A collection of sports photographs from issues of Sports Illustrated.

Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of digital cameras. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for this new wave of snapshooters using DSLR, compact system and bridge cameras. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy, packed with hands-on tips. Split into five sections, the book covers composition, exposure, light, lenses and the art of seeing. Masterpieces by acclaimed photographers – including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Fay Godwin, Nadav Kander, Daido Moriyama and Martin Parr – serve to illustrate points and encourage readers to try out new ideas. Today’s aspiring photographers want immediacy and see photography as an affordable way of expressing themselves quickly and creatively. This handbook meets their needs, teaching them how to take photographs using professional techniques.

Renowned photographer George Lange’s work is guided by one simple truth: An unforgettable photograph is not about what the subject looks like, but what it feels like. In this entirely new kind of photography guide, written by Mr. Lange and Scott Mowbray, magazine editor and longtime amateur photographer, the rest of us will learn how to take photographs that don’t just document life but celebrate it. No fancy equipment required. Just hundreds of simple, inspiring ideas and lessons—each one illustrated with a photograph—organized around the six essential principles of seeing like a photographer. (Here’s one: Shoot the Moment, Not the Subject.) Here’s why to shoot in natural light—always. The fun of putting babies in surprising places. How to get intimate with food. Using a dramatic sky as your backdrop. The benefit of learning to know the light in every room of your house. Shooting hands or feet instead of faces. How to move past the “I was here” postcard effect. How to catch the in-between moments. Because in the end, it’s about living the moment, shooting the moment—and being in the moment forever.

DESCRIBED BY GREAT WRITERS (BORDONE) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER THE BIRTH OF VENUS (BOTTICELLI) WALTER PATER THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (VERONESE) JOHN RUSKIN THE LAST JUDGEMENT (MICHAEL ANGELO) ALEXANDRE DUMAS FOOTNOTES: MAGDALEN IN THE DESERT (CORREGGIO) AIMÉ GIRON BANQUET OF THE ARQUEBUSIERS (VAN DER HELST) WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (WATTEAU) EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT THE SISTINE MADONNA (RAPHAEL) F.A. GRUYER THE DREAM OF ST. URSULA (CARPACCIO) JOHN RUSKIN FOOTNOTES: THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS (RUBENS) EUGÈNE FROMENTIN BACCHUS AND ARIADNE (TITIAN) CHARLES LAMB BACCHUS AND ARIADNE (TITIAN) EDWARD T. COOK FOOTNOTES: THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN (FRA ANGELICO) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER JUDITH (SANDRO BOTTICELLI) MAURICE HEWLETT THE AVENUE OF MIDDELHARNAIS (HOBBEMA) PAUL LAFOND (ANDREA DEL SARTO) ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ADORATION OF THE MAGI (GENTILE DA FABRIANO) F.A. GRUYER FOOTNOTES: PORTRAIT OF GEORG GISZE (HOLBEIN) ANTONY VALABRÈGUE FOOTNOTES: PARADISE (TINTORET) JOHN RUSKIN AURORA (GUIDO RENI) CHARLOTTE A. EATON AURORA (GUIDO RENI) JOHN CONSTABLE THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN (TITIAN) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER THE NIGHT WATCH (REMBRANDT) EUGÈNE FROMENTIN THE RAPE OF HELEN (BENOZZO GOZZOLI) COSMO MONKHOUSE MONNA LISA9 (LEONARDO DA VINCI) WALTER PATER FOOTNOTES: THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB (VAN EYCK) KUGLER FOOTNOTES: THE DEATH OF PROCRIS (PIERO DI COSIMO) EDWARD T. COOK THE DEATH OF PROCRIS (PIERO DI COSIMO) JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS FOOTNOTES: THE MARRIAGE IN CANA (TINTORET) JOHN RUSKIN MADAME DE POMPADOUR (DE LA TOUR) CHARLES-AUGUSTIN SAINTE-BEUVE FOOTNOTES: THE HAY WAIN (CONSTABLE) C.L. BURNS THE SURRENDER OF BREDA (VELASQUEZ) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER FOOTNOTES: THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (MURILLO) AIMÉ GIRON ST. FRANCIS BEFORE THE SOLDAN (GIOTTO) JOHN RUSKIN FOOTNOTES: LILITH (ROSSETTI) ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ADORATION OF THE MAGI (DÜRER) MORIZ THAUSING MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE (HOGARTH) AUSTIN DOBSON FOOTNOTES: THE MADONNA OF THE ROCKS (LEONARDO DA VINCI) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER FOOTNOTES: BEATRICE CENCI (GUIDO RENI) PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE TRANSFIGURATION (RAPHAEL) MRS. JAMESON THE BULL (PAUL POTTER) EUGÈNE FROMENTIN CORÉSUS AND CALLIRHOÉ (FRAGONARD) EDMOND AND JULES DE GONCOURT FOOTNOTES: THE MARKET-CART (GAINSBOROUGH) RICHARD AND SAMUEL REDGRAVE BACCHUS AND ARIADNE (TINTORET) HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE FOOTNOTES: BACCHUS AND ARIADNE ANONYMOUS LA CRUCHE CASSÉE (GREUZE) THÉOPHILE GAUTIER (REYNOLDS) FREDERIC G. STEPHENS FOOTNOTES: ST. CECILIA (RAPHAEL) PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE LAST SUPPER (LEONARDO DA VINCI) JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE CHILDREN OF CHARLES I. (VAN DYCK) JULES GUIFFREY (TURNER) JOHN RUSKIN FOOTNOTES: SPRING (BOTTICELLI) MARCEL REYMOND FOOTNOTES:

How Great is Our God the glory of God in pictures is a book on the glory of our Great God. Each picture is different and unique and comes with an accompanying scripture verse or christian quote. The last 20 pages are on the end times and the return of our Great God. So not only does this book reveal some of the greatness, beauty, and glory of our Great God but it is a book that will lead you to worship our Great God who is worthy of all praise.

From the institution that set the standard for exceptional photography comes the definitive how-to volume--fully revised and updated with the latest information. 280 photos, illustrations & maps.