Collected from notes taken by students at famous Cape Cod School; hundreds of direct, personal apercus, ideas, suggestions.
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This handy guide shows how to do everything from choosing the right camera to shooting in changing outdoor conditions to protecting equipment from the elements. ...

How to take incredible vacation and travel photos, detailing the artistic, scientific, and business sides of travel photography. ...

Hot Shots presents the latest information on the current styles and techniques in beauty photography and shows how to adapt them for broader application in shooting "lifestyle" images of women for stock. O'Rourke, who has been producing cover shots of beautiful women for many years, provides an overview of setups and trends that sell. 150 photographs, most in color. ...

These expert tips guide photographers through the creation of elaborate and fun portraits that reveal subjects as imaginatively rendered characters, such as a fairy princess, a 1950s greaser, or a 1940s Hollywood starlet. More than 60 acclaimed portraits are accompanied by a detailed discussion of each image--from planning the image with the client, building the set, and selecting the right costuming to styling the hair and adding makeup. The ...

Get the vital information needed to make it as a portrait artist. Begleiter combines shooting techniques, interviews with the photo editors of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Vibe, and hard-won advice on how and where to find work. ...

Beth Ludwig-Khalfayan is an award winning photographer who specializes in the art of image transfer photography. This process involves capturing an image on a Polaroid negative, then transferring it onto watercolor paper where it is then hand-colored. This evocative group of musical instruments was shot on location at the "Astors' Beechwood Mansion," in Rhode Island. This set of 16 - 5" x 7" cards includes 4 each of 4 designs packaged in a ...

Studies in the Art Anatomy of Animals is a brief analysis of the visible forms of the more familiar mammals and birds, designed for the use of sculptors, painters, illustrators, naturalists, and taxidermists. Illustrated with 100 drawings by Seton, this was his first book, originally published in 1896. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946), was a naturalist and author, who trailed and hunted in Manitoba's prairie country during the 1890s. He wrote ...

A study of the work of the great etchers and the technical processes involved in the making of an etching, with superb examples from Rembrandt, Legros, Durer, Blake, Meryon, Goya, Rops, Whistler and others. Joseph Pennell was born in 1857 and died in 1926. He began his work as an illustrator by selling drawings of south Philadelphia to Scribner's Monthly in 1881. In addition to his extensive sketches of American cities, he went to the Panama ...

Shows examples of graffiti from around the world and shares the opinions of graffiti artists about their work.
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