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Книги издательства «Ilex press»
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Taking successful night and low-light photographs has always presented a technical challenge. How do you capture enough light to secure a great picture? How do you judge and control lengthy timed exposures? How and when do you use additional lighting? Here is an area of photography that demands the utmost from the camera, and draws on all the skills of the photographer. Yet its very difficulty is one reason why it is so popular. A further reason is simply that it results in stunning images: sunrises and sunsets, the night sky, dramatically lit cityscapes, firework displays, and more. Digital Night and Low-Light Photography is an in-depth guide to the techniques a photographer needs to know to guarantee great pictures in challenging lighting. In addition, the book explores the differences in the way film and digital cameras perform in low light, and reveals how the new features built in to many digital cameras can make a difference in-camera image previewing, white-balance correction, and ISO adjustments. And it shows how digital-imaging techniques can be used to rescue a disaster, or perhaps create a masterpiece. |
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Beginning with a straightforward introduction to Photoshops most useful features, the book moves from simple enhancements such as creating realistic shadows and reflections; through more complex techniques such as simulating rain and snow, changing the seasons, and turning day into night; to adding new features such as waterfalls and rivers to your landscapes. The easy-to-follow, step by step tutorials will also show you how to recreate popular and useful styles such as sepia effects, fish-eye lens effects, and the depth-of-field manipulation so prevalent in contemporary advertising. Creative Photoshop Landscape Techniques is an essential read for all digital landscape photographers. |
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Visions of future worlds have always captured the imaginations.Images of towering cyber-cityscapes, awesome uninhabitable planetary worlds, sleek super-cars and space cruisers, strange mutant beings, and terrifying alien life forms have spilled from the feverish minds of fantasy sci-fi illustrators for as long as the genre has existed. Today, as more and more artists are switching from traditional media to the digital world of computers, the images being created are breathtakingly realistic. Featuring works from the world’s best sci-fi artists, Digital Sci-Fi Art begins with an examination of the traditional styles and sources of sci-fi imagery then analyzes the new digital tools available to today’s illustrators. The heart of the book comprises a detailed survey of the key techniques involved in creating digital sci-fi art — with step-by-step walkthroughs showing how specially-created pieces are produced. The book ends with a showcase of some of the best contemporary work being produced anywhere in the world. |
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This collection of beautiful health and fitness images from yesteryear contains classic adverts, information announcements and advice on avoiding disease, eating correctly and exercising regularly. These inspirational messages have relevance for everyone today, with dozens of postcards to energize even the most dedicated couch potatoes. These pictures of health have been specially selected from a whole range of posters from the s up to the Sixties, and many were created as part of the U.S. Federal Art Project. There are also posters from Russia welcoming tourists to visit health spas in the former Soviet Union and Great Britain, with sports and food advice from the s: Eat something from each group each day, To keep you healthy, fit and gay. Not to mention the classic Coughs and sneezes spread diseases warning. Keeping fit has never been so stylish! |
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A fully updated issue of Ilexs comprehensive, authoritative and inspirational guide to every aspect of modern picture making. Combining the technical with the aesthetic, The Book of Digital Photography covers all of the latest equipment and digital imaging tools, and takes a fresh look at the creative processes and skills required to take — and make — successful pictures. Many enthusiast photographers want to refresh their compositional skills and hone their techniques to fully take advantage of their digital camera. For others, a digital camera may be their first contact with creative photography. With its in-depth coverage of how digital cameras work, ideas for using depth of field, lighting, shutter speed and other controls creatively, and a practical overview of the digital darkroom, photographers of all skill levels will find The Book of Digital Photography invaluable. |
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The photography community has been among the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of Apples revolutionary iPad. With its crystal- clear display, powerful graphical capabilities and intuitive interface, its certainly an effective way to show off photographs. But what else can it do? In this, the 2nd Edition of this incredibly successful publication, Ben Harvell explains how the iPad is revolutionising the way that pro photographers work. There are powerful photo editing applications, easy-to-use photo sharing and display programs and useful tethered — shooting capabilities. This book explains all, and is a must-read for digital photographers everywhere. |
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One of the highest paid positions in photography is that of the professional fashion photographer. If you have a passion for fashion and want to shoot fantastic pictures, Pro Digital Fashion Photography will help to put you at the forefront of this competitive field. This book contains countless insights, tips and techniques that will inspire you to develop your own skills and style — so you too can capture the glamour, dynamism, and sophistication of the fashion industry. The book comprehensively examines every aspect of fashion photography, from high-end beauty and fashion photography to catwalk, swimwear, and lingerie shots. It clearly explains all the key information, from setting up the perfect studio and working with models, to post-production skills and how to break into, and compete within, the fashion photography business. This unique hands-on title will give you the tools required to create a winning portfolio, and ultimately to succeed in the world of fashion photography. |
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Richard Rogers is one of the worlds most distinguished architects, as well as a powerful and effective advocate for the role of architecture and urban design in improving everyday lives. Famous for his inside out architectural style, Rogerss unique approach to architectural design has generated such landmarks as the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyds building in London. This volume, accompanying the exhibition Richard Rogers RA: Inside Out, at the Royal Academy of Arts, explores the origins of and influences on Rogerss thinking, and explains how his wide-ranging interests inform his design process. Featuring contributions from major figures from the worlds of politics, fine art, social policy, architecture and urban design, as well as an exclusive interview with Richard Rogers by the exhibitions curator Jeremy Melvin, this book shows why his work continues to be fresh, challenging and inventive and how breaking new ground in architecture impacts on wider social and cultural fields. |
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This luxurious, cloth-covered box set includes 20 notecards and envelopes featuring four unique floral patterns straight from the renowned Collier Campbell Archives. |
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Digital painting programs — notably Corel's painter — are now developed to the point that they can superbly emulate the whole gamut of conventional painting techniques. With a computer and a cheap graphics tablet, anyone can now pick up a digital brush and aspire to create amazing work. For the first time, expert author Carlyn Beccia shows how these powerful digital tools can be used to successfully emulate old master painting techniques. Each chapter showcases one great painter (the selection includes Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Sargent, Gustav Klimt, Matisse, Picasso and others) and analyses the techniques that set each one apart. These techniques are then imitated in stepby step tutorials, allowing the reader to achieve amazingly convincing results. |
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