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Do you love to take pictures? Has this ever happened to you? You're with your friends and something memorable is happening and you want to capture it so you take some pictures that you will want to keep as memories. You get home and upload them to your computer so you can do some post processing, or just check them out. And maybe you will get some prints made. But your photos are blurry. Not terrible, but not good enough to print. You got some pictures that you can save for memories on your phone, but they look terrible any bigger. Taking great pictures with a phone camera is harder than ...

Black and white photography has gained popularity over the years. Most serious photographers have tried or want to try to be proficient with black and white photography. When you finish this book you will be able to see things in the way that will allow you to make your best black and white photos. You will learn techniques that will give you the skills to wow viewers. The goal of being a photographer is to make art that when someone looks at your work, they will say wow. That is awesome. To be able to wow viewers, you need to learn some techniques and skills that will allow you to see ...

When people see your photos, do they say wow? Do you love to make photos? There is a difference between someone who takes pictures, and someone who makes pictures. Making pictures is all about how you see the parts of the photos you are creating. Practicing the art of taking great pictures is the way to get them to be great. Do you want to learn to be able to make great photos? To be successful you need to practice. This book is set up with with projects for you to do that will help you focus on seeing things the way you need to see them to take great pictures instead of good pictures. ...

¡Vive, ríe y ama a través de Retratos! Al adentrarte en Retratos, te embarcarás en un apasionante viaje a través de historias llenas de amor y ternura. Cada palabra rinde homenaje a aquellos que han iluminado el mundo de la autora con su afecto y cariño. Dentro de las páginas de Retratos, se despliega una colección de vivencias y experiencias compartidas con seres queridos que han dejado una huella imborrable en la travesía de su vida. Los lectores son bienvenidos a un mundo donde el amor y la ternura asumen los roles protagónicos en cada capítulo, donde los recuerdos se ...

In 1819, a young man outwitted death at the hands of John and Lavinia Fisher and sparked the hunt for Charleston's most notorious serial killers. Former homicide investigator Bruce Orr follows the story of the Fishers, from the initial police raid on their Six Mile Inn with its reportedly grisly cellar to the murderous couple's incarceration and execution at the squalid Old City Jail. Yet there still may be more sinister deeds left unpunished, an overzealous sheriff, corrupt officials, and documents only recently discovered all suggest that there is more to the tale.

A savage journey into the heart of Hunter S. Thompson's Las Vegas with the Good Doctor as tour guide. A Lord-of-the-Rings-like adventure in the city's underground flood channels. A seven-day stay at a seedy motel on East Fremont Street. The stories in My Week at the Blue Angel aren't about Steve Wynn, Cirque du Soleil, or how to play poker, and they aren't set in Caesars Palace, XS Nightclub, or a 2,000-seat showroom. They're about prostitutes, ex-cons, and the homeless, and they're set under Caesars Palace and in trailer parks and weekly motels. In this creative nonfiction collection, ...

In The Pixl Marketing Method, Pete Stagl reveals the exact system he used to transform his real estate media business from chaotic to systematized—the same framework now helping photographers across the country build businesses that thrive without constant hustle.

Artist Julie Schachter has created 100 pinhole photographic portraits of artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, actors and supporters thereof, who sat before a hollowed-out 1980 Who's Who book, which she refashioned into a camera. Among those celebrated in these pages are Ant Farm founder Chip Lord; T.R. Uthco artists Doug Hall and Diane Andrews Hall; painters/sculptors M. Louise Stanley, Katherine Sherwood, C. G. Simonds, Clayton Bailey; performance/video/installation artists George Coates, Paul Cotton, Lowell Darling, Spalding Gray, Doug Hollis, Joe Rees, Willie Boy Walker; filmmakers ...

BABAJI ONLY LOVE 55 Late Portraits of Hairakhan Babaji Mahavatar rivisited by Gianbarberis with poems. Step into the sacred realm of Hairakhan Babaji Mahavatar through the lens of Jai Datt Gianbarberis. This remarkable collection unveils 55 portraits, each a testament to the divine essence of Babaji, accompanied by soul-stirring poems that echo the eternal truths He embodies. In these turbulent times, when humanity grapples with challenges on every front, the presence of the Divine becomes palpable, guiding us towards transformation and enlightenment. Babaji, the Mahavatar, descended upon ...

Plutocracy, Tyrannosaurus Rex of the Anthropocene analyzes the current reality of post-capitalism from the perspective of the hegemonic power and its democracy hijacked by millionaires, lobbies, and the Military-Financial Complex that dominates the domestic politics of the United States and the geopolitics of the West. At the same time, it reflects on the crisis of capitalist civilization that began in the 16th century and of liberal democracies with the return of fascism in its different forms, of anti-Enlightenment as a reaction to a totalitarian "Ancien Régime" and the preceding ...

Latin American Political Cinema includes an analysis of 18 Latin American films, 18 contemporary classics that represent the non-commercial cinema of this continent. The author analyzes these productions specifically in their social and historical context. Each of the films included in this book posed profound questions about the hegemonic culture of Hollywood and capitalism and Latin American tragic reality as well, while also representing the mature alternative of imperfect Latin American cinema to the superficial and empty perfection of the dominant film industry, to the culture of ...

This book delves into the powerful role of sound and silence in film translation, revealing how acoustic choices shape cultural perception and audience experience. Through in-depth analyses of acclaimed films like Spirited Away and The Lego Movie, it shows how subtle shifts in silence, sound effects, and music can bridge or widen the cultural divide. Perfect for translators, filmmakers, and anyone curious about the hidden layers of cross-cultural storytelling.