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The Complete Guide to Organising & Styling Professional Photo Shoots is an essential tool for anyone responsible for making a professional photo-shoot happen. This is the ultimate, hard-working handbook telling readers all they need to know about planning a photo-shoot from concept to completion. Everthing from booking and arranging your studio space or location, booking and briefing stylists, prop-sourcing, booking models and clearing model releases, liaising with agencies, and choosing a theme for your shoot is covered here. Presented in an accessible style, the book includes handy checklists throughout, which provide essential information at a glance. Photographic subjects covered include people, food, products, interiors, gardens and action. And the book offers professional advice on how to shoot these subjects in a studio or on location, and on a small or large budget.

Whether you’re a pro looking to update and diversify your portfolio, or an amateur ready to experiment with exacting new styles, you’ll find inspiration and clear how-to in »The Portrait Photographer's Lighting Style Guide«. Today’s most popular portrait styles are broken down with lighting diagrams and exposure information, as well as the story behind the shot, to create an indispensable reference for anyone interested in creating more up-to-date, professional-style portraits. Inside you’ll find: – Diagrams for lighting 60 portraits in a wide variety of styles – Gear, lens, and exposure information for each shot – Photoshop tutorials for everything from RAW processing to HDR, digital makeovers, and more – Inspiring photographs—including celebrity shots of Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and more—from 11 international photographers

Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, one of the nation's most influential and popular film critics, takes readers beyond the movie to discuss what really counts on the DVD Peter Travers, film critic and senior editor at Rolling Stone, has compiled reviews of the 1000 best film DVDs available. With an irreverent tone and an eclectic scope, Rolling Stone's 1000 Best Movies on DVD was compiled on the premise that there's room for Citizen Kane and Dodgeball in the same list. It details best bonus features (actor, director, commentaries, deleted scenes, new endings, and surprises hidden on the disc); reviews all aspects of the films and the quality of the DVD transfer; and includes "Hot Bonus" notes designed to let the reader know which segments will show off their DVD player and surround sound to greatest advantage. Full of fun factoids to know and share, Rolling Stone's 1000 Best Movies on DVD is the book no movie lover's library will be complete without.