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The Compelling Photograph: Techniques for Creating Better Images (Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Anne McKinnell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Wish you could take more compelling photographs? Now you can!

In 8 lessons, this eBook will help you:

Understand the principles of good image design
Learn how to find interesting compositions
Get tack sharp images
Make the most of the time you spend shooting
Come home with great images after every shoot

Now you can make every photo shoot a treasure hunt where you come home with the treasure every time!

I will show you the elements of good image design, essential camera skills, and fun photography techniques so you come home with great images every time. Not only that, but I will send you on a weekly treasure hunt and show you exactly what you are looking for and where to find it.

What's inside?
Textures
The more you train your eye to notice the details, the more interesting your photographs will become.

Lines
Lines are one of the fundamental building blocks of composition. They direct the eye around an image and give the viewer a path to follow.

Colour
Colours determine the viewer's emotional response to an image. They set the mood and determine what part of an image gets the most attention.

Reflections
Photographing a reflection creates a more unique image of an often photographed subject by adding interest and depth to your photograph.

Silhouettes
One way you can add drama, intrigue, and mystery to an image is by photographing your subject as a silhouette. Deep contrasts make for powerful and memorable images.

Close-ups
Often a story is better told in a series of images that reveal more about the essence of a subject than a single image can.

Frames
One way to quickly add a new dimension to your subject is to give it a frame inside the boundaries of the image.

Twilight
That time before a sunrise or after a sunset w

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21 July 2017
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0745TB1NK
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 9478 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 126 pages

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Anne McKinnell

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Hello! I'm Anne and I have a new life.

I traded in a traditional career for a new life as an outdoor photographer and writer. I live in an RV and travel around North America photographing beautiful places. I write about travel, photography, and how changing your life is not as scary as it seems.

When I first started photographing 20 years ago I lived in a darkness. My images were journalistic in style and focussed on problems in the world, sad stories, homeless people and I even had a whole series on graveyards. It is as if I lived in a world full of only bad things.

I gave up photography for a long time as I focussed on my first career in software development and when I picked up a camera again my view of life began to change. By nature, I see all the negative things in the world. That comes easy. I have to put effort into seeing the good so I made a decision to only photograph beautiful things.

When I see a scene I try to find what is good here? What is beautiful here? And slowly I started to feel like I was coming out of the darkness. I changed. Using photography to guide what I focus on every day is changing my outlook on life. Now I see the goodness and beauty in the world and it makes me a happier person.

Six years ago I took another leap. I gave up my home in Victoria, BC, Canada, closed my software consulting business, bought an RV and hit the road for the life of a nomadic photographer. I wanted a happier more fulfilling life. I wanted the life I dreamed about. People tell me I am brave and they wish they could do what I did. For me, it felt like the only option that was right and good.

I hope my story and images will inspire other people to change the way they view the world and the way they live their lives. Changing your life is not as difficult or scary as it seems! What is scary is not doing it.

Today I am a successful photographer, author and teacher. I have a popular photography blog and I teach photography courses online. My work has been published in instructional photography books, children's books, and several magazines including Canadian Geographic. I am the author of seven photography eBooks.

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Celine

Highly recommend!

Reviewed in Canada on 26 December 2017

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This is the third or fourth ebook I have read by Anne. I find her books easy to read and the techniques are so well explained. I highly recommend!

Katalin Meszaros Szecsenyi

Learn excellence in photography for everybody

Reviewed in the United States on 31 July 2017

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I am reading Anne McKinnel's books about photography for almost a year. I started to take photos 50 years ago and practically learned many-many details about photography. However, in the last 40 years I had no time to follow the developments in photography despite the fact that I had digital equipment for about 10 years. As I am getting ready for the retirement, I started looking for publications which give me as much help as I needed to understand how to use the advantages of the digital techniques. Starting with McKinnell's "Essential Camera Skills for Beginners" I understood the main differences between the digital and "analog" machines. I was familiar practically with all the themes "The Compelling Photograph" deals with. However, following the chapters in the book and the excellent illustrations in it, I for the first time started to experiment with the possibilities offered by the (for me) new digital technique. The clear but short explanations lead me exactly to the goal: to take good photos with understanding the skills behind it. The most precious advantage of this way of learning is that the results are visible almost immediately, but of course in the proportion of the invested effort to become a better photographer. I can only recommend to everybody who would like to learn the principles of photography read Anne McKinnell's books and follow the line she draw.

Alex Martin

Compelling!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2017

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What can one say? It has already been said in the title.

I have been looking for a book/s for quite some time that covers various styles of photography and what do I find? I find eight styles in Book 1, and if that is not enough I find eight techniques (Tips) to augment these styles in Book 2.

Anne does not just tell you how to apply the styles & techniques, she accompanies all her lessons with at least one photograph that epitomises all that has been covered in the lesson, then at the end of each lesson she then encourages you to grab your camera and try out what has been covered in the lesson using her sample photograph/s as your goal.

Put simply: after reading the books you feel that Anne has done her bit, now it is up to you to go out and "practice" these styles & techniques, and on reflection I would say that's what learning is about as....."Practice makes Perfection"!

ajith

Five Stars

Reviewed in India on 21 October 2017

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Well written book with a good number of photos

frank burgess

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Reviewed in Canada on 1 August 2017

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Photography is my hobby and I continue to strive to learn more and improve my skills . This book was written at a level I could understand and was very helpful.

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