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Mastering Nature Photography
Shooting and Selling in the Digital Age
by John Kieffer
For roadside enthusiasts or seasoned professionals, this is the one-stop-resource to shooting and selling nature photography. Drawing from the author's long-time experience as a nature photographer, the book provides a comprehensive real-life account of the field's working conditions along with the artistic, business, and technical skills to succeed in it.
The information is presented in a practical field-guide format, for users of both traditional and digital equipment, and organized into five main sections. The first three sections cover basic techniques and practices of nature photography, from the various types of environment, objects, and equipment to questions of style, composition, and mood. Sections four and five cover organizational, business, and career issues, from planning and organizing a one-time photo expedition for a magazine shoot to selling one's work to a nature stock agency. The book provides extensive coverage of digital production, file management, email/internet distribution, and other competitive tools of the digital age.
Written in a tone that appeals both to serious pros and thrill seekers and spiced with multiple anecdotes from the author's own excursions, this versatile companion combines photographic competence and fun at its best. |
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Reviews
"This book is a great opportunity to learn and benefit from John Kieffer's long and successful career as a nature photographer. It also contains vital information on marketing and selling your work that only a lifetime of experience can offer."
—Peter Bennett, Ambient Images Inc.
"John seems to have found the perfect middle ground between too much detail and too little. Covering physical requirements, art, technology and business aspects, I couldn't find anything he omitted. It's well organized, concisely presented and easily worded. This is the kind of book you can read cover to cover or simply jump into specific sections as a valued reference."
—James Cook, Photographer and Software Author
"Master Photographer John Kieffer's invaluable reference covers virtually all areas of interest to every level of Nature Photographer. From choosing the right equipment; to understanding the best lighting conditions for many specific subjects; to color space of your scans; to direct marketing to magazines, calendar companies—his breadth of coverage is impressive. And all is told in a warm, personal style. I can't think of a seasoned professional shooter, or of an enthusiastic novice, who wouldn't have much to learn from this heartfelt book."
—Dexter Lane, Peter Arnold, Inc., founder and co-chair of the digital imaging standards committee (DISCo) of the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA)
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