Puppyhood: Life-size Portraits of Puppies at 6 Weeks Old

Puppyhood: Life-size Portraits of Puppies at 6 Weeks Old Overview

Puppyhood showcases adorable puppies in life-size photographs taken at six weeks old. The book itself is oversize at 13 by 11 inches, allowing enough space to bring each of these little ones to life. Twenty-five breeds are captured in engaging photographs, showing all the details that make puppies so irresistible, from their pink bellies to their tiny teeth, soft ears, and oversize paws. The book features the most popular breeds, including the French bulldog, Labrador, golden retriever, and Parson Russell Terrier. Puppyhood is a unique gift book for dog lovers everywhere.

Praise for Puppyhood:

“So sweet it’ll cause cavities, this delightful marshmallow of a coffee table book compiles 100 shots of pure and mixed-breed puppies at actual life size of six weeks of age sleeping, curiously studying the camera, playing, and resting.” —Publishers Weekly

“A bold bid for most-adorable animal book of the season.”
—USA Today

“Want cute? Here’s cute on steroids.”
—The Chicago Tribune online

“Everyone who sees it seems incapable of passing it by. ‘Aw-w-w-w!’ they say, as they obsessively page through this magnificent visual essay on cuteness.”
—The Asbury Park Sunday Press

“It’s as close as you’ll get to the real thing (without the wee wee pads). “—RealSimple.com

“Puppyhood makes a perfect gift for any fido aficionado.” —AmericanProfile.com

“[A] charming new coffee-table tome.” —Florida Weekly

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The Photoshop Elements 11 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

The Photoshop Elements 11 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) Overview

This book (for Windows and Mac) breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that's never been done before–it cuts through the bull and shows exactly "how to do it." It's not a bunch of theory; it doesn't challenge readers to come up with their own settings or figure things out on their own. Instead, it tells readers flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. This book gives the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting photos like a pro. Readers will be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are–once they know the secrets.

This book covers:

-The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
-How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat
-How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too!
-The sharpening techniques the pros really use
-How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halos
-The most requested photographic special effects
-All the brand new features of Elements 11, which offers better ways to manage photos, map images, share memories, use templates, and easily create pro-quality photographic effects

And the book's secret weapon: It also covers slick workarounds, cheats, and some fairly ingenious ways to replicate many Photoshop CS6 features from right within Elements 11.
-And much more!

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LIFE With the Beatles: Inside Beatlemania, by their Official Photographer Robert Whitaker (Life Great Photographers Series)

LIFE With the Beatles: Inside Beatlemania, by their Official Photographer Robert Whitaker (Life Great Photographers Series) Overview

In the mid-1960s, when so much was happening in the world and the volume everywhere seemed dialed up to 11, the Beatles were the biggest thing on the planet. Their fans screamed from the fences as the Fab Four walked across the airport tarmac or into a vast stadium. They wanted to touch the Beatles. They wanted to know the Beatles. Who might help them?

One photographer was inside. The young Australian Robert Whitaker had been noticed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein, who then hired him. When Beatlemania exploded, Whitaker was along for the wild ride. He was backstage, he was in the studio, he went to the boys' homes, he became their friend and confidante (He grew particularly close to John). Robert Whitaker fashioned many of the iconic Beatles images, and all his pictures of the band were taken in the period that Beatles fans most like to remember: when they were fab, when they changed our culture.

Bob Whitaker-a great photographer, after all-was a friend of LIFE's and made contributions to earlier books on John Lennon and George Harrison. In the months before his death in September 2011, he was collaborating with us on this book, his Beatles magnum opus. In these pages are rarely or never seen photographs and his personal reflections, which add resonance to the images. For those who once wanted to touch the Beatles, wanted to know them, this is an essential document.

It is full of vitality. Beatlemania was a crazy, crazy place to be, and it is captured here in all its nutty glory. Then, too, there are the famous Whitaker album covers, including the early drafts of the notorious-and banned-Yesterday and Today jacket. It is LIFE's good fortune, and it will be our readers', that Bob Whitaker talked about all this with us and others through the years. His testimony is that of a proverbial fifth Beatle: He was there, part of the scene. He saw it all, he recorded much of it on film, and he remembered even more.

Here, then, is Bob Whitaker's final word on the Beatles-all his best photographs, all his reminiscences. LIFE is proud to bring forth this book. It does what we always try to do-present great photography-and it also pays tribute to a bygone time, a bygone band that we all loved, and a man who was a dear friend.

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Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the Kennedys

Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the Kennedys Overview

A bestselling author goes behind the lens of a legendary photographer to capture a magical time

A consummate photojournalist, Stanley Tretick was sent by United Press International to follow the Kennedy campaign of 1960. The photographer soon befriended the candidate and took many of JFK's best pictures during this time. When Kennedy took office, Tretick was given extensive access to the White House, and the picture magazine Look hired him to cover the president and his family. Tretick is best known today for the photographs he took of President Kennedy relaxing with his children. His photographs helped define the American family of the early sixties and lent Kennedy an endearing credibility that greatly contributed to his popularity. 
Accompanied by an insightful, heartwarming essay from Kitty Kelley—Tretick's close friend—about the relationship between the photographer and JFK, Capturing Camelot includes some of the most memorable images of America's Camelot and brings to life the uniquely hopeful historical era from which it emerged.

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William Wegman Man's Best Friend 2013 Wall Calendar

William Wegman Man's Best Friend 2013 Wall Calendar Overview

Celebrate 20 years of Man’s Best Friend! A perennial star, this calendar includes the best of William Wegman, from early photographs of his canine collaborator and muse Fay Ray to more recent photographs of the equally charming Chundo and Candy. This special anniversary edition also features never-before-seen drawings by the artist and a bonus poster.

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iPhone: The Missing Manual

iPhone: The Missing Manual Overview

With the iOS 6 software and the new iPhone 5, Apple has two world-class hits on its hands. This sleek, highly refined pocket computer comes with everything—cellphone, iPod, Internet, camcorder—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with this expanded edition of his witty, full-color guide: the world’s most popular iPhone book.

The important stuff you need to know:

• The iPhone 5. This book unearths all the secrets of the newest iPhone. Taller screen, faster chip, 4G LTE Internet, thinner than ever.
• The iOS 6 software. Older iPhones gain Do Not Disturb, the new Maps app, shared Photo Streams, camera panoramas, smarter Siri, and about 197 more new features. It’s all here.
• The apps. That catalog of 750,000 add-on programs makes the iPhone’s phone features almost secondary. Now you’ll know how to find, manage, and exploit those apps.

The iPhone may be the world’s coolest computer, but it’s still a computer, with all of a computer’s complexities. iPhone: The Missing Manual is a funny, gorgeously illustrated guide to the tips, shortcuts, and workarounds that will turn you, too, into an iPhone addict.

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AUDUBON BIRDS GALLERY CALENDAR 2013 (Page a Day Gallery Calendar)

AUDUBON BIRDS GALLERY CALENDAR 2013 (Page a Day Gallery Calendar) Overview

A gallery of birds for your desktop, and the excitement of a new sighting every day. Exquisitely photographed up close and in color, here are hundreds of species from around the world. A Rose-breasted Grosbeak on a flowering branch. A flock of Snow Geese in flight. A vibrant blue Cerulean Warbler. A pair of courting Sarus Cranes. Plus finely detailed images of beautiful feathers, nests, and eggs. The birds are photographed in their natural habitats, and captions provide common and scientific names. 

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In Vogue: An Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Fashion Magazine

In Vogue: An Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Fashion Magazine Overview

In Vogue is a fascinating look at the history of the world's most influential magazine. The complete compendium is illustrated with hundreds of covers and archival interiors of past Vogue editions, featuring the work of some of the twentieth century's most respected artists, cover illustrators, and photographers—from Edward Steichen, Toni Frissell, and Erwin Blumenfeld to Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Bruce Webber, and Herb Ritts. In 1909, an entrepreneurial New Yorker named Condé Nast took charge of a struggling society journal and transformed it into the most glamorous fashion magazine of the twentieth century. In Vogue traces the history, development and influence of this media colossus—from its beginning as a social gazette in the late nineteenth century, to the exploration of modern fashion photography and new visuals in the mid-twentieth century, to its status as the top style magazine today. The book explains the makings of the magazine—from runways, to editorial meetings, to the pages of Vogue.The thoroughly researched story incorporates first-person accounts, interviews with editors and photographers, and excerpts from stories written in the magazine by many world-renowned writers, including Truman Capote, Aldous Huxley, Richard Burton, Federico Fellini, and Marcello Mastroianni. Unparalleled in its scope and exceptionally illustrated, In Vogue is sure to be among the most important publications on the subjects of culture, art, fashion, photography, and media.

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Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans

Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans Overview

Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans is a tribute to the photographer, his work, but above all to the Native Americans he photographed. Chapters on many different Native American tribes make this collection unique. Edward Curtis's recognizable style, saturated with sepia, is immediately recognizable.

He captures not only the striking faces of his subjects, but also a glimpse into the lifestyle of each Native American tribe he photographed. Women grind corn, and communities gather outside their traditional living areas. Atop horses, Native Americans ride on the prarie. Papooses are bundled in woven carrying packs, and men are dressed in full feathered regalia. These images paint a picture, known to us now only as a historical memory. Many tribes are featured in this volume, from the familiar Apache and Navaho to lesser-known tribes. 

This book will draw in readers who are interested in world cultures, along with photography buffs and historians. This hardcover volume is a wonderful addition to any library.   

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Islands 2013 Gallery Calendar (Page a Day Gallery Calendar)

Islands 2013 Gallery Calendar (Page a Day Gallery Calendar) Overview

Palm trees bending in the breeze, pristine beaches, sparkling blue water, lush vegetation, misty waterfalls, and the serenity of being away from it all— Islands is an escape with every glance. Here are hundreds of beautifully photo- graphed, full-color images guaranteed to bring tranquility, and a sense of peace, from Bali to St. Barts, Vieques to Crete, “a rich and lovely land, washed by waves on every side” (Homer, The Odyssey). This calendar captures these little bits of paradise, every day of the year.

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Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) Overview

The perfect guide to get you up and running with your new Canon dSLR camera

The Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D is a popular dSLR camera for those moving up from point-and-shoot for the first time. This full-color guide explains all the buttons, dials, and menus, helping you understand your camera and start using all its features. Plenty of colorful photos from the author's portfolio illustrate what you can achieve. The book covers shooting in auto mode, using the onboard controls, working with Live View, and managing exposure, focus, color, and lighting. It also addresses specific shooting situations, how to get your images from the camera to the computer, and tips on editing and sharing your photos.

• Canon's Rebel T3/1100D is a popular starter camera for those moving from point-and-shoot to SLR; this book helps dSLR newcomers understand and use all the controls
• Covers using all the dials, menus, and modes; working with Live View and playback; dialing in exposure and managing lighting; and shooting in auto mode
• Explains how to get the best images in various situations
• Addresses how to get images from the camera to the computer, editing techniques, and how to print photos or post them online
• Full-color photos from the author's collection show what you can achieve

Anyone moving up to dSLR photography with the Canon T3/1100D will gain skill and confidence from this easy-to-follow guide.

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Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D For Dummies

Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D For Dummies Overview

A full-color guide to Canon's exciting new dSLR camera

Whether it's your first dSLR, your first Canon camera, or simply a new tool for your photography, your Canon Rebel T3i/600D has countless capabilities and you'll want to understand them all. This book covers all the dials, menus, and controls, showing you how to use each one. It explains how to change and use various lenses and offers advice on exposure, focus, printing, using flash, sharing photos online, and much more, all with plenty of full-color examples to show what you can achieve.

• Canon's popular T3i/600D offers a vast array of options for the new dSLR photographer; this book guides you through all the settings, dials, and menus
• Explains how to use Live View mode and record, edit, and play back video
• Provides tips and advice on working with exposure, manipulating focus and color, switching from auto to manual controls, and using lighting creatively
• Shows how to get photos from the camera to the computer, then edit and manage them using different software packages
• Illustrated with full-color photos from the author, showing what you can achieve

This fun and friendly book helps you to quickly and confidently take advantage of the many creative possibilities offered by your new Canon camera.

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1D Official Poster Collection: Over 25 Pull-out Posters, Plus: Bonus Double-size Poster

1D Official Poster Collection: Over 25 Pull-out Posters, Plus: Bonus Double-size Poster Feature

• Includes: One Official 1D Poster Collection Book
• Over 25 Pull-Out Posters Inside!
• PLUS: Bonus Double-Size Poster!
• Printed in USA

1D Official Poster Collection: Over 25 Pull-out Posters, Plus: Bonus Double-size Poster Overview

Features One Official 1D Poster Collection Book. You have in your hands the first-ever 1D Official Poster Collection! We've put together over 25 pull-out posters of your favorite guys and band, including a double-size poster in the center. Whether you keep your 1D Official Poster Collection intact or rip out every page for your walls, you'll be enjoying 1D more than ever!

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Sports Illustrated-Swimsuit 2013 Wall Calendar

Sports Illustrated-Swimsuit 2013 Wall Calendar Overview

(12x12) Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 16-Month 2013 Wall Calendar

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The Centre Cannot Hold

The Centre Cannot Hold Overview

Having spent the last 20 years in Africa photographing wildlife alongside the likes of Peter Beard, David Gulden has come to understand that his endeavour is more than one to create appealing artworks, but instead to create a document of the declining landscape of all the precious creatures that live there. In 95 black-and-white photographs that feature tranquility, bursts of action, portraiture, and the natural canvas of the animals and their environments, he visualises for us the concept of global change so famously described by William Yeats in his poem, 'The Second Coming,' and from which the inspired title of this work derives. Join this extraordinary photographer and environmentalist, David Gulden, on a phenomenal personal yet universal safari that until the publication of this book would not have been possible except through actual travel; a safari where nature's creatures are captured with greater intimacy and artistry than one would have thought possible.

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Taylor Swift 2013 Square 12X12 Wall Trade

Taylor Swift 2013 Square 12X12 Wall Trade Overview

Annotation: Inspired by the likes of such bigwigs as Tim McGraw and her hero Shania Twain, country music star Taylor Swift--who became a pop sensation when she was barely older than OFifteenO-- is just trying to write her own OLove Story. (Wall)

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Vintage Cocktails

Vintage Cocktails Overview

Gin Fizz, Gimlet, French 75, Brandy Alexander, Pisco Sour, Singapore Sling, Sidecar, Dark and Stormy, Caipirinha, Margarita, Matador, Bloody Mary, White Russian, Vesper, Greyhound, Kamikaze, Missouri Mule, Pimms Cup, Fuzzy Navel, Kir Royale, Sazerac, Presbyterian, Man O War . . . Assouline's Vintage Cocktails explores the lost art of mixing the perfect drink with elegance and simplicity. With just a few ingredients and the right pour, this is the first and only book every host should stock in his or her bar. The vibrant and evocative photos of each drink were taken at the renowned Carlyle Hotel.

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The Life and Love of Cats

The Life and Love of Cats Overview

The Life and Love of Cats takes us on an unforgettable journey—we travel from the homes of middle-America today, back to the demonized creatures hiding in the alleys of medieval Europe; from wild cousins on the plains of Africa to rare hybrid domestic breeds like the Savannah; and from fashionable show breeds to shelter cats lovingly rescued by volunteers. Starting with the earliest records of domestic cats 9,000 years ago in Africa and the Mediterranean and moving to the present, Lewis Blackwell weaves stories of one of humankind’s closest companions with a collection of more than 100 unforgettable images.

Praise for The Life and Love of Cats:

“As good as Blackwell's text is (and it's quite good—an approachable, informative, and appreciative study of cats of all breeds), the true appeal of the book is the stunning images.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“This is a gorgeous coffee table book” —dooce

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Last Launch: Discovery, Endeavor, Atlantis

Last Launch: Discovery, Endeavor, Atlantis Overview

Americans have been driven to explore beyond the horizon ever since the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In the twentieth century, that drive took us to the moon and inspired dreams of setting foot on other planets and voyaging among the stars. The vehicle we built to launch those far journeys was the space shuttle—Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. This fleet of reusable spacecraft was designed to be our taxi to earth orbit, where we would board spaceships heading for strange new worlds. While the shuttle program never accomplished that goal, its 135 missions sent more than 350 people on a courageous journey into the unknown.

Last Launch is a stunning photographic tribute to America’s space shuttle program. Dan Winters was one of only a handful of photographers to whom NASA gave close-range access to photograph the last launches of Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. Positioning automatically controlled cameras at strategic points around the launch pad—some as close as seven hundred feet—he recorded images of take-offs that capture the incredible power and transcendent beauty of the blast that sends the shuttle hurtling into space. Winters also takes us on a visual tour of the shuttle as a marvel of technology—from the crew spaces with their complex instrumentation, to the massive engines that propelled the shuttle, to the enormous vehicle assembly building where the shuttles were prepared for flight.

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Audubon Engagement Calendar 2013

Audubon Engagement Calendar 2013 Overview

This perennial bestseller, a week-at-a-glance datebook, celebrates nature in all its diversity and splendor. Captured by the world's best nature photographers, the pictures include vast landscapes, finely detailed close-ups, and a Great White Egret, displaying in a tree. Plus mystic canyons, majestic trees and pristine rivers, a pair of giraffes on the savanna, and a mother bird feeding her young. With detailed, informative captions and spacious grids, the calendar is elegantly packaged for gift-giving.

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Life in Color: National Geographic Photographs

Life in Color: National Geographic Photographs Overview

Life in Color is arranged by color in a rainbow of beauty. Each chapter, devoted to a color, begins with a short, inspiring essay that explores the qualities, meaning, and symbolism of that color, written in the same warm and lovely voice that guided the reader through Visions of Earth. Color chapters include photographs that are predominantly blue, orange, green, yellow, purple and red. Smaller sections present images in silver, brown, black, gold, white, and "unseen color"--not seen with the naked eye, such as laser, the universe, and microscopic images. Throughout, interesting quotes and surprising short insights in the captions give the reader an entirely new look at the color in the world around us. Chock full of beautiful, amazing, fun images, this eye-pleasing volume is sure to appeal to a wide variety of people, most especially to women.

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A Look Inside Life in Color

Amager Beach, Denmark. Still waters lit by sunset surround three boulders.(Photo by Zoran Djekic/National Geographic My Shot p. 40-41)

(Photo by Laurent Hunziker/National Geographic My Shot p. 174-175)

Abbiategrasso, Italy. Dusk decorates an ancient fortress near Milan with color. (Photo by Roberto Pagani/National Geographic My Shot p. 348-349)

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Photoshop Elements 11 For Dummies

Photoshop Elements 11 For Dummies Overview

Better photos are a breeze with the latest version of Photoshop Elements and Dummies

Amateur photographers and photo enthusiasts turn to Photoshop Elements for a powerful but simpler way to edit and retouch their snapshots. Photoshop Elements 11 For Dummies is the perfect guide for helping every shutterbug add a touch of creativity to their images. Learn how to find your way around the Elements interface and its new features; create, edit, fix, and organize your photos; add type and interesting effects to your images; and share them with the world. Full color pages bring the techniques to life and make taking great photos fun and easy.

• Introduces you to the tools, menus, options, and work area
• Shows you how to import and upload images
• Reviews ways to view, find, organize, and manage your photos
• Details how to modify your photos to your specifications
• Distills working with layers, contrast, color, clarity, filter, effects, styles, and type
• Explains how to print your creations, create a slide show, and optimize images for the web

Whatever you want your images to be, the sky's the limit with Photoshop Elements 11 For Dummies close at hand.

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Habitually Chic: Creativity at Work

Habitually Chic: Creativity at Work Overview

Jenna Lyons. Chris Benz. Michael Bastian. Jonathan Adler. Lorin Stein. The workspaces of today's creative elite are revealed in Habitually Chic!

Habitually Chic is author Heather Clawson's wildly popular blog about the finer things in life—high fashion, fine art, interior design, and arresting architecture. For Habitually Chic: Creativity at Work, Ms. Clawson has narrowed her vision and using the good will generated by her blog has found her way into the workspaces of the world's foremost cultural generators. The studios, workshops, offices, and creative sanctuaries of top designers, artists, editors, architects, and more are captured and presented in detail.

Those featured include Jenna Lyons and Frank Muytjens of J.Crew; fashion designers Peter Som, Chris Benz, and Michael Bastian; jewelry designer James de Givenchy of TAFFIN; landscape designer Miranda Brooks; artist Jeremiah Goodman; John Truex and Richard Lambertson of Tiffany & Co.; antiques dealer Joel Chen; interior designer Bunny Williams; potter and designer extraordinaire Jonathan Adler, and many more. It is a chic mix of uptown, downtown, young, old, established, and up-and-coming creative elites.

The never-before-seen images taken by Ms. Clawson will be complimented by the inspiring stories of these talented individuals. Those featured delve into how they got where they are and what keeps them going as they navigate each day at their dream job. Habitually Chic: Creativity at Work is an indispensible and intimate approach to deciphering what it takes to dictate the style that propels the world.

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Photo Craft: Creative Mixed Media and Digital Approaches to Transforming Your Photographs

Photo Craft: Creative Mixed Media and Digital Approaches to Transforming Your Photographs Overview

Digital Photography and Mixed Media--a creative match made in heaven! Love photography? Want to make yours better? Want to use your photography as a springboard for fabulous and diverse mixed media and digital projects?
Photo Craft will help you elevate the average into the extraordinary! Using Adobe Photoshop Elements and following thorough, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, you'll learn to make basic adjustments to your photographs that will yield stunning and artistic results. You'll also learn to use those photographs -- along with some everyday mixed-media supplies -- to create unique and personal art.
Inside You'll Find:

• 13 stepped out mixed media techniques and projects
• 16 stepped out digital techniques
• 9 stellar techniques and projects from contributing artists including Michele Beschen and Claudine Hellmuth
• Dozens of great examples of and tips for iPhoneography
• Countless inspirational suggestions for photo field trips and photo shoots
• An author curated list of recommended apps to take your photos to the next level
• Access to exclusive online materials including new techniques and projects and downloadable materials for your personal use

So get to it! Take new pictures today (and every day!), look through those boxes of old and long-forgotten photos, and free those lonely images from your hard drive. Make them better, make them new and make them art. Soon you'll be seeing things in a whole new way!

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