Photographers Field Notes

Unleash (And Track) Your Creativity! Don't Take Photos, MAKE PHOTOS This designer journal is a convenient 5x8in (12.7x20.32cm) size to easily slip into your camera bag, backpack, purse, or handbag AND big enough for to be as artistic as you want to be. The journal/notebook features 100 blank pages to thoroughly record your photographic details and experience...so you can either repeat or learn from each photograph you make. Each page contains space for: Date/Time Location/GPS Coordinates Weather File name/picture # Camera Model Lens Type Filter Tripod Shutter Speed Aperture ISO White Balance Composition Style Lighting Used Notes and more! If you like this journal/notebook, click the brand name to see other stylish designs! Click the buy button to get your copy!

Photographer and best-selling author Joe McNally shares stories and lessons from a life in photography.

When Joe McNally moved to New York City in 1976, his first job was at the Daily News as a copyboy, “the wretched dog of the newsroom.” He was earning the lowest pay grade possible and living in a cheap hotel in Manhattan. Life was not glamorous. But with a fierce drive, an eye for a picture, and a willingness to take (almost) any assignment that came his way, Joe stepped out onto the always precarious tightrope of the freelance photographer—and never looked back. Fast forward 40 years, and his work has included assignments and stories for National Geographic, Time, LIFE, Sports Illustrated, and more. He has traveled for assignments to nearly 70 countries and received dozens of awards for his photography.

In The Real Deal, Joe tells us how it all started, and candidly shares stories, lessons, and insights he has collected along the way. This is not a dedicated how-to book about “where to put the light,” though there is certainly instructional information to be gleaned here. This is also not a navel-gazing look back at “the good old days,” because those never really existed anyway. Instead, The Real Deal is simply a collection of candid “field notes”—some short, some quite long—gathered over time that, together, become an intimate look behind the scenes at a photographer who has pretty much seen and done it all.

Though the photography industry bears little resemblance to the industry just 10 years ago (much less 40 years ago), what it really takes to become a successful photographer—the character traits, the fundamental lessons, the ability to adapt, and then adapt again—remains the same. Joe writes about everything from the crucial ability to know how to use (and make!) window light to the importance of creating long-term relationships built on trust; from lessons learned after a day in the field to the need to follow your imagination wherever it takes you; from the “random” and “lucky” moments that propel one’s career to the wonders and pitfalls of today’s camera technology. For every mention of f-stops and shutter speeds, there is equal discussion about the importance of access, the occasional moment of hubris, and the idea of becoming iconic.

Before Joe was a celebrated and award-winning photographer, before he was a well-respected educator and author of multiple bestselling books, he was just…Joe, hustling every day, from one assignment to the next, piecing together a portfolio, a skill set, a reputation, a career. He imagined a life—and then took pictures of it. Here are a few frames.

Unleash (And Track) Your Creativity! Don't Take Photos, MAKE PHOTOS This designer journal is a convenient 5x8in (12.7x20.32cm) size to easily slip into your camera bag, backpack, purse, or handbag AND big enough for to be as artistic as you want to be. The journal/notebook features 100 blank pages to thoroughly record your photographic details and experience...so you can either repeat or learn from each photograph you make. Each page contains space for: Date/Time Location/GPS Coordinates Weather File name/picture # Camera Model Lens Type Filter Tripod Shutter Speed Aperture ISO White Balance Composition Style Lighting Used Notes and more! If you like this journal/notebook, click the brand name to see other stylish designs! Click the buy button to get your copy!

A simple note book for photographers.30 blank pages with sections for camera, film, ISO, lens, start and finish dates.

Unleash (And Track) Your Creativity! Don't Take Photos, MAKE PHOTOS This designer journal is a convenient 5x8in (12.7x20.32cm) size to easily slip into your camera bag, backpack, purse, or handbag AND big enough for to be as artistic as you want to be. The journal/notebook features 100 blank pages to thoroughly record your photographic details and experience...so you can either repeat or learn from each photograph you make. Each page contains space for: Date/Time Location/GPS Coordinates Weather File name/picture # Camera Model Lens Type Filter Tripod Shutter Speed Aperture ISO White Balance Composition Style Lighting Used Notes and more! If you like this journal/notebook, click the brand name to see other stylish designs! Click the buy button to get your copy!

A collection of illustrated, black-and-white photographs by American documentary photographer and photojournalist, Dorothea Lange, depicting American migrant workers and sharecroppers during the Great Depression.

The author of Create presents “an all-in-one, easily accessible handbook . . . [that] will show you how the pros do it. Study this and take your best shot” (Chase Jarvis, award-winning photographer). In Advancing Your Photography, Marc Silber provides the definitive handbook that will take you through the entire process of becoming an accomplished photographer. From teaching you the basics to exploring the stages of the full “cycle of photography,” Silber makes it easy for you to master the art form and create stunning pictures. From thousands of hours of interviews with professional photography masters, you will learn valuable insights and tips on beginner, amateur, landscape, wedding, lifestyle, sports, animal, portrait, still life, and iPhone photography. Advancing Your Photography features: · Top tips for making outstanding photographs from iconic photographers and many other leading professional photography masters of today · Numerous step-by-step examples · Guidance on training your eye to see composition with emotional impact · Tips on mastering the key points of operating your camera like a pro · Secrets to processing your images to professional standards Photography and the technology associated with it are constantly evolving, but the fundamentals remain the same. Advancing Your Photography will help to bring you the joy and satisfaction of a lifetime of pursuing the art of photography.

Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, was one. Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was another. How does such insight into nature develop? Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their native habitat, Field Notes on Science and Nature allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions. What did George Schaller note when studying the lions of the Serengeti? What lists did Kenn Kaufman keep during his 1973 “big year”? How does Piotr Naskrecki use relational databases and electronic field notes? In what way is Bernd Heinrich’s approach “truly Thoreauvian,” in E. O. Wilson’s view? Recording observations in the field is an indispensable scientific skill, but researchers are not generally willing to share their personal records with others. Here, for the first time, are reproductions of actual pages from notebooks. And in essays abounding with fascinating anecdotes, the authors reflect on the contexts in which the notes were taken. Covering disciplines as diverse as ornithology, entomology, ecology, paleontology, anthropology, botany, and animal behavior, Field Notes offers specific examples that professional naturalists can emulate to fine-tune their own field methods, along with practical advice that amateur naturalists and students can use to document their adventures.