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21) Half a chance
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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Lucy, with her mother and her photographer father, has just moved to a small rural community in New Hampshire, and with her new friend Nate she plans to spend the summer taking photos for a contest, but pictures sometimes reveal more than people are willing to see.
22) Much Loved
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Award-winning photographer Mark Nixon has created a trove of quirky and nostalgic portraits of teddy bears and other stuffed animals that have been lovingly abused after years of play. MuchLoved collects 60 of these images along with their accompanying background tales. An exhibit in the photographer's studio led to a small sensation on the Internet when a few of the pictures circulated unofficially on scores of blogs and on many legitimate news sites....
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The Pencil of Nature by H. Fox Talbot. "the first commercially published book illustrated with photographs"The little work now presented to the Public is the first attempt to publish a series of plates or pictures wholly executed by the new art of Photogenic Drawing, without any aid whatever from the artist's pencil. The term “Photography” is now so well known, that an explanation of it is perhaps superfluous; yet, as some persons may still be...
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Mary Theresa McDonough B.A. B.Ed. OCT is a wildlife photographer who has travelled extensively throughout many wilderness area throughout the world. This time she has captured the essence of the true wilderness habitats of the animals in the African nations of Kenya and Tanzania and has noted their trusting nature with humans in her close-ups, in a country that doesn’t allow any
hunting by humans.
She has cofounded her own survival program in Canada...
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On 4 March 1824, thirty philanthropic gentlemen – including the abolitionist William Wilberforce and Archbishop of Canterbury Charles Manners-Sutton – met in a London pub. Here, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was born.
In the following 200 years, the RNLI has been woven into the fabric of our island nation, saving over 144,000 lives, despite some rescuers losing their own in the process. With over 100 fascinating images from Mirrorpix,...
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* Reportaje fotográfico y las historias humanas que hay detrás que ilustran el pasaje mortal a Europa para numerosos refugiados y migrantes: el sufrimiento y la resistencia en todo ese periplo.
* Desde Libia y sus centros de detención, pasando por la travesía imposible por el Mediterráneo central rumbo a Europa, hasta la situación extrema de un país devastado por las tres guerras que ha sufrido desde 2011.
* Se muestran en contexto los países...
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Photoshop CC 2014 es el programa de retoque fotográfico y tratamiento de imágenes por excelencia. Con este manual aprenderá a utilizar sus diferentes herramientas, filtros y funciones para mejorar el aspecto de sus fotografías digitales y para crear sorprendentes composiciones.
Con este libro:
o Aprenderá a corregir los clásicos defectos en las fotografías de fotógrafos inexpertos (sobreexposición, subexposición, desenfoques, keystoning,...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 I was born in 1956 in Salford. My parents split up when I was young, and I and my brother went to live with our grandmother. We had little to do except mooch around and kick a tin.
#2 In 1962, Bill was offered a new job that would take him and his family to Jamaica. They were moving there, and my mother was terrified because they would only have chicken and chips...
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Erleben Sie die vielseitigen Möglichkeiten Ihrer Canon EOS 1200D und lernen Sie ihre Funktionen ausführlich kennen. Anhand ansprechender Beispiele und leicht verständlicher Anleitungen zeigt Ihnen das Buch, wie Sie einfach besser fotografieren - von Anfang an, dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen wie es geht!
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Este libro consta de tres componentes esenciales. (1) Un montyn de palabras, junto con las cuestiones que estas tratan de explicar. (2) Imбgenes y diagramas mнos para ayudar a dar sentido a dichas cuestiones. (3) Media docena de lo que podrнamos denominar experimentos, pruebas o ejercicios disecados para revelar lo que puedes ver que eres, en claro contraste con lo que crees que eres y lo que te dicen que eres. Estos experimentos constituyen la...
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In the inner west Himalayas, India lies a wonderland known as the Valley of Flowers. Included in the list of eight World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, it is spread over 33 square miles spanning altitudes of 11,000 - 21,000 feet, surrounded by 5 mountain peaks (Niligiri in North; Ghodi and Ratavan in the East; Saptasring in the South and Khunt-Khal in the West). The raging Pushpawati River crisscrosses throughout the Valley of Flowers between glaciers...
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Mire a su alrededor durante un minuto. Si fuera a hacer una fotografía que captara sus pensamientos y sentimientos sobre el lugar donde se encuentra justo en este momento, ¿de qué sería? Complicado, ¿verdad? Tomar excelentes fotografías de lugares depende de qué, cuándo y cómo. Qué tipo de lugares activa sus ideas o emociones (naturaleza, escenas industriales, lugares con un significado histórico), cuándo le gusta fotografiarlos (pronto...
33) Show Business
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Throughout the United States, businesses compete for the attention of buyers by presenting their products in striking, often outrageous, ways at trade shows. In Show Business, ex-trade show photographer Ron Schramm presents a collection of black-and-white photographs displaying the theatrical ways in which these products are marketed to American businesses, and to America. The images in this volume include selected exhibits and photographic editorials...
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* La diferencia entre este libro y la mayoría de los que se han escrito sobre fotografía básica es que se ha diseñado como un curso en el que el lector debe participar del mismo modo que en una clase presencial o en línea.
* Se presentan cuatro secciones que cubren lo esencial en el aprendizaje de la fotografía: Exposición, Composición, Luz e iluminación y Procesado y posproducción.
* Con desafíos prácticos al final de cada unidad de aprendizaje...
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As they set off for Madagascar in 2003, photographer Max Pam and writer Stephen Muecke adopted as their guiding principle the idea of contingency-central to which is the conscious embrace of risk and chance. In doing so, they established a new aesthetic in which image and text are inextricably linked to the notion of possibility. This stunning collection of photos and essays is the result of their vision, collectively illustrating the beauty and wisdom...
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What inspires the human mind? How do life and love, nature and beauty come together in harmony to create a work of art? Come along and explore the varied thoughts of one creative soul in this eclectic collection of verse and images. second of the poetry and photos collection
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The IRISH JOURNEYS are a summary of impressions from a time before tourism. They include a brief review of Irish history and culture through its NATIONAL MONUMENTS (Volume I) and a special tribute to the beauty and unique qualities of the Irish Landscape and the people living in it (Volume II).Each volume contains over 100 original photographs in black &white or colour chosen for their importance or merit. Highlights are the early Christian High Crosses...
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From the creation of the QWERTY keyboard to the world's first portable typing machine, this handsome collection is a visual homage to the golden age of the typewriter. From the world's first commercially successful typewriter-the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer of 1874-to the iconic electric models of the 1960s, eighty vintage devices are profiled in elegant photographs and fascinating text that highlights the design modifications, intricate details,...
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This one-stop practical guide will show you how to make the most of your digital photos. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy format with colour photos and expert advice throughout. Over three billion digital photos are sitting on hard discs in the UK alone - yet the potential they contain remains largely unfulfilled, and many are in danger of being lost forever if a computer crashes. This is the next step for digital photographers: they...
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Have you ever wondered about the untold stories regarding our national monuments? Behind every story hides the one which we never hear. These are those stories. How did these icons emerge and who made sure that they were preserved for us all to enjoy? Much credit goes to the National Parks of the United States of America. The National Parks Association has been a key player in preserving, especially natural monuments, for Americans and for people...
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