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41) Photographs
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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This book introduces the reader to photography, examining what photographs are, what they can show, differences in technique and style, historical and modern examples, and examples from different cultures.
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Digital Stock Photography equips photographers with everything they need to know to create digital stock photos that sell in today's marketplace. From organizing a shoot to raking in the profits as the pictures sell and sell and sell again, all the steps are here: Capturing digital images, working with scans, digital delivery of images, evaluating equipment, organizing digital files, building an archive, and more. Thirty assignments, designed to reflect...
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A riveting collection of photographs capturing wild animals in their native habitats and demonstrating the importance of camera traps.
In Candid Creatures, the first major book to reveal the secret lives of animals through motion-sensitive game cameras, biologist Roland Kays has assembled over 600 remarkable photographs. Drawing from archives of millions of color and night-vision photographs collected by hundreds of researchers, Kays has selected...
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"Few artists have ever had a debut like that of Vivian Maier. News of the discovery of work by a mysterious nanny photographer spread across the Internet in 2009, and by the time the Chicago Cultural Center staged an exhibition of her photographs in 2011, the public was primed. And the response was electric. Maier was clearly a major talent and, suddenly, a posthumous star. Who was this photographer, and how had her work gone unseen in her life?...
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The perfect geometry and exquisite beauty of nature is nowhere so clear to us as in the snowflake. But how have we been able to appreciate this infinitesimal wonder in all its crystalline glory? This book, as much a work of art as a testament to science, reveals how one of the snowflake's most inspired photographers came to such intimate knowledge of his craft and its fleeting focus. Beautiful pictures illustrate Kenneth Libbrecht's story of the microphotography...
47) Say cheese!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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JoJo's mother always wants him to say "cheese" while she takes his picture, but JoJo has other ideas.
48) Grace
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A novel of a troubled Vermont family and a teenage boy walking a dangerous emotional tightrope—from "a writer of subtle strength" (Publishers Weekly).
Every family photograph hides a story. Some are suffused with warmth and joy, others reflect the dull ache of disappointed dreams. For thirteen-year-old Trevor Kennedy, taking photos helps him make sense of his fractured world. His father, Kurt, struggles to keep a business...
Every family photograph hides a story. Some are suffused with warmth and joy, others reflect the dull ache of disappointed dreams. For thirteen-year-old Trevor Kennedy, taking photos helps him make sense of his fractured world. His father, Kurt, struggles to keep a business...
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"Imogen Finch has never been in love...despite being the daughter of a matchmaker. Her only relationship to date was a fake one with a near stranger named August Tate that she made up to stop people from asking about her love life. To fill the void, she's channeled her obsession with love into her passion for photography, using her ability to see the rose-gold glow of a person in love to capture stunning portraits. But when her adviser says her photography...
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As the photographer explains it, this is ‘a super serious project about dogs and physics.' Maddie is a coonhound, who is currently accompanying her owner, Theron, on a yearlong, cross-country trip, while he works on an extensive photojournalism project. In his spare time, he takes photos of Maddie doing what she does best - standing on things. From bicycles to mailboxes to giant watermelons to horses, there isn't really anything that Maddie won't...
51) Photojournalism
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Using simple text and dramatic photography, this title teaches readers about the important, exciting world of photojournalism. Citizen journalists will learn to tell stories with pictures, either for fun or as part of serious news events. Readers will learn how to document and present stories in thoughtful and ethical ways. Choosing the right equipment is crucial, from DSLRs to cell phone cameras. Techniques covered include capturing the decisive...
53) Wise trees
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Leading landscape photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel present Wise Trees-a stunning photography book containing more than 50 historical trees with remarkable stories from around the world.
Supported by grants from the Expedition Council of the National Geographic Society, Cook and Jenshel spent two years traveling to fifty-nine sites across five continents to photograph some of the world's most historic and inspirational trees. Trees, they...
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Russell the sheep volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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While searching for the lost treasure of Frogsbottom, Russell the sheep discovers treasure of a different sort.
55) Half a chance
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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Lucy, with her mother and her photographer father, has just moved to a small rural community in New Hampshire, and with her new friend Nate she plans to spend the summer taking photos for a contest, but pictures sometimes reveal more than people are willing to see.
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The mystery of the body in motion. The surprise of seeing what seems impossible. And the pure, joyful optimism of it all. Dancers Among Us presents one thrilling photograph after another of dancers leaping, spinning, lifting, kicking-but in the midst of daily life: on the beach, at a construction site, in a library, a restaurant, a park. With each image the reader feels buoyed up, eager to see the next bit of magic.
Photographer Jordan Matter started...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents readers with the photographs that have impacted generations, from the first X-ray to firefighters at Ground Zero. The book features historic photos, engaging sidebars, and thought-provoking prompts.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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It's one of the most famous sports images of all time. Former heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston is sprawled on his back in the boxing rim. Muhammad Ali stands over Liston, holding his right hand as if ready to throw another punch. The reigning world champion had just thrown a short, right-handed punch to the side of Liston's head. In a flash, Liston had gone down. The photo of the angry Ali standing over the fallen challenger was taken in an...
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In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads an exploratory expedition up the Wolverine River and into the vast, untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his newly pregnant wife, Forrester records his extraordinary experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return. As they map the territory and gather information on native tribes, whose understanding of the natural world is unlike anything...