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Book All I See Is Color Not Enough Light

Download or read book All I See Is Color Not Enough Light written by Will Porter and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willie Earl Porter, Jr.--better known as Will Porter--has constructed one of his finest portraits to date. A chronological portrait of himself and his experiences commissioned by society's dire need for honest introspection and self-defining text. Especially from a perspective that has been largely shushed, unappreciated and disregarded. That of the 'black' man. He tunnels twenty years into his rich past-- affording the reader a panoramic position of all the ills, insight and thrills that shaped his psyche-- only to return you back to his present-day, unscathed. Each detail shared that contributes to his molted memories is proof that shedding layers makes you light in more ways than one.

Book All the Light We Cannot See

Download or read book All the Light We Cannot See written by Anthony Doerr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti* Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris, and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the Resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).

Book Every Color of Light

Download or read book Every Color of Light written by Hiroshi Osada and published by Enchanted Lion Books. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetic and sparse, a bedtime story told by the elements.

Book Light and Color in the Outdoors

Download or read book Light and Color in the Outdoors written by Marcel Minnaert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of science springs from the observation of nature. In this classic book, the late Professor Minnaert accompanies the reader on a tour of nature's light and color and reveals the myriad phenomena that may be observed outdoors with no more than a pair of eyes and an enquiring mind. From the intriguing shape of the dapples beneath a tree on a sunny day, via rainbows, mirages, and haloes, the colors of liquid, ice, and the sky, to the appearance of the sun, moon, planets, and stars - Minnaert describes and explains them all in a clear language accessible to laymen. This new English edition is supplemented by 80 plates, over half of them in color, taken by the acclaimed photographer Pekka Parviainen, illustrating many of the phenomena - ordinary and exotic - discussed in the book.

Book Color and Light

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Gurney
  • Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Release : 2010-11-30
  • ISBN : 0740797719
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Color and Light written by James Gurney and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike many other art books only give recipes for mixing colors or describe step-by-step painting techniques, *Color and Light* answers the questions that realist painters continually ask, such as: "What happens with sky colors at sunset?", "How do colors change with distance?", and "What makes a form look three-dimensional?" Author James Gurney draws on his experience as a plain-air painter and science illustrator to share a wealth of information about the realist painter's most fundamental tools: color and light. He bridges the gap between abstract theory and practical knowledge for traditional and digital artists of all levels of experience.

Book Catching the Light

Download or read book Catching the Light written by Arthur Zajonc and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examination of the fundamental nature of light in mankind's history, world, and life.

Book The Midnight Library

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matt Haig
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2023-05-09
  • ISBN : 0525559493
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book The Midnight Library written by Matt Haig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestselling WORLDWIDE phenomenon Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick | Independent (London) Ten Best Books of the Year "A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits."—The Washington Post The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time and The Comfort Book. Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better? In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig's enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

Book Chasing the Light

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ibarionex Perello
  • Publisher : Pearson Education
  • Release : 2011-03-28
  • ISBN : 0132575531
  • Pages : 460 pages

Download or read book Chasing the Light written by Ibarionex Perello and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light. It's the most transformative tool at any photographer’s disposal. Whether the lens is turned to people, wildlife, or landscape, the creative use of light is often the difference between a snapshot and a powerful photograph. In Chasing the Light: Improving Your Photography with Available Light, renowned photographer, writer, and educator Ibarionex Perello shares his unique insights for partnering with natural light to create evocative digital images. He brings his palpable passion and personal approach rooted in decades of experience, and reveals his honed techniques for controlling focus, exposure, white balance, and sharpness to create beautiful and impactful photographs. In an industry so obsessed with gear, this book bridges the gap between the technical and the creative and returns to a personal, inspirational narrative about perceiving and photographing light. This book will enlighten photographers of all levels about • the elements of exposure, metering, and ISO • light’s impact on color and controlling color balance • combining brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness, and pattern enhancing portraits with available lighting • direction and quality of sunlight and shooting in rural and urban landscapes • the power of light in black and white

Book Think Like a Scientist

Download or read book Think Like a Scientist written by Anne Rooney and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science at its most basic is knowledge about and study of the truths of the world. A scientist studies the world around us—and sometimes within us—to learn more about the rules that govern it and the reasons why things work the way they do. In this informative book, students will read more about science and the way scientists look at a question or problem, learning through examples that range from the deepest mysteries of the human body to the far-flung reaches of space. Thought-provoking questions about medicine, animals, the universe, and much more will draw readers in and get them pondering more about the world we live in.

Book Visual Character Development in Film and Television

Download or read book Visual Character Development in Film and Television written by Michael Hanly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a unique look at visual character development in motion pictures and television by using famous works of art combined with modern works of film and television to demonstrate how to weave a visual tale. In a single shot or scene, what should we reveal about a character? What should we conceal? How can we show a character’s progression over time? In Visual Character Development in Film and Television, authors Michael Hanly and Elisabeth Rowney explain how to create compelling visual characters for the screen by analyzing fine art aesthetics and combining them with modern cinematic techniques. Full-color chapters cover character-driven approaches to costume design and makeup application, production design, cinematography and lighting, plot development, editing considerations, and more. By exploring how surroundings, habits, lifestyles – even the color of a sweater – can tell us more about a character on the screen than what can be said in dialogue alone, this book will prove a valuable resource for anyone wanting to take their filmmaking to the next level.

Book Light and Color in Nature and Art

Download or read book Light and Color in Nature and Art written by Samuel J. Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1983-03-08 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the science of light and color and its applications to photography, art, natural phenomena, and other related areas. Explains the origin of phenomena commonly encountered in nature and art, emphasizing the physical aspects but also touching on aspects of physiology and psychology that directly influence how visual images are perceived. Covers the effect of mixing color, the notion of color spaces, how atoms and molecules affect light, how light can be measured, the effect of using a lens, and many other topics. Requires little or no mathematical background. Includes questions and references for further reading.

Book Light  Gesture  and Color

Download or read book Light Gesture and Color written by Jay Maisel and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jay Maisel, hailed as one of the most brilliant, gifted photographers of all time, is much more than that. He is a mentor, teacher, and trailblazer to many photographers, and a hero to those who feel Jay’s teaching has changed the way they see and create their own photography. He is a living legend whose work is studied around the world, and whose teaching style and presentation garner standing ovations and critical acclaim every time he takes the stage. Now, for the first time ever, Jay puts his amazing insights and learning moments from a lifetime behind the lens into a book that communicates the three most important aspects of street photography: light, gesture, and color. Each page unveils something new and challenges you to rethink everything you know about the bigger picture of photography. This isn’t a book about f-stops or ISOs. It’s about seeing. It’s about being surrounded by the ordinary and learning how to find the extraordinary. It’s about training your mind, and your eyes, to see and capture the world in a way that delights, engages, and captivates your viewers, and there is nobody that communicates this, visually or through the written word, like Jay Maisel. Light, Gesture & Color is the seminal work of one of the true photographic geniuses of our time, and it can be your key to opening another level of understanding, appreciation, wonder, and creativity as you learn to express yourself, and your view of the world, through your camera. If you’re ready to break through the barriers that have held your photography back and that have kept you from making the types of images you’ve always dreamed of, and you’re ready to learn what photography is really about, you’re holding the key in your hands at this very moment.

Book Seeing Dark Things

    Book Details:
  • Author : Roy Sorensen
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2008-01-08
  • ISBN : 0199886792
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Seeing Dark Things written by Roy Sorensen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If a spinning disk casts a round shadow does this shadow also spin? When you experience the total blackness of a cave, are you seeing in the dark? Or are you merely failing to see anything (just like your blind companion)? Seeing Dark Things uses visual riddles to explore our ability to see things that do not reflect light. Shadows and holes are anomalies for the causal theory of perception, which states that anything we see must be a cause of what we see. This requirement neatly explains why you see the front of a book's jacket and not its rear when you look at it face-on. However, the causal theory has trouble explaining how you manage to see the black letters on its surface. The letters are made visible by the light they fail to reflect rather than by the light they reflect. Nevertheless, Roy Sorensen defends the causal theory of perception by treating absences as causes. His fourteen chapters draw heavily on common sense and psychology to vindicate the assumption that we perceive absences. Seeing Dark Things is philosophy for the eye. It contains fifty-nine figures designed to prompt visual judgment. Sorensen proceeds bottom-up from observation rather than top-down from theory. He regards detailed analysis of absences as premature; he hopes a future theory will refine the pictorial thinking stimulated by the book's riddles. Just as the biologist pursues genetics with fruit flies, the metaphysician can study absences by means of shadows. Shadows are metaphysical amphibians with one foot on the terra firma of common sense and the other in the murky waters of nonbeing. Sorensen portrays the causal theory of perception's confrontation with the shadows as a triumph against alien attack - a victory that deepens a theory that resonates profoundly with common sense and science. In sum, Seeing Dark Things is an unorthodox defense of an orthodox theory. "Seeing Dark Things is an adventurous philosophical exercise in the ontology and epistemology of the commonsense world. Its treatment of the many puzzles that surround such putative 'negative' entities as shadows and holes will make it a classic on the literature on privations for many yeas to come. The book is also a wonderful example of how philosophy can be done without falling into the traps of the academic rigmarole. Sorensen is truly unique in his capacity to bring together classic philosophers, contemporary authors, and ticklish anecdotes." - Achille Varzi, Columbia University "This is a wonderful book, full of a profound, unsettling cleverness and weirdly satisfying counter-intuitiveness that the subject requires...a great book." - Richard Marshall, Bookforum "Sorensen is an extraordinarily fertile and imaginative philosopher, drawing widely on philosophy, physics, biology and vision science to mine his chosen quarry. His arguments, anecdotes and examples are always engaging. Add them to his effortless style and you have a rare commodity - a book of serious philosophy that many non-professionals will enjoy." - Ian Phillips, Times Literary Supplement "Sorensen's book is certainly fascinating and richly thought-provoking... he argues carefully and clearly in favour of his key claims, all of which merit very serious consideration, even if they sometimes provoke one to construct and defend alternative views. That, however, is surely the hallmark of the very best kind of philosophy writing. Seeing Dark Things is a model of this kind." - E.J. Lowe, Philosophy

Book A Gathering of Shadows

    Book Details:
  • Author : V. E. Schwab
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2016-02-23
  • ISBN : 0765376490
  • Pages : 513 pages

Download or read book A Gathering of Shadows written by V. E. Schwab and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab "Addictive and immersive, A Gathering of Shadows cements this series as a must-read." —Entertainment Weekly, grade A Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, Kell is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila, who disappeared from the docks like she always meant to do. As Red London finalizes preparations for the Element Games-an extravagant international competition of magic, meant to entertain and keep healthy the ties between neighboring countries-a certain pirate ship draws closer, carrying old friends back into port. But while Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the Games, another London is coming back to life, and those who were thought to be forever gone have returned. After all, a shadow that was gone in the night reappears in the morning, and so it seems Black London has risen again-and so to keep magic's balance, another London must fall...in V.E. Schwab's A Gathering of Shadows. Shades of Magic series 1. A Darker Shade of Magic 2. A Gathering of Shadows 3. A Conjuring of Light At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Relax and Write

Download or read book Relax and Write written by Maia Danziger and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relax & Write'¢ is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in doing creative work. The book distills Maia Danziger's unique method for unlocking the unconscious and using the rich material found there for life and art. For writers - whether you're a novice or a novelist - Relax & Write'¢ proves the blank page is nothing to fear.Structured as 12 different journeys, Relax & Write'¢ teaches deep relaxation techniques and leads the reader through a series of guided meditation exercises. The process soon forges an infinitely repeatable path, a clear and easily accessible way to get deep writing done. As she skillfully builds your writing into a practice, Danziger also demystifies the process, sharing insights and anecdotes from her experiences and those of her students.Playful, poetic and, most important, practical, Relax & Write'¢ empowers writers to awaken the inner voice they've always wanted to hear.

Book The American Pressman

Download or read book The American Pressman written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Freshair Painting

    Book Details:
  • Author : Reif Erickson
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2009-02
  • ISBN : 1438912978
  • Pages : 126 pages

Download or read book Freshair Painting written by Reif Erickson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a call to ones attention in identifying their true and diving nature. Which are ones true expression of life, and its nature. Are you listening to the call or are you ignoring its call? This book will furnish information to maintain the proper relationship with one self. In maintaining this relationship one must be fully conscious of ones total being in and of its needs. This book provides information from both eastern and western philosophies. The focus is to encourage reconnection to ones real self through the use of meditation, proper diet, and by using physical and mental exercises. We have the ability to transform ourselves; all the power is provided within us, the key is to use it. In taking posession of this power and to do what is needed hopefully one will receive the insight to the roots of many physical and mental problems, which has cause continuous struggles of ones outser self. In this book I have addressed the need for harmony of body and spirit, for one to be totally balance in one s physical and mental expression. With the use of specifics for bodily ailments and meditation, and other mental exercises of affirmations and mantras are given to improve balance. The ultimate goal is to inspire and educate others in ways to promote harmony and balance for a better human existence.