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17 reusable, full-color sticker images of boys and girls in sailor suits, top hats, and perky costumes can be applied to a background illustration of a stage set for a dance recital.
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Get back to your photographic roots with this alternative-process book. From the simple pinhole to the historic calotype paper negative and salt print, this book provides step-by-step procedures, theoretical explanations and historical background. 192 pages 8 1/2 x 11 Softbound
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Back to the future.......2007-05-15
With the rapid disappearance of film, this book is the perfect vehicle for anyone wanting the capability to produce photographs that are truly original. Not only make the photographs, but the camera and lenses, too. And each facet of each component of Victorian photography is evaluaetd and then the ideal process recommended and detailed. Great book!
Step-by-Step Guide to mid-19th Century Cameras & Negatives........2004-10-02
Originally conceived as a means to "photographic self-sufficiency" -the ability to make photographs completely from scratch, author and photographer Alan Greene has written an impressive guide to making cameras, lenses, and calotypes that will be invaluable to students of mid-19th century photographic technique and any photographers who would like to discover new ways of seeing and photographing the world around them. The book consists of five chapters: "The Film Holder", "The Camera Body", "The Lens", "Calotype Paper Negatives", and "Salt Prints by Development". Each chapter provides detailed step-by-step instructions on how to make these items, along with lists of the tools and materials needed, and some historical background. Instructions are accompanied by detailed diagrams where appropriate and sometimes by photographs illustrating the procedure. Most of the necessary materials may be found at hardware and art supply stores, although you will have to get some chemicals, lens elements and a contact printing frame elsewhere. There is a list of sources for supplies in the back of the book, as well as a bibliography that may interest photographic historians, and an index.
Chapter 1, "The Film Holder", is dedicated to making film holders and focusing screens. Instructions are given for two sizes, one that is intended for wet paper negatives and one for dry negatives. You may choose to make the holders in a different size, however. Supplementary measurements are provided for those wishing to construct a film holder for use in a modern 8x10 view camera, so you won't have to do the conversions yourself.
Chapter 2, "The Camera Body", is dedicated to making two types of cameras: a sliding box camera for use with wet or dry negatives and a collapsible folding camera for use with dry negatives only. (The collapsible camera is meant to be portable, and wet negatives aren't ideal for hauling around, as they don't stay wet for long.)
Chapter 3, "The Lens", is dedicated to making 4 types of lenses: the singlet (landscape lens), the symmetrical duplet (periscopic lens), the asymmetrical duplet (portrait lens), and the symmetrical triplet. These lenses may be used with a modern view camera by substituting the appropriate lens board. Instructions for making lens boards for both cameras from the previous chapter are provided. This chapter also does a nice job of explaining the basics of simple, combined, and compound lenses and the properties of lenses in general: focal length, angle of view, circle of illumination, aperture, transmittance, and various types of aberration.
Chapter 4, "Calotype Paper Negatives", is dedicated to 2 types of paper negatives: wet-paper process and waxed-paper process. Wet-paper is considered most appropriate for portraiture because the negatives must be used quickly after sensitizing, before they dry out. Waxed-paper requires longer exposures but is dry and need not be used quickly. These negatives are suited to landscape, architecture, and anything that requires time to locate. There are lists of recommended papers for both processes. Step-by-step instructions take the reader through Iodizing, Sensitizing, Exposing, Developing, and Waxing the negatives. You can choose from several recipes for Iodizing and Sensitizing solutions.
Chapter 5, "Salt Prints by Development", is dedicated to making prints. The author has chosen to give instructions for making prints "by development", which is a combined chemical and sunlight procedure, because those prints are faster, less expensive, offer more contrast control, and are more stable than prints made with sunlight alone. There is a list of recommended papers. Instructions are given for both Immersion and Floatation Starch-sizing procedures, Salting, Sensitizing, Exposing, and Developing the print. Greene has also included instructions for The Serum Process, which uses whey instead of salt, including directions for how to make the whey from milk.
"Primitive Photography: A Guide to Making Cameras, Lenses, and Calotypes" is a terrific manual for mid-19th century printing processes. I love the digital darkroom, but I find the basics of image capture and camera construction fascinating. To say that building the equipment in this book or making calotypes is a lot of trouble would be an understatement. But being so directly involved in creating an image on paper has an appeal, at least from time-to-time, that pressing a shutter button on an impressive piece of 21st century technology does not. "Primitive Photography" provides some interesting alternative ways to see the world and to capture it.
Interesting.......2003-03-01
Very interesting stuff. This author does a very accurate job of describing primitive techniques in the darkroom and in the making of a camera. For darkroom enthusiasts, you'll really enjoy this stuff. It's a bit heavy on the mathematical technical stuff, sometimes I felt as though I was sitting in a calc exam. Now if you'll excuse me I have a salt print to go make.
Advanced over Primitive Photography.......2003-02-23
This is an absolutely amazing book. The reason I would call this "Advanced over Primitive Photography" is that most photographers are not in love with the processes, rather simply composing the image. With that in mind this is indeed advanced in concept and requiring more than just an "eye."
This is not simply a guide to building a camera; it is a look into the history of photography as well. If you love your dark room as I do, then this is definately a book you NEED to have. I intend on purchasing a second one for the shop/darkroom and maintain one for my library.
Plenty to chew.......2002-08-15
Well done introduction to a wide variety of technical components in the various processes for which he guides the reader into exploring. I would've like to seen his section on optics and lenses better explained though more graphs, drawings, etc. A must have book if you are at all mechanically inclined and like to tinker in photography. Also it works for someone who has no intention on building any of the items but would like to know more about the processes of photography. My one gripe is the content of the photos; illustrating salt prints, various effects of toning solutions, etc. leaves a little bit to be desired. Far too many building and static structures and not enough other things. Of course this might reflect Mr. Greene's artistic vision, but it limits the power of the illustrative examples.
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The definitive collection by the most celebrated (and notorious) comic book artists of our time.
A panorama of some of the most creative and subversive art of our times, this one-of-a-kind anthology celebrates the artistry and insight of comic book art, graphic novels, and graphic journalism from the 1960s to the present. Classics such as R. Crumb's I Remember the Sixties, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's Spider-Man saga "The Final Chapter" (from Spider-Man #33), and Dan Clowes's Caricature are featured, plus new sequences of work by Chris Ware and Ben Katchor created exclusively for this volume.
Other sections include work by Gilbert Shelton and Paul Mavrides ("The Death of Fat Freddy"), Harvey Pekar and R. Crumb ("Jack the Bellboy and Mr. Boats"), Carol Tyler ("Labor"), Stan Lee and Jim Steranko ("The Strange Death of Captain America"), Stan Lee and Jack Kirby ("The Hate Monger"), Bob Kanigher and Joe Kubert ("Enemy Ace"), Will Eisner ("Izzy the Cockroach and the Meaning of Life"), Rick Geary ("Farewell to Charlie Chaplin"), Kaz ("Dream of the Pork Rinds Fiend"), Charles Burns ("Robot Love"), Gary Panter ("Jimbo"), Art Spigelman ("The Honeymoon" from Maus), Frank Miller with Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley ("Born Again" from Daredevil), Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ("Dr. Manhattan" from Watchmen), Neil Gaiman with Charles Vess and Malcolm Jones III ("A Midsummer Night's Dream" from The Sandman), Joe Sacco ("Hebron"), Jaime Hernandez ("Locos"), Gilbert Hernandez ("Pipo"), Dori Seda ("The Do-Nothing Decade"), Eddie Campbell ("Nobody Left at the Café Guerbois"), and more. The book is divided into four main galleries: Underground Comics, Silver Age Super Heroes, A Raw Generation, and Dark Fiction and Deep Fantasy, and includes a special supplement of four-color work by Lynda Barry and others as well. In his lively introduction Bob Callahan celebrates the achievements of American comic book art from the late 1930s to the present. An indispensible collection. 100 color, 300 b/w illustrations.
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Great for collectors and newbies alike.......2007-08-29
An expertly assembled collection of stories, covering everything from superheroes, to feminist comics, to historical fare. The only complaint that I have is that sometimes the splash pages (especially 2-page spreads) were arranged in such a way as just to make them fit, and not necessarily with the flow of the story. Other times the print was just too small to be reasonably called legible. But overall, a good variety for the money, and a fabulous primer for anyone who is wondering what comics are all about.
Great examples, Poor Execution.......2006-07-17
I agree with the other reviewers the editing is shoddy in production, but the initial selection of the materials is quite excellent. No one could argue that all of the comics included are indeed some of the best work from the later half of the 20th century. for that reason I am willing to give the book a little more respect and hope that a paperback edition corrects some of the more glaring faults.
Silly mistakes and lack of colour mar this book.......2005-06-03
Since another reviewer on this page has pointed out the Fat Freddys Cat mistake, I thought I'd draw readers attention to the other problems with this book. The Captain America story, which features 2 of Sterenko's most well known double-page spreads also features a strange right-hand page that does not appear in the original comic. This page (which precedes the spreads) features a reproduction of a later page and appears to have been dropped in randomly. This page unfortunatly creates a knock-on effect that means the 2 spreads are now right and left pages! For a book that claims to celebrate the best comics created this is a poor oversight. Also, the Dan Clowes story features 2 pages out of order. Lastly, why on earth is 95% of the book in black and white? For stories like The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen - where the colour really helps add tone and mood - this seems like a strange decision.
Missing page(s).......2004-11-22
This book looks great and my initial expectations were high. However, imagine my disappointment when I discovered the last page of the Fat Freddy's Cat adventure (page 30) was a duplicate of an earlier one (page 26)! I expected better proofreading from a Smithsonian publication.
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McHenry's Quips, Quotes & Other Notes
Raymond McHenry
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"For those who enjoy a good smile or a soft chuckle, there's something here for you. For those who are story-tellers in life or ministry, here is an invaluable resource for you. . . . I highly recommend it."
—Zig Ziglar, from the foreword
Packed with over 1200 entertaining stories, quotes, and humor, McHenry's Quips, Quotes & Other Notes can add interest to any article, presentation, or sermon with startling statistics and little-known facts. The book is alphabetized by topic, so it's easy to find that perfect story or joke regarding church, family, life, politics, sports, work, and more.
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• Contains over 1200 Quips, Quotes and Other Notes
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Nikita Mikhalkov's film about the Stalin period has received wide attention inside and outside Russia, being shown at Cannes, winning an Oscar, and reaching cinemas worldwide. Mikhalkov is a fine and controversial director, and this KINOfile is a valuable introduction to his work. It investigates the production, context, and critical reception of the film, the people who made it, and provides an analysis of the film itself and its place in Russian and world cinema.
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Fascinating Background to a Recent Classic.......2003-06-19
This is a very good book that covers one of the few Russian films to make an international success in recent years. The book gives a detailed, moment by moment analysis of the film, covering not only the image on screen, the dialogue, the music, but also explaining the implications of this.
Also, the author goes into the making of the movie, why it was cast the way it was, how the English-subtitled version differs from the Russian version, and the varied Russian response to the film and its director. An outstanding job all the way around.
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The Motet in the Age of Du Fay
Julie E. Cumming
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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During the lifetime of Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1400–1474) the motet underwent a profound transformation. Because of the protean nature of the motet during this period, problems of definition have always stood in the way of a full understanding of this crucial shift. Through a comprehensive survey of the surviving repertory, Julie Cumming shows that the motet is best understood on the level of the subgenre. She employs new ideas about categories taken from cognitive psychology and evolutionary theory to illuminate the process by which the subgenres of the motet arose and evolved. One important finding is the nature and extent of the crucial role that English music played in the genre’s transformation. Cumming provides a close reading of many little-known pieces; she also shows how Du Fay’s motets were the product of sophisticated experimentation with generic boundaries.
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During the lifetime of Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1400-1474) the motet underwent a profound transformation. Because of the protean nature of the motet during this period, problems of definition have always stood in the way of a full understanding of this crucial shift. Through a comprehensive survey of the surviving repertory, Julie Cumming shows that the motet is best understood on the level of the subgenre. She employs new ideas about categories taken from cognitive psychology and evolutionary theory to illuminate the process by which the subgenres of the motet arose and evolved. One important finding is the nature and extent of the crucial role that English music played in the genre's transformation. Cumming provides a close reading of many little-known pieces; she also shows how Du Fay's motets were the product of sophisticated experimentation with generic boundaries.
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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on December 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1351 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The Motet in the Age of Du Fay & Tonal Structures in Early Music. (Reviews).
Author: Eleonora M. Beck
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Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 2001
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: 54
Issue: 4
Page: 1624(3)
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The Motet in the Age of Du Fay.(Review) (book review): An article from: Notes
Kevin N. Moll
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on December 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1522 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The Motet in the Age of Du Fay.(Review) (book review)
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THe journey continues.......2000-07-27
This book keeps the transylvania chronicle started in the Dark Tides Rising going and makes it even better. Players that have started this chronicle should have characters that are already 100's of years old and that are quite strong. But this section of the chronicle really tests their worth and makes the players fight for their survival.
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Real estate development is one of the great opportunities for building substantial wealth.
Developer, broker, landlord, investor, and teacher Mark B. Weiss, CCIM, offers proven strategies using his step-by-step process to achieve success, which is outlined in Secrets of a Millionaire Real Estate Developer.
If real estate development calls to mind images of Donald Trump, gleaming office towers, or imposing industrial facilities, real estate investors must realize that's only part of the picture. Opportunities to develop real estate begin on a local scale, from single-family home renovations to small apartment buildings to small commercial or retail projects, before moving to larger, more complex properties.
Secrets of a Millionaire Real Estate Developer outlines what to do and how to do it at each stage of a development project, including making decisions as the team leader and understanding the numbers. This book unravels the complexities, such as dealing with bureaucracy, financing, negotiation, taxation and zoning. This is a practical guide which clarifies the process for those new to the business, while providing advanced strategies, reference sources, and motivations for those with some experience.
Weiss shares his detailed technical knowledge to help readers:
* Determine if this is the right opportunity.
* Build diverse teams of reliable experts to get any job accomplished.
* Renovate for fast re-sale, or for long-term profit.
* Read and write a contract.
* Work with state, local, and federal governments.
Those considering a career change, landlords and investors looking to ratchet up results, real estate professionals ready to add a profit center, part-timers, and even established developers will find authoritative, real-world insights (including the author's ""Success Secrets"" not available anywhere else) to become a master real estate developer.
Customer Reviews:
Millionare Secrets.......2007-02-04
Nothing Secret about it. Get if you just want to re-educate yourself on industry facts.
Secrets? Please tell........2006-09-06
Not sure what is new or revolutionary in this book, but it does contain some useful information. But it will not tell you how to get rich quick. Good basic concepts for someone in the Real Estate or Development Business getting started. I would probably buy this book again.
Get the book from a library.......2005-12-13
If you're a novice you'll learn something from this book. Book contains a lot of general information in the abstract, but little if any nuts and bolts on the specific details of financing and putting together deals. Obtain the book from a library rather than spending your money.
Don't waste your money!.......2005-10-26
If you know anything about real estate don't waste your money. There are no secrets here just a rehash of every real estate cliche' that you have ever heard.
Good read.......2005-10-21
I am new to real estate development and found this book helpful. A lot of good examples and tips. I recommend this book to anyone starting out in the real estate development industry. The reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5 stars is because I am still looking for a book that will tell me how to evaluate land and location and if it is a good property or not.
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