Less gear. Less anxiety. Less stress. Less fear. A Lesser Photographer is the missing guide you've always wanted to the only gear that really matters: the gear between your ears. In under an hour, you’ll be able to identify the myths you’ve been taught about photography and embrace useful creative habits that will set you apart. Praise for previous editions: “For something beautiful and well-said, check out A Lesser Photographer.” — David duChemin “Amazing read…I really recommend everyone get a copy.” — Chris Marquardt “CJ Chilvers reevaluates what it means to be a photographer in this manifesto. Most of the points apply to virtually any creative endeavor or obsession. ‘The real show is outside the viewfinder.’” — Jim Coudal “I have to say, CJ has a great attitude. If you care at all about photography, he’s a must read.” — Patrick Rhone “Every photographer should follow CJ Chilvers.” — Eric Kim

    There is no need for the latest gadgets or trips to “exotic” places. Amazing images can be captured everywhere, all the time, and with the simplest equipment. All you need is a camera, an interest in ordinary people doing everyday things, and—of course—this book. In Street Photography, acclaimed photographer Eric Kim shares everything you need to develop your own street photography skills: how to conquer your fear of shooting in public, tips on choosing your gear, and inspiring techniques to discover the beauty in the mundane. You’ll learn how to chase the all-important “decisive moment,” and even how to find your own style. As a bonus, you’ll get insights from renowned street photographers Ludmilla Morais, Blake Andrews, Thomas Leuthard, and Kramer O’Neill. Street photography is all about discovering the wonderful things most of us are too busy to notice. Let this book inspire you to hit the streets—and turn everyday moments into extraordinary photos! About the author Eric Kim is a street photographer whose blog and sold-out workshops have become today’s most popular resources for aspiring “streettogs.” Eric has exhibited at Gulf Photo Plus, the ThinkTank Gallery in Los Angeles, and Leica stores internationally, and has been featured in Popular Photographer, Black+White, VICE, pixelperfect.com, Salon.com, and on the BBC. He can be found at erickimphotography.com, as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Eric lives in Berkeley, CA.

    

    • Real stories tell the sad, gory, uplifting and the funny, • Stories from across the country by an actual travel nurse

    His life is rapidly changed. His family is destroyed. An unbelievable story about escape, intrigue, survival and the miraculous ability of one young man to outwit and outlive his gestapo torturers.

    But lurking within, she harbors deep sorrow. Wondering if things will ever change, she fights against feelings of anger toward God. As an Amish woman of faith, she must trust God for His timing and His will regarding her family, but it’s getting harder and harder to do. When her sister dives off the deep end during rumspringa and ends up in serious trouble, Annie wonders whether this might be God’s answer. Annie’s parents think so. But how can her sister’s mistake become Annie’s blessing? And will Annie’s husband go along with her father’s daring plan? This is a sweet, clean, inspirational Amish Romance—part of the much loved Hollybrook Amish Romance series. The Forbidden Baby is a touching Christian Romance Story of mistakes, trust, and redemption. Enjoy this heartwarming tale! Grab your copy today!

    

    Here in this book Ron Ebner—author of The Winds of Hell, Nova, Plague World, and two short story collections—has collected a voluminous amount of information about current actors and former actors, including:Disney favorites Annette Funicello, Tommy Kirk, Tim Considine, Hayley Mills and Kevin Corcoran, as well as Mouseketeers Sharon Baird, Lonnie Burr, Cubby O’Brien and Karen Pendleton; Lauren Chapin and Elinor Donahue of “Father Knows Best”; Johnny Crawford of “The Rifleman”; Shelley Fabares of “The Donna Reed Show”; Little Rascal “Spanky” McFarland; Beverly Washburn; Cynthia Pepper; Native American actors Chief Dan George and Will Sampson; the frisky star of the original Nancy Drew movies, Bonita Granville; Al “Grandpa” Lewis; Fess Parker; John Amos…and many others.Read through these pages and find out what’s happening with about 100 of your favorite Hollywood celebrities.

    Peter Sykes lifts the lid on the good, the bad and the ugly in the NHS, based on real-life situations from his 40 years experience at the sharp end of medical practice.Some of these stories will make you laugh, a few will make you cry and others have a surprising twist in the tail.They feature patients, doctors and nurses, blood, sweat and toil, life and death, heartache and joy.

    

     Pilot Officer Harry Rose, fresh from training and eager to prove himself, is posted to Excalibur Squadron, a Hawker Hurricane fighter unit based in southern England. In the coming weeks and months of that fateful summer, as the outnumbered RAF battle grimly with the Luftwaffe in the skies above Britain, Rose will come to know what it is to love, and will experience both the glorious euphoria of success and the desperate bitterness of loss. As his friends dwindle in number, Rose knows that it can be only a matter of time before it is his turn...

    This book contains interconnected short stories in which the doctors, nurses and other staff members attempt to keep separate these two spheres of their lives, for to allow them to overlap would make their lives even more difficult. Pain, tragedy, humor and compassion fill these pages as events unfold and the characters struggle to maintain equilibrium; the author is a retired ER nurse, and these stories are all based on real people and incidents.

    Many of the characters are in multiple books but each book is a complete story. Mary’s Faith Life in the Amish community is a mixture of joy and despair for Mary Beachey. Her courting years were spent caring for elderly parents and now she feels all that is left for her is to teach. Her nights are spent alone with no children of her own. Ruben Wagler lost his wife in childbirth and the only thing that kept him going was his daughter Lucy. Moving to a new community is a fresh start His heart is healing and maybe he can find a mother for his daughter and a place in his life for new love. Can Mary’s faith lead to a happy ending or is she destined to be alone forever? Hanna’s Journey Home When disaster falls can Hanna keep her faith and find a true Amish love? Hanna has made some mistakes and the biggest of those was leaving the Amish community and spending three years with the Englisch. Having come home she has almost everything she could hope for except love. After a storm she must return to the Englisch world to earn enough money to pay for repairs While Hanna worries about her life, across the fields Amos stares at the woman he has loved for so many years. All he has to do is walk over and offer help so why is it so difficult? Will Hanna keep her faith and stay with the Amish to find true love or will she be led back to the outside world once again? Katie’s Amish Choice Sometimes Love is all you need. When Katie's parents suggest that Jacob Glick comes for dinner, all she can see is a future of darkness. The man is mean to his horses and Katie's life is all about horses. She rescues them and nurses them back to health before selling them on to her Amish friends. Then there is the secret, something happened between them long ago, something she was forced to keep quiet. Amish Baby Hope God has a plan for all of us – Anna hopes hers includes a baby As Anna nears her due date her father’s illness brings stress and disaster into their simple, peaceful lives. As a simple Amish girl Anna does not ask for much, all she prays and hopes for, is her baby. But life has been difficult. She has already had two miscarriages and now her health is at risk. Will she carry the child to term this time or will the stress destroy her faith along with her child? While all this is going on an arrogant English man comes calling, will he steal the bakery out from under them? Amish Valentine Sometimes true love needs help. Rebecca has loved Henry for as long as she can remember. They have been courting for over two years, but recently he has been cold to her. All he talks about is going away on his rumspsringa. Then she discovers the biggest bunch of flowers she has ever seen, and they are for her. Joy turns to heartache when she finds they are not from Henry. Amish True Love Lucy has always dreamed of true love. There are only a few things that Lucy Esch wants out of life, true love, a pet to call her own and to talk with her God. With such simple hopes who would imagine that things could go so terribly wrong? Amish Denial Susan loves Aaron but would she leave her family and all she knows to keep that love? Susan and Aaron have been courting for two years and all she wants is marriage and children. However, Aaron is struggling with his faith and the death of his Mom. He craves excitement and experience and cannot let go of his grief.

    Could one impulsive moment cost Emily the only man she’s ever loved? A continuation of the Forbidden Amish Love series.Series Order:The BrokenThe ForbiddenThe Secret

    Her chosen one, Jacob was away in the Englisch world. She had waited for him but he was never coming back. Her familye farm was suffering losses and she had to make a plan to contribute to the finances. To this end, she was job hunting for summer work in town, when she inexplicably landed up in the kaffe where she had last met with Jacob. Christian Taylor was a successful realtor, but he would give it all up to have his life restored to the happy way it had been before his wife was taken from him and his baby, Grace. Right now he needed help. Did Gott put Elizabeth and Christian together in their times of need? Was it Gott's plan that Elizabeth suffer the jealousy and uncertainties that Christian caused to rise up in her? Why would an understanding God allow a man to remember details of his dead wife when he looked at another woman? A wonderful clean romance story that will lead the reader to a desperate place in the hearts of those who have lost way too much to get to a place of loving and healing.