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The iPhone is revolutionizing photography. Never before has a camera been so portable yet powerful, so versatile and ubiquitous. Yet, as this book shows, this amazing device has untapped potential for taking jaw-droppingly detailed, sharp, professional-quality images.In this book, commercial photographer Robert Morrissey investigates the photographic capabilities of the iPhone, right out of the box, then moves to advanced uses that will surpri...

Das Schicksal starker Frauen, ihre Geschichten und die große Liebe an der australischen Küste: Nachdem Ellie Conlan ihren Job in Melbourne verloren und mit Mitte dreißig keine Pläne für ihr Leben hat, braucht sie dringend eine Auszeit: Sie zieht zu ihrem Großvater Patrick in die malerische Küstenstadt Storm Harbour. Dort angekommen unterstützt sie ihn in der lokalen Zeitungsredaktion des Chronicle,  dessen Leitung Patrick übernommen hat. W...

Measured from the arrival of European colonists to the present day, perhaps no landscape on the planet has changed more radically than the tallgrass prairie peninsula. Better known today for fields of corn and soybeans that stretch across Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, this bioregion was once of the most dynamic ecologies on the continent, a mosaic of forests, wetlands, savannahs, and prairies. It was also a once a major cultural borderland, whe...

Measured from the arrival of European colonists to the present day, perhaps no landscape on the planet has changed more radically than the tallgrass prairie peninsula. Better known today for fields of corn and soybeans that stretch across Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, this bioregion was once of the most dynamic ecologies on the continent, a mosaic of forests, wetlands, savannahs, and prairies. It was also a once a major cultural borderland, whe...

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Der neue mitreißende Roman von Australiens erfolgreichster Autorin Di Morrissey - »Die Melodie der Traumpfade« handelt von einer folgenschweren Liebe, die zwischen Verliebtheit und Verruf steht, von Abenteuer und dem Bestreben, die indigene Kultur der Aborigines zu schützen. Im Küstenstädtchen Broome angekommen, scheint Jacquis Leben nach rastlosen Jahren endlich wieder eine Wende zum Positiven zu nehmen: Ein von ihr organisiertes Autorenfes...

Eindrucksvolle Landschaften, strahlende Sonne und der Beginn eines neuen Lebens - der neue Australien-Roman von Di Morrissey Nie hätte Chris Baxter geglaubt, dass es sich so richtig anfühlen würde, nach Hause zu kommen: Eigentlich soll die Rückkehr des erfolgreichen Auslandskorrespondenten in sein idyllisches Heimatstädtchen in Australien nur vorübergehend sein. Doch seine 14-jährige Tochter braucht ihren Vater, und Chris' Mutter berichtet vo...

The Fijian Pigeon is a detective story in the Damon Runyonesque style. The actions take place largely in the Adirondacks, in the Gore Mountain, Lake George region, including skiing, a dangerous car chase on icy mountain roads, a crash through the ice at Lake George, and murders planned by the least suspected character.

The Fijian Pigeon is a detective story in the Damon Runyonesque style. The actions take place largely in the Adirondacks, in the Gore Mountain, Lake George region, including skiing, a dangerous car chase on icy mountain roads, a crash through the ice at Lake George, and murders planned by the least suspected character.

The Adventures of Spike the Cat is an unusual story of a cat who speaks to his owner and has wondrous adventures, such as flying an airplane and appearing as the star of a concert. He is faster than the police at solving a crime. He will win your heart with his yeow meow!

The Adventures of Spike the Cat is an unusual story of a cat who speaks to his owner and has wondrous adventures, such as flying an airplane and appearing as the star of a concert. He is faster than the police at solving a crime. He will win your heart with his yeow meow!

Bestseller-Autorin Di Morrissey erzählt in dieser farbenprächtigen Australien-Saga von der wilden Schönheit des fünften Kontinents und von der ganz großen Liebe - zwischen zwei Menschen und zu diesem Land, das seinen Bewohnern alles abverlangt. Die düstere Spannung eines Familiengeheimnis-Romans verbindet sich dabei meisterhaft mit atmosphärischen Outback-Schilderungen und der bewegenden Liebes- und Lebensgeschichte einer jungen Frau. Als di...

From lighting glass objects to photographing models indoors and out, this handbook demonstrates how to effectively use and control light using a variety of traditional and unconventional lighting equipment. Written by award-winning photographer Robert Morrissey for both the professional and the serious amateur photographer, this guide explains the different types of light and how to work with modifiers such as panels, umbrellas, grids, and mir...

Charlemagne, claimed by the Church as a saint, by the French as their greatest king, by the Germans as their compatriot, by the Italians as their emperor, heads all modern histories in one way or another, he is the creator of a new order of things, " wrote the historian Sismondi in 1821. In this fascinating book, available for the first time in an English translation, Robert Morrissey explores a millennium's worth of history and myth surroundi...

In Australien stößt die junge Natalie inmitten alter Unterlagen auf ein kostbar erscheinendes Schriftstück, das einem ihrer Vorfahren gehört haben muss. Neugierig spürt sie anhand seiner hinterlassenen Briefe der Geschichte dieser Antiquität nach und folgt den Spuren des Geheimnisses bis ins abenteuerliche Burma, das Land der Pagoden, Paläste und uralten Riten ...

Four young Americans from different walks of life drafted into the Army for the Korean War. Hillbilly was an easy going southern boy from the mountains of Tennessee. Zug a Jazz musician who managed to take his Saxophone everywhere he went even into combat. Mike a good athlete who came from a religious family. Then there was Rick a street smart kid who had only one thing in life, his name. God help the person who called him something other than...

Presents a literary and cultural history of glory and its development in France and explores the "economy of glory" Napoleon sought to implement in an attempt to heal the divide between the Old Regime and the Revolution.

Police calls that will make you laughPolice work is ongoing stress. It includes tense association with people who commit theft, mayhem and murder. It also includes the human duties of telling someone their loved ones have been maimed, killed, or arrested. Punctuating this bitterness are those precious humorous moments which make the job acceptable and keep an officer's sanity. This book is a compilation of humorous situations which helped me c...

From lighting glass objects to photographing models indoors and out, this handbook demonstrates how to effectively use and manipulate light using a variety of traditional and unconventional lighting equipment. Written for both the professional and the serious amateur photographer, this guide explains the different types of light and how to work with modifiers such as panels, umbrellas, grids, and mirrors. More than 100 detailed lighting diagra...