David Busch's Nikon Z5 Guide to Digital Photography


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David Busch's Nikon Z5 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for getting the most out of your Nikon Z5 mirrorless camera. Nikon’s most affordable full-frame mirrorless model boasts up-scale features, including dual memory card slots, five-axis image stabilization for sharp images even when using slow shutter speeds, and an advanced hybrid autofocus system with face/eye detection and 273 AF points. The Z5’s 24MP sensor supports 4K and Full HD movie shooting, and an innovative Focus Shift mode that produces stunning deep-focus images. With this book in hand, you’ll master all the camera’s impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as develop your creativity taking great photographs with your new Z5.

Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Z5 Guide to Digital Photography covers all the camera's capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy visual guide to the Z5, with close-up photos and descriptions of the camera's essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author’s recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Z5 today.




David Busch's Nikon D780 Guide to Digital Photography


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David Busch's Nikon D780 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the exciting Nikon D780 digital SLR. This weather-sealed pro/enthusiast camera is built around a 24.5 megapixel back-illuminated sensor that offers incredible image quality and features a dual focus system for fast phase detect autofocus in both viewfinder and live view/movie modes. Burst shooting with continuous autofocus at 7 frames per second – or up to 12 fps in live view/silent shooting mode – is an action photographer’s dream. Videographers will love the D780’s UHD 4K video, too. All photographers will appreciate the security the camera’s twin SD card slots provide.

Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon D780 Guide to Digital Photography covers all the camera's capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy visual “roadmap” guide to the D780, a chapter with close-up photos and descriptions of the camera's essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author’s recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon D780 today.




David Busch's Nikon Z50 Guide to Digital Photography


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David Busch's Nikon Z50 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for getting the most out of your Nikon Z50 mirrorless camera. Nikon’s first APS-C format mirrorless model is compact, weighs just 14 ounces, and is very affordable, making it the perfect camera for budding photo enthusiasts. It’s built around a 21-megapixel sensor that offers excellent image quality and is sensitive enough for low light shooting. With a 209-point phase-detect autofocus system covering more than 85 percent of the frame, the Z50 can shoot sports and action at up to 11 frames per second, with lightning fast focus. The Z50 can capture both 4K and Full HD movies, too, and the flip-down rear LCD is ideal for selfies and vlogging. With this book in hand, you’ll master all the camera’s impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as develop your creativity taking great photographs with your new Z50.

Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Z50 Guide to Digital Photography covers all the camera's capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy visual guide to the Z50, with close-up photos and descriptions of the camera's essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author’s recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Z50 today.




Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide


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Everything you need to know to take amazing photographs using your new DSLR The Nikon D5300 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know to take fantastic photos with your new Nikon. In full color, this portable guide covers all of the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D5300, using step-by-step instructions and providing full-color images of each menu screen. Nikon users will love this comprehensive field guide—it's just the right size to fit into a camera bag, so you'll be able to take it wherever your photography adventures take you. The guide goes beyond camera settings, offering you a refresher course in digital photography principles, and covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. This perfectly sized field guide features: Compact size, allowing photographers to carry it wherever they go Professional advice on everything from composing a variety of shots to choosing lenses Colorful example images, along with detailed instructions on how to get the most from each of the camera's features Filled with amazing examples, this handy guide offers a variety of tips and tricks. You'll learn how to capture portraits, take character-filled candid shots, frame sports action, document travel, work with macro photography, and much more!




More Than a Rock, 2nd Edition


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A deeper look at the creativity, art, expression, craft, and philosophy of landscape photography.

More Than a Rock, 2nd Edition is a passionate and personal book about creativity and expression. In this series of over 70 brief essays, photographer and teacher Guy Tal shares his thoughts and experiences as an artist who seeks to express more in his images than the mere appearance of the subject portrayed. Following up on the success of the first edition, this revised edition contains updated imagery, a new essay in each of the book’s four sections—Art, Craft, Experiences, and Meditations—and is presented in a beautiful hardcover format.

Tal makes an argument to consider creative landscape photography—expressing something of the photographer's conception through the use of natural aesthetics—as a form of visual art that is distinct from the mere representation of beautiful natural scenes. Tal covers topics such as the art of photography, approaches to landscape photography, and the experiences of a working photographic artist. His essays also include reflections on nature and man’s place in it, living a meaningful life, and living as an artist in today’s world.

The book is decidedly non-technical and focuses on philosophy, nature, and visual expression. It was written for those photographers with a passion and interest in creative photography. Anyone who is pursuing their work as art, is in need of inspiration, or is interested in the writings of a full-time working photographic artist will benefit from reading this book. The book is visually punctuated with Tal’s inspiring and breathtaking photography.

“Some images look like things, while others feel like things; some images are of things, while others are about things. A creative image is not a record of a scene nor a substitute for a real experience. Rather, it is an experience in itself—an aesthetic experience—something new that the artist has given the world, rather than a contrived view of something that already existed independent of them.”
—Guy Tal

“The medium of photography has a long tradition of practitioners who were not only masterful photographers, but were also insightful and thoughtful writers—the thinking man’s photographers. Among them we find such greats as John Szarkowski, Minor White, Bill Jay, and Robert Adams. It is no exaggeration to include Guy Tal on this esteemed list.”
— From the Foreword, by Chuck Kimmerle




David Busch's Nikon Zf Guide to Digital Photography


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David Busch's Nikon Zf Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Nikon Zf, the company’s retro-styled mirrorless camera with cutting-edge capabilities. Enthusiasts and professional photographers alike welcome the combination of vintage look and advanced features, including sophisticated subject detection of people, animals, vehicles, and airplanes; focus shift shooting for extended depth-of-field; and a super-high resolution Pixel Shift mode that quadruples the camera’s resolution to an amazing 98 megapixels. Add in a pre-release feature that captures action that happened before you clicked the shutter, a switch that shifts the camera seamlessly into black-and-white mode, 4K video, and continuous shooting at up to 30 frames per second, and you’ll see why photographers are so excited about the Nikon Zf. With this book in hand, you’ll master all these impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as you develop your creativity while taking great photographs with your new Zf. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Zf Guide to Digital Photography covers the cameras’ still photography capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is an introduction to the cameras’ video features. A handy visual guide to the Zf offers close-up photos and descriptions of the cameras’ essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author’s recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Zf today.




David Busch's Nikon Z6 III Guide to Digital Photography


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David Busch's Nikon Z6 III Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Nikon Z6 III, the company’s next-generation enthusiast mirrorless camera. Equipped with the world’s first partially-stacked CMOS sensor, this 24.5MP camera shares many of the advanced photography features of Nikon’s top tier Z9 and Z8 flagship cameras, including a pre-capture feature that records action that happened before you clicked the shutter -- at up to 120 frames per second. An enhanced vibration reduction feature offers up to 8 stops of stabilization linked to the active autofocus point for superb low-light and long lens photography. Add cutting-edge video features that include 6K/60p internal RAW recording, 10X slow-motion capture, and in-line audio. and you’ll see why photographers and videographers are so excited about the Nikon Z6 III. With this book in hand, you’ll master all these impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as you develop your creativity while taking great photographs with your new Z6 III. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Z6 III Guide to Digital Photography covers the cameras’ photography capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. A handy visual guide to the Z6 III offers close-up photos and descriptions of the cameras’ essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author’s recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Z6 III today.




David Busch's Nikon Z7 II/Z6 II Guide to Digital Photography


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David Busch's Nikon Z7 II/Z6 II Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for Nikon’s next-generation Z7 II and Z6 II mirrorless cameras. The company has upgraded these compact cameras with the features most requested by enthusiasts, including two memory card slots, advanced autofocus features, and performance-enhancing dual EXPEED 6 processors. Serious photographers can select the high-resolution 45.7 megapixel Z7 II, or opt for the higher continuous shooting rates and stellar low-light versatility of the 24 megapixel Z6 II. Both cameras offer incredible image quality, especially when coupled with a burgeoning line of ultra-sharp S-series, Z-mount lenses. The affordable FTZ adapter allows you to use more than 300 different lenses in Nikon’s F-mount lineup, too. Five-axis in-body image stabilization provides up to five stops of anti-shake performance so you can hand-hold the camera at slower shutter speeds. An improved autofocus system with human and animal eye/face detection offers lightning fast focus for stills and both 4K and Full HD movie-shooting. With this book in hand, you’ll master all these impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as develop your creativity taking great photographs with your new Z7 II or Z6 II.

Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Z7 II/Z6 II Guide to Digital Photography covers the cameras’ capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy visual guide to the Z7 II and Z6 II, with close-up photos and descriptions of the camera's essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author’s recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera’s capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Z7 II or Z6 II today.




Hand Lettering on the iPad with Procreate


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Hand Lettering on the iPad with Procreate is the ultimate guide to every step of the digital hand lettering process. Using the versatile and intuitive iPad drawing and design app Procreate, author and noted lettering instructor Liz Brown composes a series of fun and easy lettering projects that will build confidence by giving all the necessary tools to create gorgeous compositions from the ground up. Each project comes with its own Procreate brush downloads so users can follow along to create their own unique hand lettered quotes, words, and phrases.

Featuring step-by-step lessons including:

-Finding inspiration with color palettes and letterforms for unique styles

-Using Procreate tools for creating and decorating letters

-Tips and tricks for adding textures, layers, shading, and depth to lettering projects

-Creative ideas for jazzing up space around letters

And much, much more! Whether you’re a beginner interested in learning a fun new skill, or an experienced letterer ready to start creating on your iPad, this book will give you everything you need to take the next step in your iPad hand lettering journey.