Showing posts with label Guide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guide. Show all posts

Friday, November 18, 2011

Beginner's Guide to Digital Photo Art (Lark Photography Book)

Beginner's Guide to Digital Photo Art (Lark Photography Book)
Now, digital newcomers hoping to turn their ordinary photographs into eye-catching art finally have a book created just for them! This very accessible prequel to Airey’s more advanced Digital Photo Art expertly guides beginners through the wonders of digital image-making, and gives them a toolbox of creative possibilities.With plenty of visual examples to illustrate every technique from painting to printmaking, she explains how to transfer digital photos onto a variety of surfaces; craft a collage masterpiece using simple image-manipulation software; and convert color images into moody black-and-white studies or faux watercolor ?paintings.”

Price: $19.95


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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Literacy and Justice Through Photography: A Classroom Guide (Language and Literacy Series)

This practical guide will help teachers to use the acclaimed ''Literacy Through Photography'' method developed by Wendy Ewald to promote critical thinking, self-expression, and respect in the classroom. The authors share their perspectives as an artist, a sociologist, and a teacher to show educators how to integrate four new ''Literacy Through Photography'' projects into the curriculum--The Best Part of Me, Black Self/White Self, American Alphabets, and Memories from Past Centuries. These field-tested projects invite students to create images representing their understanding of themselves and the world around them. The text includes classroom vignettes, project descriptions and lesson plans, and reflections and resources to help teachers explore important social and political topics with their students while also addressing standards across various disciplines and grade levels.

Price: $31.95


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Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools (J-B Ed: Survival Guides)

The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools (J-B Ed: Survival Guides)Easy ways to infuse art into classroom learning

One of the most popular books in the Jossey-Bass Teacher series is now available in a completely updated and expanded version. With more than 110 creative art projects in varied types of media--from drawing to digital--plus tips, tools, and curricular resources, The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools offers everything a teacher needs to know to present an effective arts education program. Classroom teachers who want to include art projects as part of the content curriculum and art teachers looking for new ideas will all find fresh inspiration in this exciting new edition. It features numerous new projects and draws on multicultural traditions, includes reproducible pages, and provides detailed instructions with illustrations, links to content learning, and modifications for different ages. Authoritative, practical, and user-friendly, this comprehensive guide is an invaluable addition to every K-8 teacher's basic classroom tools.

Price: $34.95


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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Dance Studio Photography: A Guide for Professional Photographers

Dance Studio Photography: A Guide for Professional PhotographersProfessional Photographers often struggle to achieve a steady flow of business, particularly during the slow winter months. One area of opportunity is in photographing dancers in costume for dance studios. Sandwiched in between high-volume sports imagery and artistic portraiture, dance studio photography can generate significant income for photographers, as well as generate a steady stream of families that will work with the photographer for weddings, senior portraits, family portraits and more.

This book addresses, in great detail, the processes for approaching the studio owners, demonstrating your competence, planning and conducting the photography, and implementing a successful, profitable selling campaign.

If you are a professional photographer, or an aspiring pro, this book will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to pursue dance studio photography as a viable element of your photography portfolio.

Price: $5.99


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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Exhibiting Photography: A Practical Guide to Choosing a Space, Displaying Your Work, and Everything in Between

Exhibiting Photography: A Practical Guide to Choosing a Space, Displaying Your Work, and Everything in BetweenCreating and organizing successful photography exhibitions requires business finesse and expertise as well as artistic ability. Exhibiting Photography offers step-by-step guidance, paired with anecdotes and case studies of real situations to help photographers at any level improve their business skills, explore new exhibiting techniques and learn to self promote with confidence.

Addressing the technical and aesthetic concerns of amateur and professional photographers, rarely discussed in such detail, Shirley Read's informative new book explores:

.The process of finding the right exhibition space
.How to design and install an exhibition
.The right and wrong way to approach a gallery
.How to navigate contracts
.Pricing and selling
.How to establish budgets and timetables

Exhibiting Photography also includes documents and check-lists to help photographers stay organized and maximize the success of an exhibition.

Enhance your artistic ability by mastering the fundamental social, strategic and organizational skills that successful photographers utilize when navigating the world of art exhibition and commerce.

*Learn the right and wrong way to approach the managers of an exhibition space and how to find one that suits your photography
*Gain valuable insight from case studies with real situation dos and don'ts in actual exhibition settings
*Includes documents and check lists to help you with time management, budgets, invites, figuring out what tools you need for hanging, press releases, and more

Price: $29.95


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