Rocky Nook: 161 books
The Art of Photography
A Personal Approach to Artistic Expression
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
This is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression. Originally published in 1994 and first revised in 2010, The Art of Photography has sold well over 100,000 copies and has firmly established itself as the most readable, understandable,...
The Portrait
Understanding Portrait Photography
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Glenn Rand, longtime photographic educator, and Tim Meyer, Lead Portrait Instructor at Brooks Institute, have collaborated to create a thorough and balanced textbook on the modern techniques and practice of portrait photography. They have crafted a definitive resource for professionals, students,...
by John Harrington
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
The photography industry is advancing and changing more—and more quickly—than ever. Right along with changes in camera technology, photographers are witnessing shifts in the business landscape that can be a challenge to understand and navigate, whether they’re just beginning their business or...
A Beautiful Anarchy
When the Life Creative Becomes the Life Created
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
A Beautiful Anarchy is a vulnerable, honest, and insightful book about the human longing to create, whether you’re creating a family, a business, a book, or a photograph. Your greatest creation can be an intentional life lived on your own terms. What is our life but a chance to make the greatest...
Testing Cloud Services
How to Test SaaS, PaaS & IaaS
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Everybody is confronted with cloud computing. Whether you are a user, designer, programmer, project manager, or tester, sooner or later the cloud affects your work. If you are involved in selecting or implementing services from the cloud, or in keeping them up and running, this book will prove to...
Advanced Software Testing - Vol. 1, 2nd Edition
Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
This book is written for the test analyst who wants to achieve advanced skills in test analysis, design, and execution. With a hands-on, exercise-rich approach, this book teaches you how to define and carry out the tasks required to put a test strategy into action.
Learn how to analyze the...
by Steve Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This book covers photography from a minimalist perspective, proving that it is possible to take very good photographs with relatively cheap equipment. The minimalist process emphasizes the importance of first knowing what you want to achieve as a photographer and then choosing the most effective equipment,...
The Nikon Creative Lighting System, 3rd Edition
Using the SB-500, SB-600, SB-700, SB-800, SB-900, SB-910, and R1C1 Flashes
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Mike Hagen opens up a whole new world to those photographers who are already well versed in photography, but may not have a clue about flash photography.
With the new and rapidly evolving technology, flash photography (especially advanced light modeling with modern iTTL flash systems) has become...
The Essence of Photography
Seeing and Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
There is a lot more to photography than simply picking up a camera, pointing it toward something, and tripping the shutter. Achieving a great photograph requires thought and preparation, an understanding of the photographic process, and a firm grasp of how light and composition affect a photo. There...
by NK Guy
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
In this updated, second edition of the authoritative, bestselling Mastering Canon EOS Flash Photography, photographer NK Guy brings the book fully up to date, with coverage of all the newest Canon gear that has hit the market since the first edition published in 2010. This includes coverage of the...
Photoshop CC and Lightroom
A Photographer's Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom are central to almost all photographic workflows. Each new version of the software is a milestone in the development of these vital imaging tools, and the 2014 releases are no exception.
Photographers often feel overwhelmed when starting with Photoshop; the sheer...
The Art of Black and White Photography
Techniques for Creating Superb Images in a Digital Workflow
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2012
Over the last few years, most books on photography have been focused on the new breed of cameras and how to master the digital imaging workflow. In The Art of Black and White Photography author and photographer Torsten Andreas Hoffmann takes a different approach, focusing on image composition and...
Architectural Photography, 3rd Edition
Composition, Capture, and Digital Image Processing
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Architectural photography is more than simply choosing a subject and pressing the shutter-release button; it’s more than just documenting a project. An architectural photograph shows the form and appeal of a building far better than any other medium. With the advent of the digital photographic workflow,...
Fine Art Printing for Photographers
Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Today's digital cameras continue to produce increasingly higher definition image data files, making high resolution, large-format output possible. As printing technology moves forward at an equally fast pace, the new inkjet printers are capable of printing with great precision at a very fine resolution,...