Low Budget Shooting
Do It Yourself Solutions to Professional Photo Gear
Most photographers will agree that after buying cameras, lenses, computer gear, and software, the spending never seems to end. More gear is needed for studio, tabletop, and flash photography, and for accessories here and there. Often, the right accessories are not even available. That is where this book comes in.Low Budget Shooting is the one-stop source where you will find instructions and a shopping list on how to build an array of useful and inexpensive photographic tools.
Filled with full-color images and easy-to-follow text, this book shows how to build essential lighting and studio equipment for use inside the studio as well as in the filed.
In this book you will learn:
* How to make the perfect light-table for shooting small objects
* How to build reflectors, soft-boxes, and light-tents that really work
* How to build equipment for use on the road
* Where to get some of the little helpers that make a photographer�s life so much easier.
This clever little book is a creative and valuable resource for most any photographer.
About the author:
Cyrill Harnischmacher is a photographer and designer who lives and works in southern Germany. His first book, "lowbudgetshooting" (originally written in his native German language), won him the prestigeous Fotobuch-award of the German Booksellers Association in 2005. Cyrill is a studio photographer by profession and a nature and infrared photographer by passion. Another book by Harnischmacher, Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop, and Macro Photography, was published in May 2007 by Rocky Nook.
Low Budget Shooting
Do It Yourself Solutions to Professional Photo Gear
Cyrill Harnischmacher
72 pages, $19.95 US, $24.95 CA, Hardcover, Sales & distribution by: O�Reilly Media
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* The Nikon D200 Dbook Your Interactive Guide to SLR Photography with the Nikon D200 Camera580
* Closeup Shooting A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop, and Macro Photography
* Scanning Negatives and Slides Digitizing Your Photographic Archives
* Mastering Landscape Photography The Luminous Landscape Essays
* Color Management in Digital Photography Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop
Rocky Nook, Inc. was founded in early 2006 in Santa Barbara, California, and we are closely associated with dpunkt.verlag, a leading publisher of books on technology based in Heidelberg, Germany. The focus of Rocky Nook's publications is on digital photography. However, other areas related to modern photography, such as imaging and computer technology, are also important to us. Our mission is to demystify the cutting-edge developments in digital photography, providing practical instruction to enhance the skills of amateur and professional photographers. Our books offer in-depth information on technological advances in the digital photography workflow. We strive to support the efficiency and creativity of our readers with the ultimate goal of fostering outstanding image quality.
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