Bøker av Alan Hess

For the first time, all 289 extant houses designed by the master architect are shown here in exquisite color photographs. Along with Weintraub's stunning photos and a selection of floor plans and archival images, the book includes text and essays by several leading Wright scholars.

Palm Springs is at the center of a unique tradition in architecture marked by invention and a sensitivity to local conditions that has resulted in design that exerts an influence far greater than the town s small size. The book is the first to fully explore the wide ranging forms this architecture has taken, from houses to gas stations, hotels to airports, banks to restaurants and spas.

New to photography? Photographer and author, Alan Hess, teaches you the basics of photography by breaking down the topic into its fundamental parts. In Make Great Photos, photographer and author Alan Hess explains what makes a great photo in the first place, and dives into chapters that cover the photographic choices every photographer needs to make. Make Great Photos will take you from snapshots, to great shots. Learn how to harness light, focus, and composition to make stunning images. Then dive deeper in the second section which covers photographing travel, action, events, and people. In Make Great Photos, photographer and author Alan Hess teaches you the basics of photography by breaking down the topic into its fundamental parts, which boil down to three topics: light, focus, and composition.Learn and grow in your photography skills with Make Great Photos. These fun activities, thought exercises, and engaging assignments help you fully absorb the lessons so you can head out with your camera and capture great images.

If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography.The Enthusiast's Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography: 49 Photographic Principles You Need to Know teaches you how to shoot compelling images at night and in low-light situations. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing what you need to improve your photography. Divided into five chapters that include 49 photographic principles to help you create great images, photographer and author Alan Hess covers all the necessary gear and camera settings, as well as topics such as light painting, photographing the night sky, shooting great cityscapes, and post-processing techniques that will bring out the best in your photographs. Example lessons include: 7. Using Manual exposure mode is the best way to go 9. Focusing in low light 21. Mounts, clamps, and other ways to keep the camera stable 27. How high can you push the ISO? 33. Creating low-light portraits 37. How to get those starburst street lights 46. Correcting the tones in your imageWritten in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you'll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

If you're a passionate photographer and you're ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast's Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you're diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast's Guides are designed to help you quickly learn more about a topic or subject so that you can improve your photography. These handy books don't waste your time covering all the photography basics you already know. Instead, they build on that knowledge so you can quickly advance your photography skills.The Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques: 49 Photographic Principles You Need to Know addresses what you need to know in order to shoot compelling images that require multiple exposures. Chapters are broken down into a series of numbered lessons, with each lesson providing all you need to improve your photography. Divided into five chapters that include 49 photographic principles to help you create great images, photographer and author Alan Hess covers double exposures, high dynamic range (HDR) images, panoramas, time lapse images, focus stacking, and image stacking. Example lessons include:4. Using a Flash to Create Double Exposures6. Double Exposure Portraits13. Tripod, Release, and Mirror Lockup17. What Is Tone-Mapping?23. The Need to Overlap Your Panoramas25. Handholding for Panoramas33. Software Settings for Image Stacking37. Focus Stacking in Landscape Photography42. Exposure Settings for Time Lapse43. Doing the Math for Time Lapse SequencesWritten in a friendly and approachable manner and illustrated with examples that drive home each lesson, The Enthusiast's Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques is designed to be effective and efficient, friendly and fun. Read an entire chapter at once, or read just one topic at a time. With either approach, you'll quickly learn a lot so you can head out with your camera to capture great shots.

The Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know in order to take amazing photographs using your Sony Alpha A700 digital SLR camera.