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Minimalist Lighting: Professional Techniques for Location Photography

Author: Kirk Tuck
ASIN : 1584282304
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Studio : Amherst Media, Inc.
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9781584282303
ISBN : 1584282304
Number Of Pages : 128
Publication Date : December 01, 2008
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Paper Fashions (Klutz)

Author: Kirk Tuck
ASIN : 1570545340
Sales Rank : 5957
Studio : Klutz
Binding : Spiral-bound
EAN : 9781570545344
ISBN : 1570545340
Number Of Pages : 60
Publication Date : December 01, 2006
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Turn colorful paper, ribbons and beads into glamorous fashion and accessories. All designs are completely customizable and the provided stencils will have you creating boutiques-full of outfits for shopping in the city, or heading to the ball. Miniature hangers are included so you can turn your designs into fashionable stationery, bookmarks, magnets and more. Bellisima!

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French Country Diary 2009 (Desk Diaries)

Author: Linda Dannenberg
ASIN : 0761148949
Sales Rank : 4184
Brand : 2009 Calendars
Studio : Workman Publishing Company
Binding : Calendar
EAN : 9780761148944
ISBN : 0761148949
Number Of Pages : 128
Publication Date : December 15, 2008
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The elegant and ever-alluring French Country Diary, now in its twentieth year, is the gift of France—a sumptuous escape to its romance and timeless beauty. Market stalls piled high with fresh produce. Stone farmhouses with brightly painted shutters. Undulating landscapes of brilliant yellow colza and purple lavender, rustic country kitchens and sun-dappled courtyards, vines dripping from trellises, and dreamy blue Mediterranean views. Distinctive Provençal fabrics embellish the cover, gift box, and pages of the calendar.

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Plant-Driven Design: Creating Gardens That Honor Plants, Place, and Spirit

Authors: Scott Ogden, Lauren Springer Ogden
ASIN : 0881928771
Sales Rank : 5814
Studio : Timber Press
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780881928778
ISBN : 0881928771
Number Of Pages : 284
Publication Date : December 14, 2008
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This book is nothing short of revolutionary. For too long, garden design has given pride of place to architecture, artifice, and arbitrary principles. The results? Soulless landscapes where plants play subordinate roles. With passion and eloquence, Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden argue that only when plants are given the respect they deserve does a garden become emotionally resonant. Plant-Driven Design shows designers how to work more confidently with plants, and gives gardeners more confidence to design. The Ogdens boldly challenge design orthodoxy and current trends by examining how to marry plantsmanship and design without sacrificing one to the other. Supported by extensive lists of plants adapted to specific purposes and sites, Plant-Driven Design explores how plants interact with place. In addition, the authors' experience gardening and designing in a wide variety of climates gives their perspective a unique depth. In ideas, scope, and detail, this book both embraces and transcends regionality. By reclaiming gardens as a home to plants, this groundbreaking work will restore life-affirming vitality to garden design and profoundly affect how we understand and experience gardens.

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Lost Balls: Great Holes, Tough Shots, and Bad Lies

Author: Charles Lindsay
ASIN : 0821261851
Sales Rank : 19580
Studio : Bulfinch
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780821261859
ISBN : 0821261851
Number Of Pages : 128
Publication Date : December 04, 2005
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Charles Lindsay's photographs offer a humorous and inquisitive foray into the hazards where golf balls are lost--rough, woods, bunkers, and wetlands--as well as unexpected encounters with wildlife on and off the green. An avid golfer with plenty of experience losing balls, Lindsay photographs his way to the heart of the game with a light touch and an eye for telling details. In the process, he discovers balls ravaged by golfers, gators, and foxes--and lost for over a century.

Lindsay even encounters what is believed to be the world's oldest golf ball--unearthed in a cellar in the Netherlands alongside a primitive club.

The photographs were taken at celebrated courses in North America, England, Scotland, and Ireland: Pebble Beach, Bandon Dunes, Bethpage, Fossil Trace, Troon, St. Andrews, Royal St. Georges, Ballybunion, Old Head, and many others.

The foreword by John Updike is a celebration of golf and nature and where the two meet. A humorous story by golf giant Greg Norman rounds out the book.

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Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Author: David D. Busch
ASIN : 0470149272
Sales Rank : 4802
Brand : Wiley Publishers
Studio : For Dummies
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780470149270
ISBN : 0470149272
Number Of Pages : 352
Publication Date : December 08, 2007
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Understanding exactly how a digital SLR (dSLR) works can help you use its exciting capabilities to their fullest potential. Whether you aim to become a serious photo hobbyist, are interested in turning pro, or want to take advantage of the improved control that dSLRs give you over your photography, this fun and friendly reference will show you how to maximize everything a dSLR has to offer so that you can improve your photography skills, increase your picture-taking and image-editing knowledge, and ultimately, take better photos.

Written with just the right balance of technology and techniques in mind, this guide provides you with the know-how on everything from getting acquainted with the basic key features of the technology (lenses, sensors and image processors, and exposure and focusing systems) to the nuances of various dSLR techniques (setting up speedy continuous-shooting burst modes to capture fast action, applying selective and sharp focus, and shooting under the lowest levels of light). Other topics explored include:

• Composing your shots with an accurate viewfinder
• Deciding how many pixels your camera needs
• Cleaning the sensor yourself
• Choosing between a tripod or monopod
• Adjusting exposure and improving shutter speed
• Creating time-lapse sequences
• Fixing murky or contrasting photos

With so much subject area covered, Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies, 2^nd Edition not only introduces you to the fundamentals of great picture-taking with a dSLR, but goes beyond the basics. Some of the more advanced topics discussed include working with the various formats of digital photos, minimizing shutter lag and first-shot delays, and fixing up your pictures with various image-editing programs. This is just the book you need to progress from getting started with a dSLR to actually improving your dSLR photography!

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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

Author: Henri J. M. Nouwen
ASIN : 0385473079
Sales Rank : 2891
Studio : Image Books / Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780385473071
ISBN : 0385473079
Number Of Pages : 160
Publication Date : December 01, 1994
Release Date : December 01, 1994
Publisher : Image Books / Doubleday Publishing Group
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Seeing a reproduction of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.

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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming is a spiritual adventure story. A chance encounter with a poster depicting a detail of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son set in motion a chain of events that enabled Nouwen to redefine and claim his vocation late in his life. In this book, which interweaves elements of art history, memoir, Midrash, and self-help, Nouwen brings the parable to life with empathic analyses of each character. Nouwen's absorption in the story (and the painting) is so complete that the father's challenge to love the son, and the son's challenge to receive that love, become Nouwen's own. And Nouwen's writing is so clear and his tone is so appealingly frank and humble that readers--no matter how far from home--will find hope for themselves in the prodigal peace Nouwen ultimately achieves. --Michael Joseph Gross

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Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs

Author: Ansel Adams
ASIN : 0316117722
Sales Rank : 10561
Studio : Ansel Adams
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780316117722
ISBN : 0316117722
Number Of Pages : 440
Publication Date : December 29, 2007
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ANSEL ADAMS: 400 PHOTOGRAPHS presents the full spectrum Adams' greatest work in a single volume for the first time, offering an entirely new perspective on his monumental career..
The photographs are arranged chronologically into five major periods in order to convey Adams' development as an artist-from his first photographs made in Yosemite and the High Sierra in 1916 to his work in the National Parks in the 1940s up to his last important photographs from the 1960s. An introduction and brief essays on selected images provide information about Adams' life, document the evolution of his technique, and give voice to his artistic vision.
Few artists of any era can claim to have produced four hundred images of lasting beauty and significance. It is a testament to Adams' vision and a lifetime of hard work that a book of this scale can be justified. ANSEL ADAMS: 400 PHOTOGRAPHS is a must-have reference and gift book for anyone who appreciates photography and the allure of the natural world.

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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (No 1)

Author: Art Spiegelman
ASIN : 0679406417
Sales Rank : 3233
Studio : Pantheon
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780679406419
ISBN : 0679406417
Number Of Pages : 296
Publication Date : December 19, 1996
Release Date : December 19, 1996
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A son struggles to come to terms with the horrific story of his parents and their experiences during the Holocaust and in postwar America, in an omnibus edition of Spiegelman's two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller. 25,000 first printing.

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David Busch's Nikon D60 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

Author: David D. Busch
ASIN : 1598635778
Sales Rank : 8186
Studio : Course Technology PTR
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9781598635775
ISBN : 1598635778
Number Of Pages : 321
Publication Date : December 10, 2008
Publisher : Course Technology PTR
Manufacturer : Course Technology PTR
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Have you unpacked your new Nikon D60 digital SLR camera and want to get started right away taking great pictures? "David Busch’s Nikon D60 Guide to Digital SLR Photography" will show you how, when, and, most importantly, why to use all the cool features and functions of your camera to take eye-popping photographs. Introductory chapters will help you get comfortable with the basics of your camera before you dive right into exploring creative ways to apply the D60’s exposure modes, focus controls, and electronic flash options. More comprehensive than any of the pocket-sized camera guides, this book is chock full of hands-on tips for choosing lenses, flash units, and software products. Beautiful, full-color images illustrate where the essential buttons and dials are, so you’ll quickly learn how to use your Nikon D60, and use it well.