Filled with details on techniques to improve perspective, composition, and exposure, and illustrated with the author's lively and evocative images, as well as advice and photos from 11 contemporary masters of street-shooting style, New Street Photographer's Manifesto has its lens pointed squarely toward the future.

    Contains: Caught by the Billionaire, The Driven Billionaire, and Nailing the Billionaire.Caught by the Billionaire:Nail the crooked billionaire. Simple enough, until he changed the rules.The directive was clear: get Vincent Benson. The undercover assignment would make or break Ashley’s FBI career. Could she take down her one-time high school sweetheart? Vincent gets a cryptic, threatening note. Then, an employee hacks his computer. He jumps at the chance to hire the one person he can trust: the girl from his past, Ashley. When their mutual attraction re-ignites, the rules go out the window. Moves by an unseen enemy unite them in a search for the truth. It has to end badly for one of them. What will happen when the opposition makes a move to checkmate? The Driven Billionaire:When his best friend’s sister returns to town, the secret she hides threatens them both.Out of a job and evicted from her apartment, Brittney leaves town. Her only alternative: the vacant house left to her by her grandmother. But, it’s in Los Angeles, the town she’d vowed she would never return to. Family rules dictate a transfer to London for Zack. Brittney’s arrival at the abandoned house next door makes obeying the rules more difficult than ever. The hardest of all: keep your hands off your best friend’s sister. Their mutual attraction re-ignites and the walls tumble down. When danger from Brittney’s past finds her, Zack must pull her close to protect her. Will the truth of why she left town years ago destroy them both? Nailing the Billionaire:I would do anything to take him down. Jennifer: The world thinks the billionaire is just another debonair CEO. I know better. I’ll trap him with his own lies and make him pay for what he did. When I got close enough to enact my plan, my rational brain understood he was the devil in a suit, but my hormones missed the memo. Now, everything he does, everything he says, turns my reality upside down. I’m falling for him and nothing makes sense anymore. I shouldn’t have gotten so close. Vengeance should have been simple, swift, and sweet. It isn’t going to be any of those things. Dennis:The first anonymous news story was bad, and the second was worse. Finding the mole in our midst had proved impossible. When she pulled off a deal that had been out of my reach, she got my attention. She was the whole package, brains and irresistible beauty. We got closer with every touch, with every kiss, with every night—until everything fell apart. I had no reason to suspect her—until it was too late. If you like powerful, driven heroes, the strong, intelligent women who tame them, and intriguing twist-filled plots, you’ll love Erin Swann’s steamy romances in the Covington Billionaire series.

    ‘Hollywood: Did You Know?’ is a collection of tidbits of information about the content or making of around 400 movies, ranging from the earliest days of the silent era to the present time. I have utilised anecdotes and comments from scores of biographies (authorised and unauthorised), as well as Internet sources, magazine articles, interviews and TV appearances. If, like me, you are fascinated by the world of movies, particularly the days of the studio system, I think you shall find more than enough items here to satisfy your curiosity. I am currently researching a second volume along similar lines. For elderly readers I should point out that there is a considerable amount of ‘bad language’ herein, simply because I quote actors and actresses verbatim. For many of them (even the so-called ‘greats’), peppering their reminiscences with expletives is commonplace. I make no apology for this, however, for I think it is important to present these individuals as they really were, minus the studio hype that tended to elevate them to the status of flawless gods and godesses. Very few lived up to their glowing reputations, I’m afraid. Having said that, I believe that the temptations ever present for these men and women who were suddenly faced with enormous wealth and universal adoration, would test the resolve of most of us, saints and all. And saints have always been few and far between in Tinsel Town. When I published my first book (Hollywood Warts ‘n’ All Volume 1) in 2005, I was accused of ‘muck-raking’, of tarnishing the reputations of deceased stars who could no longer defend themselves. I still get the occasional brickbat along those lines even today, but times have changed. Over the past 20 years or so, hundreds of books have been published about the ‘good old days’ of the studio system; not only stars’ biographies, but accounts from a diverse range of previously unheard from sources. Maids, bodyguards, chauffeurs, secretaries, bell-hops, agents, family members and acquaintances of the rich and famous etc, now put their memories into print, confirming much of what I have been writing about for almost a decade and a half. Of course, there are still those who rail against anyone who deigns to question the ‘snow-jobs’ churned out by studio publicity departments down the decades; the standard complaint being the usual one – the dead cannot defend themselves. Well, there have been more books written about Napoleon Bonaparte and Hitler than most anyone else, yet no-one complains of either man being unable to defend himself. So, again I make no apolgies for anything included in this publication, unless the reader comes across an unforseen error I may have accidentally overlooked, in which case I apologise unreservedly.

    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.

    

    The skeleton, muscles and joints are covered with descriptions of differences between female and male anatomy.This is a reproduction of a 1852 British publication and may contain non-standard spellings and characters. The work has been proof-read and edited to remove typographical errors and reformat the text for the Kindle. All images have been cleaned and resized.

    It also offers tips, shortcuts, design techniques, ideas and layouts to unleash your creativity.

    BLACK #1VIOLET #2GREEN #3BLUE #4YELLOW #5You can read the full book descriptions under each book and if you want a taste visit the author's website elinpeer.com and get the first book Black as a welcome gift. Elin Peer's Clashing Colors series has readers raving about the unpredictable plots and intriguing stories. Elin has a unique talent of tackling taboos and sensitive subjects with humor and insight and this box-set is guaranteed to keep you highly entertained with five very different stories of what happens when opposites attract.Buy it and let the “clash” begin today!

    

    Whatever other technical skill is involved, if the formal organization of an image is lacking, there is little to hold the interest of the viewer. But what makes a winning composition? Is it about following the rules-or about breaking them?Basics Photography: Composition is divided into six core chapters that cover everything the beginner needs to know to improve their composition, including the basics of composition, exploring the formal elements, how to organize space and time, learning the real world 'rules' and, beyond that, how to use the ideas presented in the book to create original, compelling images. The book is illustrated throughout with photography to inform the mind and inspire the eyes.Includes work by:Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange, James Nachtwey, Martin Parr, Marc Riboud, David Hockney, Duane Michals, Harry Callahan and John Darwell, and many more.Includes the following subjects:The basic rules of composition, including viewpoint, perspective and scale; the formal elements, such as point, line, shape, form, texture, pattern, tone and color; how to organize space using frames, balance and space; capturing the passing of time and specific moments, the decisive moment and sequences; applications of composition, featuring landscape, still life, portraiture, documentary, the figure, action and sports, fine art and advertising; finally, finding your own view and the specific considerations of digital imaging.

    Step 1: Shedding Light on Light Sources Step 2: Conquer ISO Settings Step 3: Understanding Aperture/Depth of Field Step 4: Choosing a Shutter Speed Step 5: Composition Step 6: Tripods Step 7: Filters Heather Hummel Photography Spreads Pixel Dust on Land and Seascapes. Her photography has been on exhibit at Agora Gallery in the Chelsea District of New York City, C'ville Coffee in Charlottesville, VA and Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, CO. Additionally, she licenses her photos through ImageBrief.

    In Until Now, Geddes takes us behind the scenes to find out what she was thinking when she captured these images, her 113 most-favorite photographs. Her text also provides a background to each photograph and helps readers understand how this artist and her subjects work together.Consider, for example, Geddes' comments about the shot she captured in 1991, which she titled "Rebecca": "She didn't want to hold the tulips, and she didn't want to sit on the chair-there were too many other things to be done. How do you get a 14-month-old to sit still' Show her the jelly bean, and then put it down her trousers."From signature photos of newborns to touching interactions between parent and child to enthusiastic poses from older children, this gift-size hardcover edition of Until Now gathers together Geddes' most revealing and compelling work. Whether she's posing babies in the garden or in the studio, Anne Geddes' deep affection for babies and children is obvious in the award-winning images she creates.

    

     For reasons unknown to her, Sofia was promised to Alessio Drago, the son of a powerful Mafia don. Initially expecting to despise the man, she’s shocked to find herself falling for his dark, possessive passions. He has introduced her to the thrill of The Hunt, and now she looks forward to this spicy game as much as he does. While Sofia herself has grown comfortable with her parents’ promise to the mobster, not everyone is happy with her new relationship, and they’ll do whatever it takes to ‘rescue’ her, whether she wants to be saved or not. Now a new hunt is taking place, and if Sofia loses this game, she’ll get something much worse than a spanking. Reader Advisory: This 9k bdsm romance about the Italian Mafia contains explicit scenes of dominance, submission, and spankings. For adults only.

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