The Luminous Portrait

Author: Elizabeth Messina
Publisher: Amphoto Books
ISBN: 0817400125
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Infuse your images with glowing, luminous light From high-profile wedding and portrait photographer Elizabeth Messina comes this beautiful guide to shooting lush, romantic portraits exclusively in natural light. Whether you’re photographing children, weddings, maternity and boudoir, or portraits of any kind, The Luminous Portrait will inspire you with Elizabeth’s personal approach and award-wining images, sharing the art to making flattering portraits that appear “lit from within.”

The Luminous Brush

Author: Altoon Sultan
Publisher: Altoon Sultan
ISBN: 9780823028887
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
"Illustrated with 150 beautiful paintings by the author as well as some by old masters and other contemporary artists working in the medium, The Luminous Brush is the most comprehensive how-to guide on this luminous painting medium that is experiencing a newfound popularity among today's artists."--BOOK JACKET.

Myanmar a Luminous Journey

Author: David Lazar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995402508
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126

Book Description
Travel through the ancient, culture rich world of Myanmar through the eye of internationally acclaimed travel photographer David Lazar. With 120 fine art photographs that celebrate the beauty and unique culture of the Golden Land, Myanmar A Luminous Journey is a gorgeous coffee table book that is the culmination of six years and extensive travel throughout the most Buddhist country in the world.

A Flickering Light

Author: Jane Kirkpatrick
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 157856980X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams. She took exquisite photographs, but her heart was the true image exposed. Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele loves nothing more than capturing a gorgeous Minnesota landscape when the sunlight casts its most mesmerizing shadows. So when F.J. Bauer hires her in 1907 to assist in his studio and darkroom, her dreams for a career in photography appear to find root in reality. With the infamous hazards of the explosive powder used for lighting and the toxic darkroom chemicals, photography is considered a man' s profession. Yet Jessie shows remarkable talent in both the artistry and business of running a studio. She proves less skillful, however, at managing her growing attraction to the very married Mr. Bauer. This luminous coming-of-age tale deftly exposes the intricate shadows that play across every dream worth pursuing–and the irresistible light that beckons the dreamer on.

How to Be Luminous

Author: Harriet Reuter Hapgood
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1626723761
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
Harriet Reuter Hapgood's beautiful writing radiates with color in How to be Luminous, a lyrical and engrossing story about the aftermath of tragedy and the power of self-belief and love. Minnie Sloe and her sisters have weathered it all together—growing up without fathers, living an eccentric lifestyle with a pet rabbit named Salvador Dali, and riding out their famous artist mother’s mental highs and lows. But then their mother disappears, and Minnie, who was supposed to follow in her footsteps, starts seeing the world in monochrome. Literally. How can she create when all she sees is black-and-white? As grief threatens to tear the three sisters apart, Minnie fears she could lose everything: her family, her future, her first love . . . and maybe even her mind.

Luminous

Author: Dawn Metcalf
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101516224
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
As reality slips and time stands still, Consuela finds herself thrust into the world of the Flow. Removed from all she loves into this shifting world overlapping our own, Consuela quickly discovers she has the power to step out of her earthly skin and cloak herself in new ones-skins made from the world around her, crafted from water, fire, air. She is joined by other teens with extraordinary abilities, bound together to safeguard a world they can affect, but where they no longer belong. When murder threatens to undo the Flow, the Watcher charges Consuela and elusive, attractive V to stop the killer. But the psychopath who threatens her new world may also hold the only key to Consuela's way home.

The Portrait Photography Course

Author: Mark Jenkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780321766663
Category : Portrait photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The ability to create an effective portrait is probably the single most important skill any aspiring photographer must master. Few professional photographers, whatever their area of specialization, can hope to have a successful career without ever being called upon to create a likeness of another person. The Portrait Photography Course is designed to build a student photographer's experience and get him or her started on a rewarding career. Detailed tutorials cover every aspect of studio and location work, from composition and psychology to complex lighting schemes, equipment options, and digital retouching. Portfolios of exemplary images showcase individual photographers' work and demonstrate techniques explored in the tutorials, while interviews with top portrait photographers shed insight into their methodologies and philosophies. Presented and written by a leading portrait photographer, this book is an indispensable guide to taking professional pictures.¿

Luminous Life

Author: Jacob Israel Liberman
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1608685187
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
The secrets of light — Your pathway to a state of presence Seeking a state of presence: The most important things in life are our health and happiness. Yet most of us are neither healthy nor happy. We have been led to believe that if we think ahead and make the right choices, we can manifest our dreams. Yet despite our best efforts, we still have more disease and discontent than ever before. Is it possible that our essential ideas about life are flawed? Can we learn how to get into the zone or a flow state? Is light the key to finding a state of presence? Living in the light: We are all aware of the impact of sunlight on a plant’s growth and development. But few of us realize that a plant actually “sees” where light is emanating from and positions itself to be in optimal alignment with it. This phenomenon, however, is not just occurring in the plant kingdom — humans are also fundamentally directed by light. The intersection of science and spirituality: In Luminous Life, Dr. Jacob Israel Liberman integrates scientific research, clinical practice, and direct experience to demonstrate how the luminous intelligence we call light effortlessly guides us toward health, contentment, and a life filled with purpose. If you have read Barbara Brennan’s Hands of Light or Light Emerging, you’re going to love Jacob Liberman’s Luminous Life.

Creating Luminous Watercolor Landscapes

Author: Sterling Edwards
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440310165
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 287

Book Description
How to paint your world in watercolor…and have fun doing it! The day Sterling Edwards watched an artist paint an entire sky with three deft brushstrokes was the day he committed to trading his tiny oil brushes and photorealistic style in favor of big, bold strokes of watercolor. In the years since, he's developed not only a wonderfully fresh, luminous painting style, but also an approach that takes the intimidation out of this beautiful but often-mystifying medium. In this book, he shares both. • Initial chapters lay the foundation for successful paintings, from choosing the right brushes to achieving vibrant colors, interesting textures and strong compositions. • Step-by-step demonstrations illustrate techniques for painting rocks, skies, trees, foliage, buildings, water and other landscape elements. • An easy-to-follow, four-step painting process makes for easier starts and stronger finishes, complete with rich darks and sparkling highlights. • Eight complete painting projects cover a range of breathtaking scenes and seasons. Whether you're dipping into the medium for the first time or you're a watercolor devotee on a quest for clearer color and more personal statements, this book will help you make the most of the time you spend with brush in hand.

The Luminous Years

Author: Karl Bissinger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
"The Luminous Years offers not only a compelling glimpse of a fleeting golden era, but also the rediscovery of an extraordinary photographic career, however brief. Many of the photographs reproduced here have not been published before and virtually all have not been seen in over fifty years."--BOOK JACKET.