage he has inside. When it seems like there’s no hope left in his struggle with an abusive and alcoholic father at home and a gang of sadistic bullies at school, Alestir meets Randy. The popular and athletic seventeen-year-old becomes his only friend and teaches him things his father never could or would. Just as their bond begins to bring him some sense of happiness and belonging, Alestir’s father learns about this boy named Randy. How can an emotionally damaged eleven-year-old cope with the unfairness of his world and the obsession he feels toward the one person who actually shows him kindness? Which direction will Alestir turn and whose life will never be the same?