Non-Secondhand Books

Cat rescue has blossomed in recent years, as more and more people are choosing to adopt cats from animal shelters and homegrown rescue organisations and have categorically steered away from...

Polar bears are the largest of all of the earth's land predators. In this evocative book, you'll learn about the bears' daily habits - from eating, to playing, to sleeping,...

Earth From Space: A Visual Tour is a collection of 180 gorgeous, colorful, and detailed images of our Earth taken from space: our great cities, mountains, oceans, reefs, mountains, farms,...

hotographing interiors is not as easy as you might think, and it takes a lot of practice to produce consistently strong, high-impact compositions for your clients. Still, there is money...

Hubble Images from Space: a Virtual Tour is a book of images from the Hubble telescope curated and edited by Beth Alesse who works in Los Angeles, California. The images...

Lisa and Tom Cuchara see the beauty in decay and abandonment. In this book, they take you on a guided journey of historic, grand, dramatic, and unique locations and provide...

Every professional photographer finds him or herself in a bit of a creative rut at some point in their career. In this unique book, award-winning photographer and digital artist Mark...

Andrew Funderburg discusses how to build a richer experience for your clients and your business by creating an experience through storytelling across a sequence of images, rather than in isolated...

Use flow posing techniques to fluidly create dozens of portrait looks in minutes Creating flattering poses for portrait and wedding clients is key to success as a professional photographer, but...

Studio lighting offers portrait photographers unlimited creative control. Mastering its use requires a specific skill set, however. Fortunately, portrait photography legend Tony Corbell is up to the task of showing...

Ready to turn your passion for photography into a viable business and profit while doing what you love? In this book, award-winning portrait and wedding photographer Tracy Dorr (from Williamsville,...

The aesthetic details that the couple selects when they dream up their perfect wedding help to tell their love story. The couple devotes a great deal of time to selecting...

Rick Ferro has led a storied career as one of Walt Disney World's top wedding photographers. His lighting and posing skill set is versatile yet dependable, and he has a...

The winter landscape is a relatively untapped photographic subject for most photographers. As renowned nature photographer Joseph Classen proves, though, if you venture out, you re sure to discover a...

Robert Hull introduces the powerful creative controls that DSLR cameras offersfrom exposure settings, to focusing controls, to metering, file format options, white balance, and moreproviding simple tips and strategies that...

Jeff and Carolle Dachowski present 60 ideas for shaping up a lagging business or hitting the ground running with a fledgling portrait and wedding photography business. In part 1, Pricing...

Learn what it takes to shoot reportage photojournalistic images from developing an idea, to making travel plans, to gathering the requisite information about the subject/scene and locale, to packing the...

From baby animals to rain showers, the spring season brings many changes. This charming series explores the activities and natural wonders that people can enjoy in spring. This title introduces...

If you're in need of info on framing construction, look no further. This newly revised and updated edition of our classic visual handbook is loaded with up-to-date code information, the...

New and improved! A skill-building introduction that helps beginning woodturners master basic woodworking techniques on their own. Written by a professional woodturning instructor with over two decade's teaching experience, A...

We are fortunate to live in a magical time in the constantly evolving field of photography. Absolutely anything is possible with a quality camera and photo-editing software. While new digital...

Effective commercial portraiture is heavily reliant on clean, crisp lighting looks that emphasize colour, contrast, contours, and texture to allow viewers of magazines, newspapers, television, and movies to view a...

Good lighting is everything in portraiture. The right light sculpts our subjects, smooths the skin, evens skin tones, and helps create the feeling of a third dimension in a two-dimensional...

There are no two ways about it. Creating spectacular lighting, coaxing gorgeous poses, and producing a stunning image concept for wedding portraits is a challenging task. You need to flatter...

While the number of assignments available in many photographic specialties is decreasing, there are still relatively untapped growth areas for still photographers and videographers. One of these specialty fields is...

Tim Kelly is a Master Photographer whose portrait work has inspired people in the portrait photography industry since the 1980s. His work has a classic, polished quality that beautifully depicts...

Approaches to wedding photography are as varied as the tens of thousands of artists who practice it. In this book, you'll go behind the scenes with 25 leading professionals and...

In wedding photography, there are few second chances. Creating professional-quality images requires more than just a good eye, it takes a solid plan of action and the ability to improvise...

Hit the ground running with this no-nonsense guide to outdoor portraits! Acclaimed photo-educator Jeff Smith shows you how to design beautiful images that virtually sell themselves. Quick lessons take you...

The face is the most important part of any portrait but there are over seven billion unique faces on this planet and no single approach that will flatter every one...

From lighting glass objects to photographing models indoors and out, this handbook demonstrates how to effectively use and control light using a variety of traditional and unconventional lighting equipment. Written...

Opening with a discussion of what it means to be a professional photographer, this workbook evolves into a career guidebook for amateur photographers to make the transition into the business...

Christopher Grey follows up his successful books on lighting for portrait photographers with this complete guide to professional portraiture. Successful poses are shown to be achieved through a thorough understanding...

Filled with images by accomplished portrait, fashion, and editorial photographers, this collection is designed to solve any issues associated with photographing young subjects. From newborns and toddlers through grade school...

In the early years of photographic portraiture, posing was an absolute necessity. With extremely slow films, equally slow lenses and a lack of artificial light sources, time dictated long exposures....

Arguing that photography should be about more than gear, shooting modes, and computer programs, this book highlights methods for creating artistic photographs in the moment a picture is taken, rather...

Joe Farace takes the intimidation out of glamour photography, showing you how to begin creating great images or add glamour photography to a studio's existing product line. Farace begins by...

Highlighting two of the most recognized and attended Jewish occasions, this exploration details all of the vital elements for bar and bat mitzvah photographers. From the synagogue and party to...

The fundamentals of exposure and the essentials of lighting are explored in this photography reference that uses progressive images from portrait sessions as its basis of explanation. Starting with how...

205 colour images LEARN HOW TO REFINE, RESTORE, AND ADD CREATIVE EFFECTS TO YOUR IMAGES Learn step-by-step techniques for correcting exposure problems, controlling the brightness, contrast, and color in your...

When lighting a model, photographers must have a thorough understanding of their client's objectives to obtain successful shots. Pegram shows readers how to masterfully create beautifully lit images that reflect...

A guide to the culture and traditions of Jewish wedding photography that allows readers to extend their business to the jewish market, but providing real insight and useful information on...

Featuring 15 of the industry's top photographers, among them Monte Zucker, Michael Ayers, Dave Newman, and Kathleen Hawkins, this guide teaches professional photographers how to capture the most flattering views...

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...

150 colour photographs From working with models to lighting and posing, everything aspiring glamour photographers need to know in order to run a successful business and take gorgeous pictures is...

200 colour photographs Blending advice with example images, this guidebook marshals the wisdom and experience of 15 seasoned professionals to present a comprehensive resource on one of the most challenging...

Beginning with the basic laws that govern photography, this legal manual helps photographers understand the basic matters of access and privacy, covering issues such as shooting images on private property,...

A photographer's portrait style correlates directly to his or her profits. But photographic style doesn't just happen, and what works for one photographer won't necessarily work for the rest. In...