Photographing Scotland


Book Description

PHOTOGRAPHING SCOTLAND is a photography-location and visitor guidebook. If you are a keen photographer who can¿t miss a sunrise or are on holiday using a mobile phone camera, this guidebook will take you to the most beautiful and photogenic places in Scotland. In this extensive photo-location and visitor guidebook, award winning Scottish photographer Dougie Cunningham explores and describes the most beautiful places in Scotland to visit and photograph. From Glencoe to Glen Torridon, Skye to Shetland, Callanish to Cairngorm, this guidebook reveals the islands and mountains, glens and lochs, rivers and coastline and visits ancient stone circles, fortified houses, medieval castles, crofts and peel towers. The classic views are included and many more lesser known and hidden gems amongst the Lowlands, Highlands and Islands of this spectacular country. Also included are photographic tours of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and a handy list of the best Scottish whiskey distilleries to visit. This book is divided into five sections LOWLANDS, EASTERN HIGHLANDS, WESTERN HIGHLANDS, WESTERN ISLES ¿ Inner and Outer Hebrides, THE FAR NORTH ¿ including the Orkney & Shetland Isles.




Wild Guide Scotland


Book Description

A new compendium of adventures, from the best-selling Wild Guide series (winner of travel guidebook of the year 2015). This guide to Scotland and the Scottish highlands and islands, one of Europe's fastest growing adventure holiday destinations, explores the hidden parts of its better known tourist areas, as well many more remote regions, rarely visited by tourists. Guiding you to over 800 wild swims, ancient forests, lost ruins and hidden beaches. Including inns, wild camping, local crafts, artisan whisky distilleries and wild places to stay.




Great Houses of Scotland


Book Description

26 houses photographed in colour and accompanied by informative text about their history.




Doug Box's Guide to Posing for Portrait Photographers


Book Description

Often overshadowed by complicated lighting techniques or advanced postproduction tips, this resource seeks to remind the professional photographer of the fundamental importance of a subject's pose. Conveniently designed in two-page spreads—a striking portrait on one side, a comprehensive how-to of the strategies used on the other—this reference includes countless techniques for studio sessions as well as outdoor and location shoots, with individuals or groups, male or female clients, and in sitting, standing, or lying poses. With advice from a well-known and respected professional, it covers all the basics, showing how to emphasize a client's assets and downplay perceived flaws, how to create a cohesive, engaging group photo, how to use natural elements on location to enhance an image, and how to ensure that the result flatters the subject and adds the essential professional polish to an image.




The Photographer's Guide to the Lake District


Book Description

A comprehensive location guide for landscape photography in the Lake District, this book contains detailed directions to over 50 brilliant locations, including lakes, tarns, waterfalls, viewpoints, caves and stone circles.







Decisive Moments


Book Description

As we begin to venture outside of lockdown,photographers of all skill levels will be eager to capturethe world around them. In Decisive Moments, Andy Hallcombines his photographic and teaching experience byputting together a thirty year retrospective collectionof stunning images, each of which has a key learningfeature for photographers to reflect on.Throughout, Hall will teach and inspire photographersof all abilities from beginners to experiencedpractitioners and will help them to identifyphotographic opportunities and make successful imagesconsistently. The advice is applicable to users of all typesof cameras from professional DSLRs to smartphones.This is a must-have book not only for photographerswho want to achieve their full potential but for peoplewho simply enjoy the visual world around them.




Images of Britain


Book Description

The best guide to the country, packed with full-color photographs of the highest caliber This magnificent collection of photographs captures not only Britain's splendid natural beauty, but the very essence of the land—its people, its history, its architecture, and its customs. Stunning pictures transport readers on a journey county by county though England, Scotland, and Wales, with extended captions that bring each image to life. From cottages to cathedrals, from palaces to promenades, and from Stonehenge to the works of modern British sculptors, this is a stunning photographic celebration of Britain's glorious past and thriving present.




Scotland's Landscapes


Book Description




Recent Books