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In this DVD, acclaimed glamour photographer Jason Cole takes you on a journey
behind the scenes into the world of the professional glamour photographer. Jason
has photographed glamour for some of the biggest Australian glamour magazines,
including FHM and Ralph Magazine. This instructional DVD is a hands-on DVD and
takes you behind the camera on location. You learn all about basic and advanced
lighting setups, instructing and interacting with the models, setting up shoots
for magazine submissions and a lot of smaller things along the way that make
for a much more polished photo. Six months in the making, the DVD covers a studio
shoot, a location shoot (garage -- mechanic type theme) and two beach locations
under different shooting conditions.

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The power of suggestion is very strong in forming our perceptions. Think alligator, for example, even in a big northern city, and soon you might begin to see forms and objects that bring that reptile to mind. Our Picture This! assignment this month was just that--seeing the forms of letters of the alphabet in everyday objects and scenes. Readers responded with images that...

Created chiefly for the high-end Nikon D300 and D3, the new 24mm PC (Perspective Control) lens from Nikon can also be used on other Nikon D-SLR cameras, such as the relatively new D60 on which I tested it, albeit with some loss of full automation and functionality. Being a manual focus lens it can also mount on most Nikon film SLRs as well; being a PC lens it is unique in both...

Every year, New York City's American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) comes to life with a teeming array of mesmerizing and vibrantly colorful butterflies (and some moths) from around the world. The Butterfly Conservatory houses numerous specimens reflecting the rich diversity of insects known collectively as Lepidoptera. In fact, this collection even includes the...