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The Complete Portrait Manual: 200+ Tips & Techniques for Shooting the Perfect Photos of People (Popular Photography)
by The Editors of Popular PhotographyA trusted reference for beginners looking to master the portrait or lifelong photographers looking to try a new twist on the classic genre. The editors of Popular Photography pooled all their knowledge from their 70+ years of experience to bring you the most comprehensive guide to portraits on the market: The Complete Portrait Manual. Whether you&’re after snapshots of loved ones laughing, impressive studio headshots, fun yet tasteful selfies, or lightning-fast captures of athletes doing the thing they love, this guide will help you produce the perfect portrait. In chapters on how to flatter your subjects with poses and angles, light them just right, and retouch your photos in post-production, you&’ll learn how to:· Get to Know Your Subjects· Pick Props that Show Personality· Snap a Nice Selfie· Craft Environmental Portraits· Hide Flaws with Clever Angles· Take Candid Street Shots· Pick Poses that Flatter· Zoom In on Telling Details· Shoot Truly Joyful Holiday Portraits· Freeze a Subject&’s Fleeting Reflection· Set Up Avedon Lighting· Know Your Light Sources· Flatter with a Ring Light· Mimic Film Noir Shadows· Slow a Spinning Ballerina with Long Exposure· Combine Natural and Studio Light· Select Light Modifiers· Capture Musicians with Limited Lighting· Make Nostalgic Portraits with Film· Understand Retouching Tools· Go Classic with Black and White Conversion· Craft Whimsical Composites· Repair Old Photos of Loved Ones· Minimize Lines and Skin Flaws· Whiten Teeth and Eyes· Make Cautious Use of the Liquify Tool · Brighten Exposure for Breezier Snapshots
Complete Poems And Selected Letters Of Michelangelo
by Creighton E. Gilbert Robert N. Linscott C. MichelangeloThe description for this book, Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo, will be forthcoming.
Complete Pleats: Pleating Techniques for Fashion, Architecture, Design
by Paul JacksonPaul Jackson‘s major new title Complete Pleats is the most comprehensive book about pleating on the market.It explains how pleating systems can be stretched, compressed, flared, skewed, multiplied, and mirrored, showing how from simple ideas, a huge number of original pleat forms can be created. Each technique is explained with a series of step-by-step photographs and line illustrations, enabling the designer to work through the basic principles of pleating and then adapt them to their specific needs. Complete Pleats also features more than 60 examples of pleats from the worlds of architecture, fashion, and product design.Paul Jackson has taught pleating techniques to students of Fashion Design for 30 years, in both paper and fabric. Complete Pleats is the definitive practical guide for anyone wishing to create and make pleats. The book includes a DVD featuring 23 videos of pleating techniques.
Complete Pleats: Pleating Techniques for Fashion, Architecture, Design
by Paul JacksonPaul Jackson‘s major new title Complete Pleats is the most comprehensive book about pleating on the market.It explains how pleating systems can be stretched, compressed, flared, skewed, multiplied, and mirrored, showing how from simple ideas, a huge number of original pleat forms can be created. Each technique is explained with a series of step-by-step photographs and line illustrations, enabling the designer to work through the basic principles of pleating and then adapt them to their specific needs. Complete Pleats also features more than 60 examples of pleats from the worlds of architecture, fashion, and product design.Paul Jackson has taught pleating techniques to students of Fashion Design for 30 years, in both paper and fabric. Complete Pleats is the definitive practical guide for anyone wishing to create and make pleats. The book includes a DVD featuring 23 videos of pleating techniques.
Complete Planning Permission: Teach Yourself
by Michael Dade Roy SpeerThe UK Planning Regulations are a minefield for anyone looking to build a new home - and for those who are worried about the impact of a new planning application near their home. Avoid being one of the thousands whose application is turned down - and whose dreams are crushed - by using this book to familiaries yourself with the system and beat it. With a step-by-step guide to every part of the application process and ehaustive coverage of the do's and don'ts this is an essential guide to securing that first step on the path to building your dream home. And if you're worried about a nearby development there are easily implimented strategies for preventing planning permission from being granted. From one of the UK's leading planning consultancies with the very latest on all the new and recent changes to planning law this is the most comprehensive guide avaliable to manipulating the intricacies of this difficult and controversial area.
Complete Planning Permission: How to get it, stop it or alter it
by Roy Speer Mike DadeThe UK Planning Regulations are a minefield for anyone looking to build a new home - and for those who are worried about the impact of a new planning application near their home. Avoid being one of the thousands whose application is turned down - and whose dreams are crushed - by using this book to familiaries yourself with the system and beat it. With a step-by-step guide to every part of the application process and ehaustive coverage of the do's and don'ts this is an essential guide to securing that first step on the path to building your dream home. And if you're worried about a nearby development there are easily implimented strategies for preventing planning permission from being granted. From one of the UK's leading planning consultancies with the very latest on all the new and recent changes to planning law this is the most comprehensive guide avaliable to manipulating the intricacies of this difficult and controversial area.
Complete Photography: Understand cameras to take, edit and share better photos
by Chris GatcumWhether you're a complete beginner, a casual snapper or a seasoned photographer, there is a lot to be learned from this extensive photography guide. Take the guesswork out of your photography and understand not just what to do with your camera, but how and why this affects the photos you take. You'll learn how to compose a shot for visual impact, focus it to attract the viewer's eye, expose it so every detail is captured and so much more. Photography never stands still so it doesn't matter what camera you have, whether you own an SLR, film camera or a compact digital camera, Gatcum will teach you how to take the best photos possible. As well as Gatcum's own expertise on the subject, Complete Photography is packed with tips and masterclasses from other inspirational professionals.
Complete Photography: Understand cameras to take, edit and share better photos
by Chris GatcumWhether you're a complete beginner, a casual snapper or a seasoned photographer, there is a lot to be learned from this extensive photography guide. Take the guesswork out of your photography and understand not just what to do with your camera, but how and why this affects the photos you take. You'll learn how to compose a shot for visual impact, focus it to attract the viewer's eye, expose it so every detail is captured and so much more. Photography never stands still so it doesn't matter what camera you have, whether you own an SLR, film camera or a compact digital camera, Gatcum will teach you how to take the best photos possible. As well as Gatcum's own expertise on the subject, Complete Photography is packed with tips and masterclasses from other inspirational professionals.
The Complete Photo Manual: 300+ Skills and Tips for Making Great Pictures
by The Editors of Popular PhotographyFocus on capturing the best images ever with tips from choosing the right gear to composition to processing—plus tutorials and updated software advice. This comprehensive, all-in-one guide demystifies today’s DSLRs and ILCs, walking you through their basic functions and setting you up for photo-making success, as well as offering creative projects for more advanced photographers. From setting a proper exposure to Photoshopping images together into clever composites, The Complete Photo Manual Revised Edition has you covered!With chapters on:Camera Basics: Take a crash course in exposure, focus, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, and more so you can master the fundamentals.Composition & Shooting: Get out there and start shooting! This chapter helps you pick subjects, compose on the fly, work your camera settings as you go, correct for problematic situations, use a tripod, choose the right lens for your scene, and explore different storytelling idioms.Setup & Gear: Graduate to a more robust photography kit with discussions of lights, light modifiers, and more. Here, you’ll learn how to shoot more ambitious portraits, still lifes, and action shots.Photo Editing & Beyond:Make your photos even better with tried-and-tested tutorials in Photoshop and Lightroom, plus quick tips and image organization hacks.
The Complete Photo Guide to Soap Making
by David FisherHomemade soaps, scrubs, salves, lotions, and other bath and body products have been popping up all over, from craft fairs to Etsy--and it's no surprise why. Soap making is a fun and creative hobby that you can do right in the comfort of your own kitchen. Want to learn how? Look no further. The Complete Photo Guide to Soap Making is an A-Z primer on all things soap making.Written by About.com soap making expert David Fisher, this easy-to-use book will guide you through everything you need to know from necessary ingredients, tools, and safety requirements to soap making methods, including: melt and pour, hand milling, cold process, and hot process. You'll be a pro in no time!Each chapter focuses on a specific method, demonstrating the basic process as well as decorative techniques, recipes, and related products such as scrubs, bath bombs, and liquid soaps. You'll also find a section on how to formulate original recipes, plus guidance on storage and ideas for packaging to impress your friends, family, and maybe even customers! So grab your creativity and some great ingredients and let's get started.
The Complete Photo Guide to Knitting
by Margaret HubertThe ultimate knitting reference! A comprehensive how-to book that will have you making scarves, hats, mittens, sweaters, and other projects in no time.Inside this essential knitting guide, you will find expanded basics for all knitting techniques, from cast-on to bind-off and every step in between. Learn to knit row by row and in the round; understand knitting jargon and how to follow a pattern; learn all the methods for increasing and decreasing stitches, seaming, and adding details like pockets and zippers. With twenty new stitch patterns, this section expands to 220 in all, arranged in style categories for easy reference.Projects at the end of each section give you opportunities to try some of the new techniques you’ve learned while making knitted items you can use or gift to others. Margaret Hubert will guide you through special knitting topics like cables, intarsia, entrelac, Fair Isle knitting, and lace knitting. With the updated information and all new projects, even if you have the first edition you are sure to want the second edition to complete your collection.
The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet: *the Essential Reference For Novice And Expert Crocheters *comprehensive Guide To Crochet Tools And Techniques *packed With Hundreds Of Tips And Ideas *step-by-step Instructions For 200 Stitch Patterns (Complete Photo Guide Ser.)
by Margaret Hubert“Full-color photos of techniques with examples and practice projects . . . This guide will be useful for crafters beginning to experiment.” —Library JournalThis comprehensive book provides a reference for all methods, including Tunisian, filet, intermeshing, broomstick lace, Bruges lace, and freeform crochet. It includes step-by-step instructions for all the basic stitches and swatches of hundreds of stitch patterns with complete instructions. Also provided are instructions and patterns for fifty projects for garments, accessories, and décor items.Best of all, it includes more than four hundred color photos—to make learning and following along as easy as possible!
The Complete Peanuts Family Album: The Ultimate Guide to Charles M. Schulz's Classic Characters
by Andrew Farago&“A one-volume encyclopedia of more than 70 &‘Peanuts&’ characters, ranging from the iconic to the obscure . . . [a] wonderful collection.&” —The Washington Post People around the world recognize Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Snoopy. And Peanuts enthusiasts know Peggy Jean, Roy, and Spike. But what about Shermy? Truffles? And who exactly is Floyd?The Complete Peanuts Family Album is the first detailed exploration of the entire Peanuts universe, from its most iconic personalities to its most obscure characters, as well as classic paraphernalia and events. With more than seven hundred charming and historic images, The Complete Peanuts Family Album will remind readers of all ages why happiness is a warm puppy. This character encyclopedia includes: All 70+ of Charles M. Schulz&’s beloved characters in strips across the decadesFirst-appearance strips for each characterFeatures on beloved Peanuts holidays, including Valentine&’s Day, Halloween, and ChristmasRare and never-before-seen artOfficial character sketches and model sheetsVintage memorabilia and collectibles&“A deep dive, covering all of the characters in Peanuts, anyone who had a name and a few who didn&’t.&” —The Aaugh Blog
The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures
by Elizabeth WilhideAn essential resource for any designer, crafter, artist, or historian, THE COMPLETE PATTERN DIRECTORY is the most comprehensive, practical, and beautiful directory of patterns throughout history, covering all periods, styles, and cultures. Throughout history, patterns have come in countless permutations of motif, color, and scale. From the first rhythmic marks pressed onto clay vessels, to the latest digital design, pattern-making has been an essential part of the decorative arts since time immemorial. With 1500 illustrations of patterns from all ages and cultures, THE COMPLETE PATTERN DIRECTORY is not only a visual feast, it is the most comprehensive resource available on the subject. The book is arranged thematically according to pattern type, with chapters on Flora, Fauna, Pictorial, Geometric, and Abstract designs. Each pattern includes the name of the pattern, the year of its creation, and a brief description. The categories are supplemented by in-depth features highlighting the work of key designers including William Morris, Sonia Delaunay, Charles and Ray Eames, Lucienne Day, and Orla Kiely, as well as sections detailing the characteristic motifs of key period styles from Baroque to Art Deco.
The Complete Origami
by Tuttle PublishingLearn to fold beautiful and easy papercraft models with this origami ebook.The fascinating art of paper-folding, known as origami, has been practiced in Japan for centuries. It is more than the creation of delightful paper figures-it's an intricate craft than can be enjoyed by the young and old alike. The Complete Origami ebook includes everything a paper folder needs to create a variety of origami paper craft projects such as the peacock, frog, rabbit and even an elephant!Use it to craft eye-catching origami for your friends, to beautify your home-or as a wonderful gift for paper craft lovers. All of the folds are simple enough to be origami-for-kids projects and are a great way to learn origami.The ebook contains: 2 full-colored, 32-page booklets Step-by-step instructions Colorful diagrams and illustrations 30 fun projectsComplete Origami provides you this stunning collection of origami projects that will have you creating origami models in no time!Origami projects include: House Candy Box Fan Flowers Ship Wolf Bird And many more...
The Complete Oil Painter: The Essential Reference For Beginners To Professionals
by Brian GorstCompared to watercolor, encaustic, fresco, or tempera, oil paint is a relatively recent medium. It has its origins in northern Europe at the start of the fifteenth century, when drying oils were often added to the egg-yolk medium of tempera, possibly during the later applications of paint. Artists found that by painting in slow-drying oil paint, with its smooth modeling and richness of color, they could achieve greater realism. This, along with the durability of its paint film and the portability of its supports, meant that by the middle of the sixteenth century oil painting had spread throughout Europe to become the medium of choice for most painters. It has since dominated palettes up to the present day, with only the introduction of acrylics during the twentieth century offering any credible alternative to some of the uses of oils.
The Complete Multifaith Resource for Primary Religious Education: Ages 4-7
by Judith LowndesThe Complete Multifaith Resource for Primary Religious Education Ages 4-7 is a definitive teaching and learning aid for cross-religious exploration in the classroom, offering stimulating and detailed ways in which to apply a concepts-based approach to the teaching of RE. It provides a model for learning which engages children and encourages the development of higher order thinking skills and which can be applied to other subject areas in a cross- curricular setting. Comprising of a book and CD-ROM, The Complete Multifaith Resource features key concepts that underpin religious beliefs and practices and that are key to effective learning in RE for the target age level. Each concept chapter provides a wealth of material which will enable teachers to lead their pupils through the learning experience. Resources can be displayed on an interactive whiteboard for classroom viewing, or alternatively printed out for pupils to use during individual and group activities, requiring no further search for resources. This includes: stories, pictures and questions to prompt discussion writing frames, sort cards, matching pairs and other engaging activities This indispensable tool provides a modern, innovative and refreshing approach to teaching RE that has already proved to be effective in a large number of schools and can be applied to the effective delivery of an agreed syllabus for RE. Each chapter is introduced by looking at the key concept from a Christian point of view, and is then examined from the perspectives of the other major world faiths, including Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism. The Complete Multifaith Resource for Primary Religious Education Ages 4-7 will be of value not only to RE managers and leaders, but also to primary phase teachers who may have little confidence or expertise in teaching RE. Trainee teachers and those studying on education courses will also benefit from gaining a better understanding of the concepts-based approach to the teaching of RE as expounded by the Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton Agreed Syllabus.
The Complete Multifaith Resource for Primary Religious Education: Ages 7-11
by Judith LowndesThe Complete Multifaith Resource for Primary Religious Education Ages 7-11 is a definitive teaching and learning aid for cross-religious exploration in the classroom, offering stimulating and detailed ways in which to apply a concepts-based approach to the teaching of RE. It provides a model for learning which engages children and encourages the development of higher order thinking skills and which can be applied to other subject areas in cross-curricular settings. Comprising of a book and CD-ROM, The Complete Multifaith Resource features key concepts that underpin religious beliefs and practices and that are key to effective learning in RE for the target age level. Each concept chapter provides a wealth of material which will enable teachers to lead their pupils through the learning experience. Resources can be displayed on an interactive whiteboard for classroom viewing, or alternatively printed out for pupils to use during individual and group activities, requiring no further search for resources. This includes: stories, pictures and questions to prompt discussion writing frames, sort cards, matching pairs and other engaging activities This indispensable tool provides a modern, innovative and refreshing approach to teaching RE that has already proved to be effective in a large number of schools and can be applied to the effective delivery of an agreed syllabus for RE. Each chapter is introduced by looking at the key concept from a Christian point of view, and is then examined from the perspectives of the other major world faiths, including Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism. The Complete Multifaith Resource for Primary Religious Education Ages 7-11 will be of value not only to RE managers and leaders, but also to primary phase teachers who may have little confidence or expertise in teaching RE. Trainee teachers and those studying on education courses will also benefit from gaining a better understanding of the concepts-based approach to the teaching of RE as expounded by the Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton Agreed Syllabus.
The Complete Modern Blacksmith
by Alexander WeygersA truly unusual and unique resource, this extremely hands-on book brings together three popular but long-out-of-print classics (THE MODERN BLACKSMITH; THE RECYCLING, USE, AND REPAIR OF TOOLS; and THE MAKING OF TOOLS) essential for anyone interested in the making, repair, maintenance, or arcana of tools. An essential volume in any serious craftperson's library, this book covers setting up a smithy (anvil, forge, hammer, tongs, and all), and manufacturing everything from stone-carving chisels to decorative wall hooks.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Complete Metalsmith
by Tim McCreightThe Complete Metalsmith became a classic soon after it was first published in 1982. A second edition (blue cover) raised the bar by adding 50 more pages and using a larger format. To mark the millenium, McCreight revised it again, this time doubling the number of pages, adding color and using an innovative concealed spiral binding. <p><p> This information-packed technique source book is on every professional metalworker's must-have list. With over 2500 drawings, the Complete Metalsmith provide a wealth of information on materials, tools, shaping, surfaces, joining, color, finishing, casting, stonesetting, chains, findings and mechanisms. Also included is one of the largest collections of charts and tables for metalsmiths. You’ll wonder how you got along without it!
The Complete "Masters of the Poster": All 256 Color Plates from "Les Maitres de l'Affiche"
by Stanley AppelbaumLes Maîtres de l'Affiche (The Masters of the Poster) is one of the most prestigious and influential art publications in history. Its 256 color plates have preserved for each succeeding generation a wide- ranging selection of outstanding posters from the turn of the century, when the popular art form had reached its first peak. This Dover edition is the first complete republication of the legendary Maîtres set to devote a full large page to each plate.Les Maîtres de l'Affiche was issued as separate numbered sheets measuring 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches. Every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900, subscribers received a wrapper containing four consecutively numbered poster reproductions. On 16 occasions, the monthly wrapper also contained a bonus plate, not a poster reproduction but a specially created art lithograph. Jules Chéret, father of the modern poster, emerged with the lion's share of the plates, 60 of the 240 numbered poster reproductions and 7 of the 16 unnumbered bonus plates. Of the 97 artists represented in Les Maîtres de l'Affiche, some were preeminent painters and printmakers at various stages of their careers: Toulouse-Lautrec, Denis, Bonnard, Vallotton, Puvis de Chavannes. Others were famous illustrators and cartoonists of the period, still well known to art collectors and bibliophiles: Forain, Caran d'Ache, Ibels, Willete, Boutet de Monvel, Léandre. But there were also all those whose names say "poster," the conquering pioneers of the new medium: Chéret himself, Mucha, Steinlen, the Beggarstaffs, Grasset, Penfield, Parrish, Bradley, and Hardy.This edition reproduces the plates in their original numerical sequence, one to a page, retaining the standardized tan border introduced by the editors of Les Maîtres. The bonus plates, originally unnumbered and issued at various times, have been given the letters A through P and have been placed at the end of the volume. The List of Plates indicates the exact months in which Maîtres subscribersreceived these bonus plates. In order to keep the plate pages uncluttered, the captions on those pages have been limited to plate number (or letter) and the artist's name. The List of Plates also furnishes essential data on the original full-sized posters: their dimensions, the year in which they were first published, city of publication, and specific print shop responsible. A special Dover feature, which is almost certainly a first ever, is a full literal translation of the text of all posters printed in a language other than English. These are all new direct translations from French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Czech, and Hungarian.
The Complete Manual Of Woodworking: A Detailed Guide To Design, Techniques, And Tools For The Beginner And Expert
by Albert Jackson David DayDesigned to instruct and inspire every woodworker from the beginner to the most exacting expert, this authoritative guide is a must-have classic in the world of woodworking. With more than 1,800 drawings, diagrams and photos, The Complete Manual of Woodworking encompasses the whole art and craft of woodworking. Includes a discussion of all the principal hardwoods and softwoods, how to choose and use hand tools, detailed information on every woodworking technique--jointing, bonding, fastening, laminating, and much more.
The Complete Lynch
by David HughesAfter working with David on his previous work for the series, The Complete Kubrick, we knew we were on to a winner for this book. Not only is David Lynch a master of modern film-making but David Hughes is well-qualified to write this 'complete' book. The book covers all Lynch's films including Mulholland Drive, TV and other projects, as well as the unrealised ventures such as Revenge of the Jedi (later directed by Richard Marquand as Return of the Jedi). It also includes a foreword by Barry Gifford - the novelist behind Wild at Heart and co-writer with Lynch of the screenplay for Lost Highway - and excerpts from a new interview David Hughes carried out with David Lynch himself. The Complete Lynch is the only comprehensive study of this great director.
The Complete Language of Flowers: A Definitive and Illustrated History (Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia Ser. #3)
by S. Theresa DietzA comprehensive encyclopedia providing the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 1,001 flower species.For centuries, artists and lovers have used the secret language of flowers, or floriography, to discreetly send overt messages of their desires and emotions. A simple flower could reveal a variety of hidden meanings, from a flirtatious “I like you” to a serious declaration of everlasting love. For example:A sweet pea reported a friendly “I’m thinking of you”A lavender rose screamed “Love at first sight”Geraniums signified “friendship”Hibiscus wished “Peace and happiness”S. Thereesa Dietz has meticulously compiled over 1,001 of your favorite flowers into this beautifully updated and definitive guide, complete with full-color illustrations. Organized by both scientific and common names, each species contains fascinating and forgotten symbolic flower meanings from ancient Greek and Roman times to today. Whether used as a reference to create beautifully bespoke wedding bouquets or as a flower companion to plan stunning garden combinations, this comprehensive edition is perfect for every flower lover.“Flower lovers will marvel at S. Theresa Dietz’s The Complete Language of Flowers, an A to Z of flowers and plants listing symbolic meanings, possible powers, folklore and facts.” —BookPage
The Complete Kubrick
by David HughesWith just thirteen feature films in half a century, Stanley Kubrick established himself as one of the most accomplished directors in motion picture history. Kubrick created a landmark and a benchmark with every film; working in almost every genre imaginable, including film noir, war movie, SF, horror, period drama, historical epic, love story and satire - yet transcended traditional genre boundaries with every shot. Examining every feature film, from the early shorts through to classics such as Paths of Glory, Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and finally, Eyes Wide Shut, The Complete Kubrick provides a unique insight into understanding the work of cinema's most enigmatic, iconoclastic and gifted auteur.