Michael Stern

Alan Hess

Palm Springs

Julius Shulman

A colorful, portable guide to all the features of Nikon's D3200 dSLR The Nikon D3200 dSLR camera is packed with fabulous features like a 24-megapixel sensor, full HD video capability with fulltime autofocus, and 4 frames-per-second continuous shooting mode. This full-color guide provides instructions for all the buttons, dials, modes, and menus plus a refresher course in photography basics. It illustrates the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure with plenty of examples, and author Alan Hess, veteran concert photographer, even includes professional tips on improving portraits, candids, sports and travel photos, and much more. Sized to fit in a camera bag, the book includes a bonus gray and color checker card to help dSLR newcomers capture perfect white balance and color every time. Nikon's exciting D3200 dSLR offers a 24-megapixel sensor, full HD (1080p) video recording with fulltime autofocus and 4 fps high-speed continuous shooting mode, and a host of other features This full-color guide, in a portable 6 x 9-inch trim explains all the camera's settings, buttons, menus, and modes with step-by-step directions Explains how to choose lenses, adjust white balance, use autofocus, and manage exposure Author and professional photographer Alan Hess provides advice on improving your candids, portraits, sports and travel photos, macro photography, and more, with exquisite examples Includes a gray and color checker card to help you achieve perfect color Nikon D3200 Digital Field Guide is your new Nikon's best friend. Take it everywhere you take your camera and have expert advice at your fingertips.

Nikon D3200 Digital Field Guide

Autofocus changed the way photos are taken, making it easier to capture and keep the subject in sharp focus. Since autofocus was first introduced, it has become much more complicated, offering different focus modes, focus types, and focus points. What started out as a way to simplify the photo-making process has turned into a complicated endeavor with numerous choices and settings. A Photographer’s Guide to Focus and Autofocus: From Snapshots to Great Shots is here to answer all your questions about the focusing system in today’s cameras and their various autofocus modes. Photographer Alan Hess covers the simple basics of focus: manual focus versus autofocus, the best focus modes to use, and how focus works in both DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. Then he discusses more advanced topics, including autofocus sensor types, back-button autofocus, and focus for DSLR video. There is much more to autofocus, and focus in general, than just pushing the shutter release button and hoping the image is sharp and in focus. With this book, you’ll learn how to get the right focus in your images, no matter what the occasion. Follow along with your friendly and knowledgeable guide, and you will: Learn the top ten things to know about focus, including how to use the focus controls on the camera, how to pick the autofocus point, and when to use pre-focus in your images Address common autofocus issues such as dealing with low contrast or low light, or shooting through obstacles like glass or a fence Develop troubleshooting techniques for what to do when the autofocus doesn’t work properly Work with both manual focus and autofocus and learn tricks to achieve better focus in video And once you’ve got the shot, show it off! Join the book’s Flickr group to share your photos and tips at flickr.com/groups/focusandautofocusfromsnapshotstogreatshots

From Snapshots to Great Shots

A Photographer's Guide to Focus and Autofocus

The Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know in order to take amazing photographs using your Sony Alpha A700 digital SLR camera. This full-color portable guide walks you through the essential controls, features, and functions of the A700 using step-by-step instructions and full-color images of each menu screen. This robust guide not only shows you how to adjust white balance, autofocus, exposure, and choose lenses, it also teaches you when and why you should adjust each of these key settings. The Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide goes beyond camera settings to offer you a refresher guide to the principles of digital photography, covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. Filled with amazing examples, this book also presents a variety of tips and tricks to capturing portraits, candids, sports, travel, macro photography, and much more.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide

In Photographing Fireworks, author and photographer Alan Hess teaches you how to capture stunning photos of fireworks displays, offering helpful tips to guide you in the field. Alan covers the equipment setup that you’ll need to snap the perfect shot, as well as the fundamentals of exposure and composition. He shares the trick to getting just the right amount of exposure–a key factor in shooting the light trails of fireworks against the night sky–walking you through using the manual exposure and bulb settings on your camera. Finally, he discusses practical considerations for shooting such an ephemeral and challenging subject in crowds and at night, and how to get the best shots you can during the finale of a show. Follow along with Alan Hess and you will: Learn to use your camera’s settings to get the perfect exposure to capture fireworks and other light trails Get tips to ensure that you find the best location, orientation, and aperture adjustment for your images Gain practical on-the-ground strategies for before, during, and at the end of the show

The Right Gear, Location, and Techniques for Capturing Beautiful Images

Photographing Fireworks

Maximize all that the new iPad has to offer with The New iPad Fully Loaded! The new iPad Fully Loaded is a one-of-a-kind resource for squeezing every bit of functionality from your new iPad. Whether you're downloading content of any sort, looking to get the most out of iOS5, or using your new iPad to control anything from your home stereo system to your vehicle, nothing is out of the realm of possibilities. As you progress through this captivating, full-color book, veteran author Alan Hess takes you beyond the basics and show you how to fully utilize your new iPad and it's impressive features. Peppered with sophisticated tips and tricks, The new iPad Fully Loaded encourages you to modify your new iPad to your own specifications and teaches you never-before-revealed tricks so that you can truly get the most out of this amazing device. Goes beyond the basics to deliver rare tips and tricks on maximizing all that the new iPad has to offer Includes tips, tricks, and techniques that are applicable to every version of the iPad Covers new benefits of iOS 5 Boasts updates on the latest iPad technology developments as well as coverage of both common and uncommon tasks In full-color and sporting a convenient trim size, The new iPad Fully Loaded is the perfect accessory to your new iPad.

The New iPad Fully Loaded

Reveals the work of the innovative architects building in California from the 1940s to the 1970s and focuses on those that exemplify early mid-century modern, variations on minimalism, and organic architecture, such as Millard Sheets, Warren Callister, and Foster Rhodes Jackson.

California Houses 1940-1970

Forgotten Modern

More than two hundred full-color photographs capture the rustic glamour of the ranch house, the definitive style of the American West, documenting the architectural details, historical sources, interior design touches, and other characterist touches that exemplify the Western lifestyle.

Rustic Dreams and Real Western Living

Rancho Deluxe

A revised, updated, and expanded edition of the classic study of the mid-twentieth-century icon, the coffee shop, explores the impact of a building that was emblematic of southern California car culture on the architectural development of stylized eateries and other roadside buildings. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Ultramodern Roadside Architecture

Googie Redux

Lilian Pfaff

Anthony Denzer

Jocelyn Gibbs

Debi Howell-Ardila

From 1946 to 1973, Whitney Rowland Smith and his partner, Wayne Williams, designed more than 800 projects, from residential, commercial, and public buildings to housing tracts, multi-use complexes, and parks and master plans for cities. Working in the wake of the first generation of avant-garde architects in Southern California and riding the postwar building boom, their firm, Smith and Williams, developed a pragmatic modernism that, through remarkable planning and design, integrated landscapes with buildings and decisively shaped the modern vocabulary of architecture in Los Angeles. Through a breathtaking array of images, Outside In unveils the core of Smith and Williams’s architectural practice. Their most influential designs, the authors show, are compositions of balanced opposites: shelter and openness, private and public, restraint and exuberance, light and shadow. Smith and Williams created spaciousness in their buildings by layering spaces and manipulating the relationship between structure and landscape. This spaciousness expressed modern ideas about the relationship of architecture to environment, of building to site, and, ultimately, of outside to in.

The Architecture of Smith and Williams

Outside In

Advice, inspiration, and insight for taking remarkable concert photos Concert photography poses a unique set of challenges to photographers, including night or low-light, inconsistent stage lighting, a moving subject matter, limitations on vantage point, complex exposure situations, and no chance for re-takes. Compounded with those hurdles is a lack of resources on this subject?until now. All Access: Your Backstage Pass to Concert Photography fills this gap and provides you with all the information you need to know, from choosing the right gear and camera settings to negotiating rights to publish or share photos as well as how to best edit your photos in post-production. Reveals essential techniques and valuable best practices for dealing with the unique challenges of concert photography Features more than 200 stunning concert photographs to inspire you and illustrate the tips and techniques the author describes Written by experienced author and well-known concert photographer Alan Hess All Access: Your Backstage Pass to Concert Photography is an ideal resource if you are determined to learn the skills necessary to capture clear, well-composed, and professional-level concert photos.

Your Backstage Pass to Concert Photography

All Access

An Architectural History

Viva Las Vegas

10pak Viva Las Vegas

As eccentric and entertaining as its subject matter, Viva Las Vegas examines the architectural and historical evolution of America's original strip city, from its modest origins as a sleepy roadside stop to the neon splendor of its extravagant "theme" hotels. Illustrated with fascinating contemporary and archival photographs, this inviting, informative volume offers an intriguing look into the kitsch and complexities of a unique and provocative Clty.

After-Hours Architecture

A look at "the Googie School of Architecture," particularly "the metal-framed angular designs, employing lavish use of glass, natural (and unnatural) stone, tile, and integrated landscaping [which] became a cachet for the proliferating coffee shops and drive-in restaurants of the 1950s."--Cover.

Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture

Googie

Learning the basics of photography can seem like a daunting task. At first glance, there is a whole new world of terminology to digest and tons of numbers to master. It can be confusing, frustrating, and overwhelming. It’s no wonder many people set their cameras to Auto and hope for the best in whatever situation they’re shooting, whether that’s a child’s soccer game, a birthday party, or a vacation. Unless luck strikes, the resulting images are usually not very good. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Enter Make Great Photos: A Friendly Guide for Improving Your Photographs. In this book, photographer and author Alan Hess teaches you the basics of photography by breaking down the topic into its fundamental parts. In the first section of the book, Alan explains what makes a great photo in the first place, examining a selection of images and working through why each one is successful. He then dives into chapters that cover the photographic choices every photographer needs to make. These choices boil down to just three main topics: light, focus, and composition. In the second part of Make Great Photos, Alan addresses specific shooting situations—categorized into travel, sports and action, events, and people—discussing the challenges that each scenario poses and how to conquer them. Finally, you’ll learn the top five basic edits you need to know to make your images pop when you share them online. At the end of chapters, there are thoughtful exercises and assignments that push you to learn and grow in your photography. These fun activities help you fully absorb the lessons throughout the book so you can head out with your camera and capture great images. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Verdana; min-height: 13.0px}

A Friendly Guide for Improving Your Photographs

Make Great Photos

A colorful, portable guide to all the features of Nikon'sD3200 dSLR The Nikon D3200 dSLR camera is packed with fabulous featureslike a 24-megapixel sensor, full HD video capability with fulltimeautofocus, and 4 frames-per-second continuous shooting mode. Thisfull-color guide provides instructions for all the buttons, dials,modes, and menus plus a refresher course in photography basics. Itillustrates the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposurewith plenty of examples, and author Alan Hess, veteran concertphotographer, even includes professional tips on improvingportraits, candids, sports and travel photos, and much more. Sized to fit in a camera bag, the book includes a bonus gray andcolor checker card to help dSLR newcomers capture perfect whitebalance and color every time. Nikon's exciting D3200 dSLR offers a 24-megapixel sensor, fullHD (1080p) video recording with fulltime autofocus and 4 fpshigh-speed continuous shooting mode, and a host of otherfeatures This full-color guide, in a portable 6 x 9-inch trim explainsall the camera's settings, buttons, menus, and modes withstep-by-step directions Explains how to choose lenses, adjust white balance, useautofocus, and manage exposure Author and professional photographer Alan Hess provides adviceon improving your candids, portraits, sports and travel photos,macro photography, and more, with exquisite examples Includes a gray and color checker card to help you achieveperfect color Nikon D3200 Digital Field Guide is your new Nikon's bestfriend. Take it everywhere you take your camera and have expertadvice at your fingertips.

Secrets of exposure revealed, with a bonus color checker card included Exposure is the number one topic that digital photographers want to know about. This full-color book fits in your camera bag and provides all the information you need on this very important aspect of digital photography. Exposure involves combining ISO, aperture, and shutter speed in different variations to accomplish your vision of the perfect image. Exposure Digital Field Guide takes you through the complex techniques of good exposure, taking you from hobbyist to serious amateur photographer. Explains how to adjust shutter speed and aperture to control the amount of light hitting the camera's light sensor Teaches you how to "see the light" for the perfect exposure Helps you gain confidence as you move from automatic controls into manipulating the elements of exposure for specific results Packed with stunning full-color photographs to illustrate what you can achieve Provides suggested settings for various shooting situations and subjects Includes a tear-out color checker card to help you maintain true color Fits in your camera bag for ready reference in the field Exposure Digital Field Guide helps you master one of the most complex and intricate elements of digital photography.

Exposure Digital Field Guide

Finally! A resource that sheds light on the unique challenges ofnight and low-light photography With their unique sets of challenges, night and low-lightphotography are often touted as some of the most difficult andfrustrating genres of digital photography. This much-needed guidedemystifies any murky topics provides you with all the informationyou need to know from choosing the right gear and camera settingsto how to best edit your photos in post-production. Renownedphotographer Alan Hess shares techniques and indispensable tipsthat he has garnered from years of experience. Helpful projects and full-color stunning photos in each chapterserve to educate and inspire, while assignments at the end of everychapter encourage you to practice your skills and upload yourphotos to a website so you can share and receive critiques. Details best practices for taking portraits, landscapes, andaction shots in night or low light Features specific coverage of concert photography and low-lightevent photography Answers the most frequent questions that photographers facewhile tackling this challenging technique Packed with invaluable advice and instruction, Night andLow-Light Photography Photo Workshop doesn?t leave you in thedark.

Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop

This new entry in the From Snapshots to Great Shots series will teach readers everything they need to know about photographing their pets. Like all books in the series, the book will offer instruction on basic photographic technique, discussing exposure settings, lighting, equipment, etc. Then the book will dive into working with various types of animals, posing them, capturing action shots, and working with multiple subjects. From Snapshots to Great Shots is a beautiful how-to photography series that provides the perfect blend of instruction, inspiration, and reference for specific camera models and photography concepts. Featuring a clear, elegant design; outstanding images that educate and inspire; and a friendly, accessible voice, this series helps photographers get great shots every time they pick up their camera.

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