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Photographic portraits should not be the formal, corporate-style poses of yesteryear, which reveal nothing of the subject's emotion, personality or mood - so believe Sarah Plater and Paul Wilkindon. Theirs is a modern, fresh and vibrant approach that aims to capture a moment in the lifestyle of the person or persons in the picture. This authoritative guide contains clear, concise and jargon-busting text that discusses the essential technical aspects of photography from choosing a camera and equipment to an appreciation of exposure, aperture, metering, shutter speed, depth of field and white balance settings, in addition to how natural light, colour and movement affect a photograph. A guide to posing helps to ensure dynamic and arresting images
How do you attract an agent? Ever thought of funding your next book through crowdfunding? How do you deal with failure? Do you understand your royalty statements? What's a media kit, and should you have one? This, and many more questions, are answered in this second collection of articles that first appeared in Writing Magazine. Contributors include: Susie Kearley, Fran Tracy, Wendy Clarke, Sally Trueman-Dicken, Maggie Cobbett, Jo Sadler, Meg Kingston, Kayla Whaley, Imogen Howson, Kate Nash, Solange Hando, Jo Derrick, Esther Newton, Richard Blake, Judith Cranswick, Jennie Ensor, Sarah Plater, Carol Anne Strange, Morgen Bailey, Linda Priestley, Tracy Baines, Diane Wordsworth, JT Ellison, Jo Fitzsimons, Beatrice Charles, Alex Gazzola, Diane Perry, Jane Davis, Carolyn Henderson, Leah Mercer, P R Ellis, Sherry Ficklin, Catherine Cooper, Penny Legg, Helen Yendall, Julie Phillips, Janet Johnstone, Eric James, Caroline James, Hilary Jane Jones, Ros Ephraim, Margaret Murphy/Ashley Dyer, Ann Cleaves, Martin Edwards, Chris Simms, and Kate Ellis.
“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University
If you want to learn to create out-of-this-world photos that capture the heart and soul of a dog, you've come to the right place. Whether you're a professional looking to up your dog photography game, or an amateur striving to take better pictures of your four-legged best friend, Dogtography is your guide to crafting jaw-dropping photographs that are exploding with personality. And there is no better teacher than Kaylee Greer, one of the world's most in-demand dog photographers. Kaylee travels the globe photographing dogs for some of the biggest pet brands on Earth, teaches industry-renowned workshops, and stars in Nat Geo Wild's original television mini-series Pupparazzi
John Stull was probably born in Germany between 1680-1700. He immigrated to America before 1725. He and his wife, Martha, had ten children. The first four were probably born in Pennsylvania, the others in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was the first permanent German settler west of Frederick County, Maryland. Descendants lived in Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Arkansas and elsewhere.