Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Spotlight and Book Giveaway: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: A Basic Manual by Henry Horenstein

This contest is now CLOSED.
Thanks to the generous folks at
Hachette Book Group,
I have been authorized to
 give away two (2) copies of
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
by Henry Horenstein.

Rules for entering this giveaway
are at the bottom of this post.

with Allison Carroll

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Category: Photography
Format: Trade Paperback

Publish Date: 11/2/2011
Price: $29.99/$32.99
ISBN: 9780316020749
Pages: 240 


Discription (from the publisher):
This thorough, concise, and easy-to-use guide to capturing digital photographs provides an entire step-by-step course for budding digital photographers. All concepts are fully illustrated with sample work by internationally renowned professionals, representing editorial work, photojournalism, and everything in between. Topics covered include essential information for both film and digital photography, such as exposure controls and shutter speed, as well as digital-specific information on image editing, printing methods, and even file storage. The first digital textbook by legendary photography teacher Henry Horenstein, Digital Photography is the best guide yet for aspiring digital photographers, essential both for photographers transitioning from film to digital and those learning the art of photography for the first time.



About the author (from the publisher):
Henry Horenstein is a widely published and exhibited professional photographer and the author of more than two dozen books, including the classic texts Black & White Photography, Beyond Basic Photography, and Color Photography, and monographs such as Creatures, Canine, and Racing Days. His work has appeared in Life, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, and Town & Country. Horenstein has taught photography at the Rhode Island School of Design for more than twenty years and is currently a professor there. He lives in Massachusetts.

RULES FOR ENTERING THE GIVEAWAY:

• Leave an original comment on this post telling me you would like to win. Include an email address with your comment so that I can contact you if you do win. Use a spam-thwarting format such as geebee.reads AT gmail DOT com or geebee.reads [at] gmail [dot] com

You must leave an email address in order to qualify. If I can't contact you, you can't win!

• You can earn an extra entry by being or becoming a Follower or Subscriber of this blog and telling me about it in a separate comment.

• Blog about this contest and provide me with the link to the post in a separate comment, and I'll give you yet another entry.

• Tweeting about this contest and providing me the link in a separate comment will get you one more entry. I've added a Retweet button at the bottom of every post.

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• Winners must provide a U.S. or Canadian street address. Hachette is unable to deliver to P.O. Boxes.

• PLEASE NOTE: One win per household. If you win this title in another contest hosted at another blog, Hachette will only send one copy per household address.

Deadline for entry is 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, December 16, 2011.

• Winners will have 48 hours to respond to my email announcing that they have won; if I don't hear from a winner, I will draw another name.

• Winners are determined using the sequence generator at Random.org.

Thank you to Anna
at Hachette Book Group
for making this giveaway possible.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
This contest is now CLOSED.

16 comments:

Zibilee said...

Oh, I would love to win this for my husband, as he is a digital photography nut, and could probably use the tips inside! Thanks for hosting this great giveaway!

zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

Jilleen said...

Wow - I would love to win this book as I am getting an SLR camera for Christmas. I am trying so hard to learn how to take pictures in different lighting. I seem to only take good photos outside! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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petite said...

What a great help this book would be. Many thanks. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

traveler said...

My son would appreciate this resource. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

Read for your future! said...

I would LOVE to win this for our high school. Thanks for the chance
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Jenna said...

I have a DSLR and would love to get more use out of it by gaining more knowledge, and this book seems like it would be a great step in that direction for me.

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Debbie Rodgers said...

A BASIC manual in digital photography - this is SO what I need! Thanks for the chance to win it.

debbie at exurbanis {dot} com

Debbie Rodgers said...

I subscribe by email

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Unknown said...

I would love to win this book for my husband for Christmas. He likes taking pictures. Tore923@aol.com

JHS said...

I'm a lousy photographer and would love to improve!

JHS
Colloquium

jhsmail at comcast dot net

JHS said...

Long-time GFC follower and RSS reader.

JHS
Colloquium

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carla said...

I would love to learn how to take better photos, thanks for the chance at this book!

cjay (at) iavalley (dot) edu

Amanda said...

Ooo I'd love to read through this. I love taking photos and have a DSLR. I recently found out about the white balance and love playing with that. Thanks for the chance to win this!

Amanda
libraryofmyown at gmail dot com