New Arrivals · Photography

From 1957 to 1965, Smith photographed some of the biggest names in jazz. Stephenson discovered Smith's photographs 11 years ago and has spent the last seven years cataloging, archiving, selecting, and editing Smith's materials for this book.

Packed with beautiful photos with helpful and entertaining tips on everything readers need to take better photos of their furry friends, as well as the people with whom they share their lives, this book is an informative and inspirational guide to taking pictures of pets.

Focusing on the real art of photography and the creative, design, and composition skills needed to take work to the next level, this text begins with the basics of visualization and perception. It then offers clear guidance on how to interpret a scene, define a subject and develop a personal style.

Providing useful strategies for becoming a freelance photographer and building a successful business, this in-depth manual offers a complete overview of the profession--from perfecting the art form to project management. Demonstrating important points for getting started--customer service, marketing, billing, and negotiating prices--this comprehensive guide also delves into important matters of law, taxes, permits, insurance, and copyrights. Paying special attention to the evolving role of technology in the creation, marketing, and sales of images, this reference provides invaluable advice on digital photo equipment, computers and software, and custom processing. Loaded with entirely new images, this revised edition details a variety of interests--such as advertising, entertainment, fashion, or travel--and presents step-by-step instructions for turning a passion for photography into an exciting, full-time career.

Even in the age of digital, we can have plenty of creative fun the low-tech (and low-cost) way: by building cool paper cameras and exploring the fascinating world of pinhole photography.Justin Quinell takes photography back to its roots by demonstrating how to create attractive pinhole cameras--that actually work. Instead of a lens, these cameras have a very tiny hole that "focuses" every point of light passing through it onto paper, thus imprinting the image permanently. A CD, included with the book, contains seven templates for making the cameras; the guide provides directions and advice on shooting successful, artistic pinhole photographs in many different conditions. Both beginning and experienced photographers will find these eye-opening!

Buissink, one of "American Photo's" Top 10 Wedding Photographers in the World, provides an insider's look at how he captures the feeling of a couple's wedding, seeing the moments from their perspectives and hearts. 150 photographs throughout.

This ultimate, up-to-the-minute digital photography handbook--from the authors of the bestselling "Basic Book of Photography"--takes readers through the steps they need to improve, display, and preserve their images. Illustrated.

Michael Freeman--our top digital photography author and a worldwide name--presents the most comprehensive book yet on black-and-white digital photography. Oversized, beautifully illustrated, and far-reaching in scope, this guide is destined to be a standard reference for years to come.Freeman covers all aspects of black-and-white digital photography: its fine art tradition as well as its techniques. Learn how to see and expose in black and white, digitally convert color to monochrome, and develop a black-and-white digital workflow. Explore creative choices and how to interpret various subjects most skillfully in monochrome. Finally, get an expert's advice on printing and displaying black-and-white photographs to best effect.

Publication of this volume and the occurrence of the exhibition it represents (J. Paul Getty Museum, September 2009-January 2010), coincide with the eminent photographer's death October 7, 2009, at the age of 92. Some 200 b&w images made in 1950 and 1951, in Paris, London, and New York, depict trades people photographed in the studio, dressed in their work clothes and carrying the tools of their occupations. Penn returned to the images over the decades experimenting with platinum/palladium printing techniques and refining their aesthetic impact. The images are each presented full page in this oversize volume (9.5x12"), along with text by Museum curators Heckert and Lacoste, and an interview with Edmonde Charles-Roux, chief editor for French Vogue, who assisted Penn on the assignment in Paris. Annotation©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dorothea Lange's photographs define how we remember the Depression generation; now an evocative biography defines her creative struggles and enduring legacy.

Cameras, and what they capture, forever changed our perception of the world, and of ourselves. Few inventions have had the impact of this Ingenious, elegant, and deceptively simple device. This gorgeous cornerstone volume, created in collaboration with the world-famous George Eastman House, celebrates the camera and the art of the photograph. It spans almost two hundred years of progress, from the first faint image ever caught to the instantaneous pictures snapped by today's state-of-the-art digital equipment. The informative narrative by Todd Gustavson traces the camera's development, the lives of its brilliant but often eccentric inventors, and the artists behind the lens. Images and highly descriptive captions for more than 350 cameras from the George Eastman House Collection, plus more than 100 historic photos, ads, and drawings, complement the text.

More than 200 spectacular photographs catch and define the energy, intoxication, rebellion, and magic of rock and roll. This work explores the photographs and the photographers who captured rock's message of freedom and personal reinvention.

Long overlooked in American culture, African American beauty finally get its due in this landmark work.

An introduction to and overview of the famed author's photographic work.

Whether you're moving from a film SLR to digital or from any point-and-shoot to SLR, there's a lot to learn. Here's the scoop on all the newest camera models, a guide to dSLR features and how to use them, tips on composing and lighting your shots, and a whole lot more. Discover what different lenses do and how to capture great images!

Leica makes the world's premiere luxury rangefinder camera system--and here's the definitive guide to using the magnificent Leica M8 digital camera, as well as its brand-new complementary model, the M8.2. It's written specifically for the many Leica photographers who want to take full advantage of a digital Leica's potential and produce the very best pictures possible. As a rangefinder digital camera, the M8 offers unique advantages, but it also presents specific challenges, which author and Leica expert Brian Bower addresses at length and in depth, enhanced by his own gorgeous Leica photography. He discusses digital controls, lenses, and accessories; close-up techniques and flash photography; and options for firmware, software, and hardware.

George DeWolfe is a master of the fine print: he studied with photographic geniuses Ansel Adams and Minor White, and worked as a consultant to the most significant companies in the digital photography world. Now, he passes on his considerable expertise to all, in a breathtaking new DIGITAL MASTERS guide that combines artistic concepts for taking beautiful photographs with an array of practical techniques. With interest in black-and-white exploding, digital photographers will rush to take advantage of the knowledge he imparts.

At the end of the 19th century, Alphonse Bertillon created the first police laboratory for the scientific identification of criminals and developed the anthropometric photo, with which the accused were inventoried by their measurements and physical markings. The mug shot, as it came to be known, was quickly adopted around the globe, and is today an essential police procedure. This revealing collection presents over 250 mug shots of some of the most infamous suspects in modern history, from mafia bosses and cold-blooded killers to enemies of the state and prominent political activists. Accompanying these gripping images is illuminating commentary that puts both the criminals and their crimes in historical context, and reconstructs some of the most dramatic trials of the 20th century.