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Building Construction Illustrated

Building Construction IllustratedBuilding Construction Illustrated The classic visual guide to the basics of building construction, now with the most current information For nearly three decades, Building Construction Illustrated has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. This new edition of the revered classic ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios

Posing Techniques for Photographing Model PortfoliosPosing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios With detailed discussions and eye-catching, dynamic images, this guidebook shows professional photographers how to masterfully create beautiful images of a model to achieve any creative objective. Instructions illustrate basic poses as well as a host of subtle variations to provide ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice

Classical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio PracticeClassical Painting Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice Students of art hailed Classical Drawing Atelier, Juliette Aristides’s first book, as a dynamic return to the atelier educational model. Ateliers, popular in the nineteenth century, teach emerging artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. The educational process ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

Colin Cowie Chic: The Guide to Life As It Should Be

Colin Cowie Chic: The Guide to Life As It Should BeColin Cowie Chic: The Guide to Life As It Should Be A handbook for living well in the twenty-first centuryFrom legendary lifestyle expert Colin Cowie comes the last word in living a gracious, sensuous life on any budget. Colin draws back the curtain on his own chic, passionate, 120-miles-per-hour life, revealing how to create and entertain in an ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2 (Apple Pro Training Series)

Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2 (Apple Pro Training)Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2 (Apple Pro Training) Fully updated for Aperture 2, this comprehensive book-DVD training combo starts with the basics of image management and takes you step by step all the way through Aperture's powerful photo-editing, image-retouching, proofing, publishing, and archiving features. Aperture 2's new features are ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

Take Your Photography to the Next Level: From Inspiration to Image

Take Your Photography to the Next Level: From Inspiration to ImageTake Your Photography to the Next Level: From Inspiration to Image This book is for the photographer who strives to achieve a higher level of results in their work. Take Your Photography to the Next Level is based on a series of essays originally featured on the popular Luminous Landscape website. Barr tackles some of the rarely discussed, yet essential ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

August: Osage County

August: Osage CountyAugust: Osage County Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama"A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people."-Time Out New York"Tracy Letts' August: Osage County is what O'Neill would be writing in 2007. Letts has recaptured the nobility of ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

LogoLounge 4: 2000 International Identities by Leading Designers

LogoLounge 4: 2000 International Identities by Leading DesignersLogoLounge 4: 2000 International Identities by Leading Designers The fourth volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from designers worldwide. This book, like the previous titles in the series, is compiled in association with LogoLounge.com, a website that was launched by Bill Gardner in 2002. The site is dedicated to ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

Canon EOS 40D Digital Field Guide

Canon EOS 40D Digital Field GuideCanon EOS 40D Digital Field Guide In the Canon EOS 40D, speed and reliability meet superior image quality and affordability. And the more you know about your camera, the better your images will be. So don't wait another minute. Learn how to work with color spaces and white balance, use Live View, set up the 40D for your ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

Charlotte Moss: A Flair for Living

Charlotte Moss: A Flair for LivingCharlotte Moss: A Flair for Living
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

The Creative Digital Darkroom

The Creative Digital DarkroomThe Creative Digital Darkroom This tutorial takes photographers beyond the quick tips and gimmicky effects of many digital photography books. Author Katrin Eismann -- an internationally acclaimed artist, bestselling author, and gifted educator -- offers high-profile work, including her own, as examples for teaching ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop Elements 6 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop Elements 6 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop Elements 6 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech)) If you’re a visual learner, this book is for you. Clear, step-by-step screen shots show you how to tackle more than 150 common tasks using Photoshop Elements 6, in task-based spreads with easy, visual directions. Learn to work with toolboxes and palettes, import and organize images, map ...
March 26th, 2008 - Posted in Arts & Photography