Understanding Flash Photography
How to Shoot Great Photographs Using Electronic Flash
Written by Bryan Peterson

Format: eBook
On Sale: August 30, 2011
Price: $19.99

Flash is a necessary and immensely creative tool that dramatically increases the opportunities of any amateur photographer. However, many amateurs find flash intimidating, unsure of where to begin. Instead, they continue limiting themselves to shooting only available light. Understanding Flash Photography is a guide to off-camera flash, helping free photographers from... Read more >

Witness in Our Time, Second Edition
Working Lives of Documentary Photographers
Written by Ken Light

Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $21.95

Witness in Our Time traces the recent history of social documentary photography in the words of twenty-nine of the genre's best photographers, editors, and curators, showing how the profession remains vital, innovative, and committed to social change. The second edition includes a new section of interviews on documentary photography in the...

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Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide

Written by Bryan Peterson

Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 21, 2010
Price: $19.99

Everything you need to know in one take-anywhere field guide!

This all-in-one guide from renowned photographer, instructor, and author Bryan Peterson will help you take better photos anytime, anywhere–with any camera.

Want to finally understand exposure? Interested in learning to "see" and composing your images more creatively? Ready to master the... Read more >

Beyond Snapshots
How to Take That Fancy DSLR Camera Off "Auto" and Photograph Your Life like a Pro
Written by Rachel Devine and Peta Mazey

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $14.99

Ready to Capture Your Story with Beautiful Photos?
 
Let professional photographers Rachel Devine and Peta Mazey show you how to use that fancy DSLR to photograph the story of your life, from falling in love and having a baby, to the everyday moments that are no less precious. You’ll learn:
 


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The A-Z of Creative Photography, Revised Edition
A Complete Guide to More than 70 Creative Techniques
Written by Lee Frost

Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $25.99

The classic guide to creative photography, now updated for the digital age.
 
This much-anticipated update to the bestselling The A-Z of Creative Photography explains all aspects of creative digital photography, with more than 70 techniques presented in practical A-Z format. Filled with advice, insight, and hundreds of inspiring images from master photographer... Read more >

The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure

Written by Sean Arbabi

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $24.95

Exposure. It’s essential to producing high-quality photographs, but mastering exposure is difficult. At last there’s a BetterPhoto guide to exposure, packed with BetterPhoto’s signature assignments, diagrams, tips, and illustrations. It’s like a full-scale photography course between the covers of the book–all taught the BetterPhoto way, just like photographers learn at the... Read more >

Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, Revised Edition

Written by Brenda Tharp

Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $21.99

A classic guide to creative nature photography, now updated for the digital world.

Amateur and experienced photographers interested in taking more compelling, personal images will love this new edition of Creative Nature & Outdoor Photography, now updated to address the exciting possibilities (and challenges) of digital image-making. Author Brenda Tharp’s inspiring approach... Read more >

The World in Vogue
People, Parties, Places
Edited by Hamish Bowles and Alexandra Kotur

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $75.00

This one-of-a-kind book of 300 photographs of some of the most celebrated actors, artists, models, First Ladies, and social figures draws on stories that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the past four decades, as well as photographs from those stories that have never been published. These trendsetters and... Read more >

National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West
Capturing 125 Years of Majesty, Spirit, and Adventure
Introduction by James C. McNutt

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $30.00

The Wild West is perhaps the most enduring of American myths, but the reality is even more compelling. It's a magical place of extraordinary people, exciting events, and stunning scenery--big sky, wide-open spaces, epic grandeur, and pristine wilderness. National Geographic brings together award-winning photographers to capture this outsized land of majestic... Read more >

Spacesuits
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection
Written by Amanda Young
Photographed by Mark Avino
Foreword by Thomas P. Stafford
Introduction by Allan Needell

Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $29.95

The goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth required the development of three things: spacecraft, launch vehicles, and protective clothing. Spacesuits: Within the Collections of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum takes the reader through the development of the last category, the spacesuits... Read more >