This is the definitive visual history, from the dawn of photography to the digital age. Photography is a beautiful lavishly illustrated reference book tracing the history of photography from its origins in the 1800s to the global phenomenon of digital photography.

Photography celebrates the most iconic photos & profiles more than 50 of the most famous photographers of the past 200 years, with special features delving into the stories of especially arresting photographs, including Pulitzer Prize-winners. You can discover the history of photography from key events & technological developments such as the first black & white photography & contemporary street photography.

Perfect for any budding photographer or polished professional, Photography captures the development of different areas of photography including portrait photography & war photography in a beautifully lavish reference book.

Photography not only showcases incredible photographs, but tells the stories of how they came into being, perfect for anyone who appreciates the beauty of photography, from professional photographers to armchair enthusiasts.





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Good lighting is essential for great photography but achieving perfect lighting conditions can be difficult & expensive. A image can be ruined by the slightest of blemishes but this book shows you how the powerful tools available in Photoshop Elements can rescue your images & bring bright skies back to your dull shots. For the more adventurous digital photographers who've gone beyond simple image correction & enhancement will learn how to create spectacular lighting & shadow effects, quickly & easily with step by step professional help. ...

This guide will show you how to use Photoshop to improve your pictures. Walking you through the features & showing you how to use the right tools for the job, you will be able to edit your photos in no time. Designed for absolute beginners & Windows & Mac users alike, you will find all the information you need to get started. ...

With the introduction of affordable & easy-to use digital cameras, people are taking photographs like never before. While the digital medium greatly simplifies the photographic process, it also offers photographers unprecedented opportunities to manipulate their images on their personal computers. Photoshop Retouching Cookbook for Digital Photographers tells you everything you need to know to use Adobe Photoshop CS2 to adjust, correct, retouch, & manipulate your photographs-without making you first learn everything there is to know about the application. These straightforward, easy-to-follow recipes give you specific directions so you can quickly & easily: Fix exposure, focus, & color problems Add special effects like motion blurs, lens effects, & surface textures Improve portraits by removing red eye, wrinkles, & blemishes Add & remove objects from photos seamlessly Use lighting effects to create more dramatic images Restore faded & damaged photos Give new shots a vintage, old-fashioned look Create posterized & h&-tinted images Assemble & fine-tune composite photos Correct perspectives The book tackles each real-life project in full color, with a hands-on approach. The fully illustrated recipes produce reliable & immediate results, & include "at a glance" panels & tip boxes that cover key techniques in detail. Barry Huggins, the author of Photoshop Retouching Cookbook for Digital Photographers, has created the only recipe-format manual on photographic retouching targeted specifically to digital photographers. Founder of a highly successful multimedia training & consulting company, Huggins is uniquely qualified to deliver step-by-step instruction in digital retouching methodology, with easy-to-follow recipes that address specific problems & teach "best practices" techniques. This is his fifth book on digital imaging & graphics software. ...

Physical French Phonics is a tried-&-tested multisensory approach to teaching French phonics. For each phoneme, students learn an action, as well as the graphemes associated with that sound. Cheerful cartoon pictures link the actions to the sounds & help to facilitate learning. The teacher's guide provides a clear step-by-step approach. ...

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Who would've known there was so much thought behind a guy's every move? Sure, he's impressed bystanders with the lengths he'll go in order to reach the remote without getting out of the recliner. But his mission's success is just dumb luck... right? This title shows readers that there is a science behind being that awesome. ...