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‘The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world’s top shooters (voices that matter)’ by Joe McNally

My review posted on Amazon:
Two Books in One
It is a coffee table book laced with instruction. People will enjoy viewing the wonderful photographs in this book.

But don’t buy this book for it’s photography work alone. Accompanying the many excellent photographs are helpful instruction and advice from an experienced professional photographer. This may not be the best book for a beginning photographer but many photographers could benefit from the helpful advice in this book.

Mr. McNally shares many of his experiences and hard learned expertise. I find most of his advice being on the lighting end of photographs but there were some other helpful tips. Lighting being one of the most important pieces of photography it’s only right to focus on this topic and I think many photographers will find this book insightful. Also the quick tips Mr. McNally shares with you that he has learned through experience or from his colleagues over the years in the business are very helpful to aspiring professionals.

Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky by Art Wolfe and Art Davidson
I love this guy’s work. I’ve been watching his ‘Travels to the Edge’ series for some time and have wanted one of his books. I couldn’t be more pleased with this book. I love to sit and study his work. This book is just filled with amazing landscapes. Art Wolfe has captured some sites that I think the normal person would have overlooked and turned them into beautiful works of art.

Now I’m really looking forward to more of his books and especially his new book coming in May 2009.

Available for pre-order through Amazon:

Honestly, as a photographer, you get many people who tell you that in order to be successful in this business you must focus your talents or specialize in just one genre of photography. Art Wolfe must have ignored those people and I’m glad. Many of his photographs are spectacular from his landscapes to wildlife to people, its all great viewing. It’s incredible

If you’re interested in learning more about Art Wolfe check out his website at:
www.artwolfe.com
If you’re interested in viewing his series check out the schedule of ‘Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe’ on public television:
http://www.travelstotheedge.com/series/airing_schedule.shtml
Or you can purchase the series from his website (listed above).

‘Old Friends: Great Dogs on the Good Life’ by Mark J. Asher
I also have to add one to the dog books. Actually this is both a photography book and a dog book that I’ve owned for a number of years but still enjoy viewing it.
In this book Mr. Asher has put together some great photography work of senior dogs with some wonderful comments on living life from a dog’s prospective. This is a book that will make you smile and possibly even chuckle a time or two.

For the Moment

a collection of fl…

By Vahneesa Norberg

Book Preview

The book is finally done and up for sale! A week before I had hoped. I’m so excited. What a fun yet time consuming project. Sorting through all of those photographs and deciding which ones made it in the book and which ones just weren’t good enough. Choosing the page layouts that work best with what you envision for the book. Reviewing each page for errors. There’s more decisions and options than I had initially realized but now that it’s done, I’m thrilled. I hope you all enjoy it. Check it out at blurb.com (link above).

I’ve also made up a 2009 calendar using 12 of the photos from the book showcased in the collage above. If anyone is interested in picking up a beautiful calendar, this is it with a new flower for each month. Please email me directly at vnorberg (at) blackdogsphoto.com. The calendars are selling for $18.95 each plus 6.5% sales tax within the US (outside the US please contact for additional charge due to higher shipping costs).

I’ve started a new page titled ‘Books on Photography’ (look at the right sidebar) which I will be making a list of the books I often recommend to other people. I’ll be adding to this list regularly so keep checking it out. I also included a new page for some of my favorite books about dogs.

The first 6 books I’ve added are currently my favorite photography books. I’ve written a short description on each, maybe 1 or 2 sentences, on my recommendation page so you know a little bit about each.