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2012
Umbrellas Photography
photography lighting tips lighting stands and umbrellas part 2
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Cowboystudio 33 inch Photography Studio Translucent Shoot Through White Umbrella $6.99 Photo-Studio-Supplies 33″ Translucent Reflector Umbrella… |
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Cowboystudio Photography/Video Portrait Umbrella Continuous Triple Lighting Kit with Three Day Light CFL Bulbs, Umbrellas, Stands, and Carrying Case For Product, Portrait, and Video Shoots $59.99 CowboyStudio Photography/Video Umbrella Continuous Triple Lighting Kit with Three Day Light CFL Bulbs, Umbrellas, Stands, and Carrying Case for Product, Portrait, and Video Shoots includes Three (3) 45 Watt 5500k Daylight bulbs, Two (2) 7 Ft light stand, One (1) Mini Light stand, Three (3) Light Socket, Two (2) 33 inch White umbrella, One (1) Padded Carrying Case… |
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CowboyStudio 43-Inch Black and White Umbrella for Photography and Video Lighting Reflective $11.00 This black/white umbrellas serves as a quick set up reflective umbrella, acting as a quick modifier for your light. This umbrellas helps direct your light as needed and is great for in studio and on location photo shoots…. |
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Paris Umbrella Romance Vintage Photography Poster Print 12×36 $7.95 This print features an image of a couple kissing under an umbrella in Paris, France…. |
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Paris Umbrella Romance Decorative Photography Poster Print 12×36 $7.95 This poster features an image of a couple kissing under an umbrella in Paris…. |
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Roni Chastain Photography – red stripe umbrellas on red wooden tables at amusement park – Tile Pen Holders-5 inch tile pen holder $34.99 red stripe umbrellas on red wooden tables at amusement park Tile Pen Holder is great on a desk or counter top. Made of high quality solid wood with a satin finish. Image displayed on one inset high gloss 4.25″ x 4.25″ ceramic tile. Overall size is 5″ x 5″ x 1 2/3″ with 3- 1 1/3″ top holes…. |
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David Busch’s Guide to Canon Flash Photography (David Busch’s Digital Photography Guides) $15.98 Do you wish you had the most essential information you need to shoot compelling photos using your Canon dSLR’s built-in or add-on flash unit DAVID BUSCH’S GUIDE TO CANON FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY is the solution. This book will teach you the fundamentals of good flash photography and show you how to shoot specific flash situations and subjects under a variety of conditions. Clear and concise explanations … |
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Plate to Pixel: Digital Food Photography & Styling $15.61 Tips and techniques for making food look good—before it tastes good!Food photography is on the rise, with the millions of food bloggers around the word as well as foodies who document their meals or small business owners who are interested in cutting costs by styling and photographing their own menu items, and this book should serve as your first course in food photography. Discover how the food… |
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David Busch’s Flash Photography Compact Field Guide (David Busch’s Digital Photography Guides) $7.58 Do you wish you had the most essential information you need to shoot compelling photos using your digital camera’s built-in or add-on electronic flash? DAVID BUSCH’S FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY COMPACT FIELD GUIDE is your solution. This new, lay-flat, spiral-bound, reference guide condenses all the must-have information you need for shooting great flash photos into a portable book you’ll want to permanently… |
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LimoStudio Photography Studio Chromakey Green Screen Background Kit – 1000 Watt Photo Video Light Lighting Kit – Photo Umbrella Black / Silver Reflector Light, AGG116 $94.42 (2) x 86″ Tall Air Cushion Spring Light Stand (1) x 15″ Tall Table Top Light Stand Solid Safety 3 Legs Stages Indutrial Standard Mounting Stud Solid Locking System for Light Safety (2) x 33″ Black & Silver Photo Studio Umbrella Reflector Silver reflective internal face and Black back side - Silver Internal Face: Minimize Light Loss & Maximize Light Spread - Silver: for contrast and increase highli… |
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Buyenlarge 022248P2030 Making Umbrellas 20×30 poster $31.73 Series: Japan Photography. Artist: Suzuki. Period:. Source country: Japan. Source Year: 1897. Umbrella manufacturing more on the order of parasols. 20inch by 30 inch poster print on standard paper. All files are stored digitally and are ready for reproduction. The quality is closely monitored to ensure professional results. This item takes 59 businessdays to ship |
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Umbrellas Hanging on Trees, Yangzhou, China $39.99 Panoramic Images Umbrellas Hanging on Trees, Yangzhou, China – Photographic Print |
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RPS RS-4082 Light Kit 2 Lights Umbrellas Stands $159.94 This kit is designed for quality digital studio photography both in the light that it produces and in the workmanship of the materials. The light heads feature ceramic sockets for long life bayonating reflectors for secure fit and a shape that is designed |
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Tabletop Photography $11.95 Imagine capturing stunning, professional-looking product shots without needing a studio filled with expensive equipment and large flash units. This book teaches all the steps for creating your own tabletop photography studio. Affordable compact flashes offer a number of creative lighting options within your tabletop studio; and the appropriate lighting and backdrop, and the creative use of your camera’s features are key to a perfect image. Author Cyrill Harnischmacher guides you through a variety of exposure and lighting techniques, and covers how to achieve excellent results using compact flash units. Whether you wish to capture product images for use in print or on the web, or you want to improve your photos for personal use, this book will provide you with everything you need to know to get great results. Topics include: Lighting Setups; Reflectors, Diffusors, and Accessories; Soft Boxes and Umbrellas; Strobe Flashes; Combining Long Exposures with Flashlights; Multi-Flash Exposures; Composition and Arrangements; Creating Backdrops; Product Photography; Smoke, Fog, and Special Effects; Food Photography and much more… |
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Children’s Portrait Photography Handbook $19.99 Packed with practical techniques that both inform and inspire, this professional guidebook to photographing babies, small children, and teenagers presents new strategies to maximize client cooperation and ensure smooth sessions. The entire child-based photographic process is addressed, including proper equipment selection, physical and behavioral controls for young subjects, working with black-and-white exposures, assessing raw versusJPEG modes, and evaluating digital exposures by determining over- and underexposure metering. Chapters devoted to mastering studio lighting?from direct and diffused lighting tactics to employing the use of umbrellas and softboxes?as well as working in sunlight and twilight environmentsis also featured. |
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Lighting for Digital Photography $19.99 Now that you’ve had your DSLR for a while, are you ready to take a much closer look at what creating a great image is all about? It’s all about light! The ability to see, influence, modify, control, and create light will take your images from snapshots to great shots! In Lighting for Digital Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, photographer and bestselling author Syl Arena begins with a primer on light itselfhow to see its direction, intensity, color, contrast, and hardnessand quickly moves on to discussions of shooting both indoors and outdoors in the many different conditions of natural or man-made light. Then the book digs in to begin creating light with photographic lights, whether that’s small flash or big strobe, the pop-up flash on your DSLR or continuous lights. Follow along with Syl and you will: Learn the basics (and beyond) of light modifiers that make light bigger and softer, such as umbrellas, softboxes, beauty dishes, and diffusion panels Understand how to control and shape the light itself with flags, grids, snoots, and the zoom function on your flash Appreciate the color temperature of light (whether that’s the sun, a light bulb, or a flash), and how to influence it with white balance settings on your camera and colored gels on your flash Learn how to take great pictures across many different genres, from product and still life images, to simple (and not so simple) portraits and group shots With Lighting for Digital Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, you’ll learn not only how light behavesyou’ll learn all you need to know to get started on the journey of creating and controlling light in order to make great shots. And once you’ve got the shot, show it off! Join the book’s Flickr group, share your photos, and discuss how you get great shots at flickr.com/groups/lightingfromsnapshotstogreatshots. |
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Interfit INT160 EZ Lite Portable Studio Lighting Kit with (2) 500w Tungsten Lamp Heads (2) Stands (2) Umbrellas + Tripod and Cleaning Kit $159.95 This Interfit EZ-Lite kit (INT160) comes with all you need for a quick easy portable studio including two (2) EZ-Lite Tungsten heads two (2) 12-inch (30cm) metal reflectors two (2) lighting stands two (2) translucent umbrellas and two (2) 500-watt Tungsten lamps. |
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RPS Studio Deluxe Wireless Speedlite Studio Kit 2 Umbrellas 2 Stands 4-Channel Wireless Transmitter 2 Receivers Case + Tripod Kit $174.95 The RS-4038 Portable Speedlite Studio Kit is the perfect complement to your flashes and digital SLR camera. With two stands two flash mounts two dual-purpose umbrellas (which can be used as reflectors and diffusers) two wireless receivers and a 4-channel wireless transmitter this kit it all you need to turn your standard flash units into a portable studio! Includes handy carrying case. |
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The Naked and the Lens: A Guide to Nude Photography $23.57 The Naked and the Lens is designed as both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration. Filled with beautiful images of the nude form, it also shows you how this can be technically achieved. The book covers key topics: concept, lighting, directing, post-production, and artisic re-interpretation and how to find models. Legal and photo release issues are covered as well. The techniques are up-to-date, including Photoshop CS4, RAW capture and shooting with a gray card to capture accurate white balance information. The lighting section will also show how to get studio quality light from hot-shoe flashes by adapting them to umbrellas and soft boxes. Regardless of whether you are shooting in a studio or in a field, this book will show you how to create works of art with nude bodies and it will also teach through advice in a unique interview section with leading nude photographers around the world through their words and their images. *lavishly illustrated by contributors around the globe – to both inspire you and show detailed techniques of how to get the shot *contains interviews with contributors – which contains key information on how to be successful *not only does this book show you techniques, but also helps you out with the details such as finding models and model releases to be sure you have a subject to work with |
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RPS Studio 480 Watt/Second SB-160 Monolite Studio Kit (RS-SB/SLK3) 3 Strobes 3 Umbrellas 3 Stands PC Cords Infrared Trigger Case + Tripod + Cleaning Kit $354.95 The RPS Studio Portable Monolite Kit features three 160 watt/second (w/s) monolites for a total power output of 480 w/s that are adjustable from full down to 1/8th power. Each monolight features a built-in modeling light audible ready indicator and built-in slave cell. This kit comes with a wireless trigger that attaches to your cameras hot shoe two 36 white umbrellas and one 36 silver umbrella that slide into a holder just under the flash head. Also included are three 66 aluminum 3-section light stands that feature secure and quick acting flip locks. Finally everything fits neatly into a heavy duty and heavily padded nylon storage bag with adjustable dividers. |
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RPS Studio 600 Watt/Second SB-200 Monolite Studio Kit (RS-SB/DLK3) 3 Strobes & Stands 2 Umbrellas Soft Box PC Cords Wireless Flash Trigger Case + Tripod $434.95 The RPS Studio Portable Monolite Kit features three 200 watt/second (w/s) monolites for a total power output of 600 w/s that are adjustable from full down to 1/8th power. Each monolight features a built-in modeling light audible ready indicator and built-in slave cell. This kit comes with a wireless trigger that attaches to your cameras hot shoe one 36 white umbrella one 36 silver umbrella and one softbox that slide into a holder just under the flash head. Also included are three 66 aluminum 3-section light stands that feature secure and quick acting flip locks. Finally everything fits neatly into a heavy duty and heavily padded nylon storage bag with adjustable dividers. |
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This Is Strobist Info: Your Setup Guide to Flash Photography $20.24 In 2009, photographer Dustin Diaz began a "365 project," the goal of which is to shoot and share one picture per day for a year. Not only did Diaz actually complete the project-an achievement in and of itself-he consistently shared both the final image and the behind-the-scenes setup shot for that image, allowing the viewer to see how the shot was arranged. He also included information about exposure, flash power, distance, and light modifiers. The project was a huge hit that attracted thousands of followers. This Is Strobist(R) Info recreates and expands upon this approach by featuring an image alongside a setup shot that helpfully explains how that image was created. By showing the finished pictures as well as the setup shots for 50 of Diaz’s images, you’ll gain tons of knowledge about the basics-and beyond-of flash photography, including everything from simple one-light shots to images created with five lights and numerous gels, clamps, umbrellas, softboxes, and grids. Additionally, This Is Strobist(R) Info includes two chapters that guide you through the basics of starting your own lighting kit and explain the important but often-misunderstood inverse square law. |
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E-Shaped Camera Camcorder Flashlight Bracket Holder (Black) $11.49 This E-shaped bracket holder helps to hold your flashlights/ umbrellas stably. |
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Metal Camera Top E-Type Base (Black) $14.49 This D-type base helps to hold the lights and umbrellas stable for you. |
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The Digital Photographer’s Guide to Light Modifiers $19.99 Focusing exclusively on light modifiers and making the most of the least equipment, this in-depth handbook is ideal for use by professional photographers and advanced amateurs. Including diagrams to facilitate learning and adapting technique, step-by-step critiques of several portrait sessions, and an extensive review of tools of manipulation?from barn doors and snoots to gels, umbrellas, and strip boxes?this invaluable tool reveals the precise steps for obtaining dimension and realism in any type of portrait. This resource is a must-have for seasoned photographers looking to discover a treasure trove of fresh, creative lighting inspiration. |
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Master Lighting Guide for Wedding Photographers $19.99 Master the demanding lighting needs for weddings of any variety with this comprehensive guide from an industry expert. All the basics are covered, including how to choose and use the right equipment, how to control light and shadow while outdoors, how to utilize ambient room light and natural light, and how to ensure the best color balance for each image. Technical tips from 40 top wedding photographers cover such specifics as producing window-light images and using such tools as scrims, umbrellas, and gobos. With the right lighting know-how, a photographer can capture with ease the candid looks and pure emotions of the wedding party. |
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Master Lighting Guide for Commercial Photographers $19.99 From lighting glass objects to photographing models indoorsand out, this handbook demonstrates how to effectively use and manipulate light using a variety of traditional and unconventional lighting equipment. Written for both the professional and the serious amateur photographer, this guide explains the different types of light and how to work with modifiers such as panels, umbrellas, grids, and mirrors. More than 100 detailed lighting diagrams help ensure proper placement and are useful while pitching ideas to clients. Money-saving equipment and accessory alternatives are discussed along with strategies for working through obstacles during a shoot, making this manuala must-have resource for success on everyproject. |
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This Is Strobist Info $19.99 In 2009, photographer Dustin Diaz began a 365 project, the goal of which is to shoot and share one picture per day for a year. Not only did Diaz actually complete the projectan achievement in and of itselfhe consistently shared both the final image and the behind-the-scenes setup shot for that image, allowing the viewer to see how the shot was arranged. He also included information about exposure, flash power, distance, and light modifiers. The project was a huge hit that attracted thousands of followers. This Is Strobist Info recreates and expands upon this approach by featuring an image alongside a setup shot that helpfully explains how that image was created. By showing the finished pictures as well as the setup shots for 50 of Diaz’s images, you’ll gain tons of knowledge about the basicsand beyondof flash photography, including everything from simple one-light shots to images created with five lights and numerous gels, clamps, umbrellas, softboxes, and grids. Additionally, This Is Strobist Info includes two chapters that guide you through the basics of starting your own lighting kit and explain the important but often-misunderstood inverse square law. |
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The Naked and the Lens $34.95 The Naked and the Lens is designed as both a technical guide and an artistic inspiration. Filled with beautiful images of the nude form, it also shows you how this can be technically achieved. The book covers key topics: concept, lighting, directing, post-production, and artisic re-interpretation and how to find models. Legal and photo release issues are covered as well. The techniques are up-to-date, including Photoshop CS?, RAW capture and shooting with a gray card to capture accurate white balance information. The lighting section will also show how to get studio quality light from hot-shoe flashes by adapting them to umbrellas and soft boxes. Regardless of whether you are shooting in a studio or in a field, this book will show you how to create works of art with nude bodies and it will also teach through advice in a unique interview section with leading nude photographers around the world through their words and their images. |
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The Digital Photographer’s Guide to Light Modifiers: Techniques for Sculpting with Light $16.13 Focusing exclusively on light modifiers and making the most of the least equipment, this in-depth handbook is ideal for use by the beginner and advanced amateurs who wish to take their photography to the next level. Including diagrams and lighting set scenes to facilitate learning and adapting technique, step-by-step critiques of several portrait sessions, and an extensive review of a variety of light modifying tools–from barn doors and snoots to gels, umbrellas, and strip boxes–this invaluable textbook style book reveals the precise steps for obtaining dimension and depth for indoor and outdoor portrait sessions. This resource is a must-have for beginner photographers looking to discover a treasure trove of fresh, creative lighting inspiration, that will surely help add diversity and creative style to your photography. |
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Canon Speedlite System Digital Field Guide $3.95 Photography is all about light. Canon Speedlites give you the next best thing to cumbersome studio lighting – wireless flash units that you can actually pack in your camera bag and take along. Tuck this full-color book in there, too. It will help you maximize the effectiveness of your Speedlites and help you create professional lighting effects in more than a dozen unique settings. With this "Digital Field Guide" you’ll: Learn all your Speedlite’s settings and how to use E-TTL metering. Experiment with bounce flash, fill flash, and using multiple flash units. Set up a portable wireless studio with backgrounds, umbrellas, and soft boxes. Use Speedlites to light professional-quality shots ranging from studio portraits to concerts to product photography. Explore exposure, lens choices, and lighting for outdoor portraits, still lifes, and much more. Order your copy today |
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Ideas That Changed the World $24.99 Ideas that Changed the World combines the quality and breadth of a modern design museum with the high standards of a DK reference title. Stunning photography and beautifully written stories work together to give the reader a unique experience. We don’t just show you what’s ground-breaking about a space suit, we explain its place in history and space exploration, and the other inventions it has influenced. Readers will be struck with wonder by each item and sense the excitement that so many discoveries inspire. Each subject is introduced through text and a close-up photograph. Captivating icons lead the reader further into the story behind the object and then on to a collections spread featuring similar inventions and developments that shaped the design before and afterward. Some of the incredible inventions and ideas featured are: microscope (Charles Darwin’s), telescope (Isaac Newton’s), antibiotics, elevators, eyeglasses, the bicycle, auto pilot, the blackboard (as used by Albert Einstein), tin cans, umbrellas, buttons, TV, satellites, submarines, Captain Cook’s travel cooking implements, the wheel, cement, a volcanologist’s heat-proof uniform, the first Roman coin, bar codes, the first video game, the Walkman, the first Apple computer, surf boards, film animation, and much, much more! |
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The River Goddess & Other Stories $27.42 Dr. Valentine McKay-Riddell holds a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (ITP) in Palo Alto, California, and a BFA in Painting and Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. She studied Creative Writing, Education, and Child Psychology at the University of Texas in Austin; Painting and Sculpture at the University of Nebraska in Omaha; Psychology at St. Mary’s College in Orinda, California; and Arts and Consciousness at John F. Kennedy University, also in Orinda. She is a member of ITP’s Global Adjunct Faculty and currently serves as Co-President of ITP’s Alumni Association. Valentine is Founding Executive Director of Orenda Healing International, a 501c.3. nonprofit organization devoted to promoting individual and community health and well-being. OHI umbrellas many of her research projects, which currently include filmmaking as art therapy with incarcerated youth and filmmaking as catalyst for intergenerational healing among Native American youth and elders. Born in Orlando, Florida, she has lived in Canada, Mexico, and much of the United States, and has traveled in England, Ireland, and the British West Indies. She has taught art-making to young people and adults since 1965, and Healing Art-a shamanic art-making process she developed in 1984 to heal herself of cancer-to AIDS and cancer patients; incarcerated, homeless, and challenged youth; developmentally disabled adults; and women in transition in Texas, California, Oregon, and New Mexico. She is a certified Reiki Master in the Usui Lineage. Valentine has a private practice in holistic counseling and shamanic healing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she currently teaches multicultural art therapy at Southwestern College. Free time is spent with husband Lewis Riddell on nature photography shoots, writing fantasy for young adults, and visiting her two daughters and five grandchildren. |
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The Pendeli Hotel, Platres: 7 nights Bed and Breakfast $1020 The Pendeli Hotel is a rustic and friendly haven situated in a secluded corner of the Troodos Mountains amidst pine trees close to the centre of the village of Platres in Cyprus. Family-owned and offering excellent service with warm hospitality, this elegant 3 Star hotel has a cordial atmosphere, plenty of leisure activities, excellent dining and 81 comfortable guestrooms, most with stunning views of the mountains and pine forests.Paphos airport is 60 km from the hotel.Local Tips: The nearby Troodos Mountains harbour countless monasteries and traditional hillside villages, which make for pleasant exploring. Limassol and the coast are only a 40-minute drive to enjoy a day at the beach.Food, drink and entertainment: Bed and breakfast accommodation with options for half board and full board. The Pendeli Hotel has quite a few dining options including the Nightingales Caf? at the lobby for snacks and sports events on the TV, the Laurels Dining Room and Veranda for all day dining indoors and outdoors with a set menu and a la carte specialities, the Robin’s Nest bar (with fireplace for the winter months), pool bar during July and August, and the Cedar Rooms for special events.Sports, games and activities: Heated open-air swimming pool (open from May until November), sun beds, umbrellas, fitness room, Jacuzzi, sauna, a small library, games room, and a toddler play area. SPA treatments are reflexology Swedish massage and Aromatherapy. Guests can also enjoy nature walks, mountain bicycling, and photography. Horseback riding is available from Troodos square during the summer months. Some services and activities with charge.Additional: 24 hour reception, currency exchange, information and maps for walks and places of interest, mail and messages, lift access to all floors, self drive car hire, safe deposit envelopes, wake-up calls, meeting and conference rooms for business meetings, seminars, and celebrating events, Internet access available with charge, small covered parking and open air parking.The Pendeli Hotel features 81 guestrooms with 2 twin beds or a queen-sized bed.All rooms have a three-piece bathroom, ceiling-fan, colour television, direct-dial telephone, hairdryer, baby listening, clock-radio, and balcony with two chairs and a small coffee table. Mini-refrigerators are available upon request, as are coffee/tea making facilities at a supplement. Some rooms are interconnecting. Some rooms are suitable for handicapped guests. Non-smoking rooms are available. |
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The Pendeli Hotel, Platres: 7 nights Half Board $1522 The Pendeli Hotel is a rustic and friendly haven situated in a secluded corner of the Troodos Mountains amidst pine trees close to the centre of the village of Platres in Cyprus. Family-owned and offering excellent service with warm hospitality, this elegant 3 Star hotel has a cordial atmosphere, plenty of leisure activities, excellent dining and 81 comfortable guestrooms, most with stunning views of the mountains and pine forests.Paphos airport is 60 km from the hotel.Local Tips: The nearby Troodos Mountains harbour countless monasteries and traditional hillside villages, which make for pleasant exploring. Limassol and the coast are only a 40-minute drive to enjoy a day at the beach.Food, drink and entertainment: Bed and breakfast accommodation with options for half board and full board. The Pendeli Hotel has quite a few dining options including the Nightingales Caf? at the lobby for snacks and sports events on the TV, the Laurels Dining Room and Veranda for all day dining indoors and outdoors with a set menu and a la carte specialities, the Robin’s Nest bar (with fireplace for the winter months), pool bar during July and August, and the Cedar Rooms for special events.Sports, games and activities: Heated open-air swimming pool (open from May until November), sun beds, umbrellas, fitness room, Jacuzzi, sauna, a small library, games room, and a toddler play area. SPA treatments are reflexology Swedish massage and Aromatherapy. Guests can also enjoy nature walks, mountain bicycling, and photography. Horseback riding is available from Troodos square during the summer months. Some services and activities with charge.Additional: 24 hour reception, currency exchange, information and maps for walks and places of interest, mail and messages, lift access to all floors, self drive car hire, safe deposit envelopes, wake-up calls, meeting and conference rooms for business meetings, seminars, and celebrating events, Internet access available with charge, small covered parking and open air parking.The Pendeli Hotel features 81 guestrooms with 2 twin beds or a queen-sized bed.All rooms have a three-piece bathroom, ceiling-fan, colour television, direct-dial telephone, hairdryer, baby listening, clock-radio, and balcony with two chairs and a small coffee table. Mini-refrigerators are available upon request, as are coffee/tea making facilities at a supplement. Some rooms are interconnecting. Some rooms are suitable for handicapped guests. Non-smoking rooms are available. |
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eBay Listings That Sell for Dummies $3.46 No matter what you want to sell on eBay–auto parts or designer apparel…weird, unique wares or pricey antiques–the principles and basic rules for successful listings are the same. "eBay Listings That Sell For Dummies" follows the advice it gives you for your ads–it tells you what you need to know without bogging you down with lots of fluff and peripheral stuff. From the mechanics to descriptive ad copy to photography to getting it on eBay, this guide covers: eBay options that can boost the appeal of your listings, including Buy It Now (BIN), Subtitle, Bold Title, Highlight, Box border, Home Page Featured, Featured Plus , and Gallery Picture (a must) Constructing catchy listings with a title that sells and keywords that pay off eBay Acronyms you’ll need to know Tackling and completing eBay’s Sell Your Item form HTML formatting basics plus some free JavaScript scripts you can use to dress up your listing Embedding images, creating thumbnails, and adding bells and whistles (or not) Buying a digital camera for taking eBay photos and equipping your "studio" Lighting correctly, and using the Cloud Dome, light cubes, panels, and umbrellas Retrieving your images and uploading them to a server (your free ISP space, AOL, eBay, eBay’s Picture Manager, or others) Editing your photos, including cropping, enhancing, resizing, sharpening, and more A checklist of techniques for preparing elegant, fast-loading images for your ads Sprucing up your eBay store Posting your listing to other sites such as half.com, amazon.com, and overstock.com Automating with HTML Generators, including eBay’s Turbo Lister, or Third-Party HTML generators such as Mpire.com Launcher or the authors’ free tool from www.coolebaytools.com Written by eBay pros Marsha Collier, a successful PowerSeller, and Patti Louise Ruby, a trainer at eBay University events and eBay Live, "eBay Listings That Sell For Dummies" is loaded with tricks of the trade. It’s complete with step-by-step instructions for many tasks, tables and checklists, lots of screen shots, and examples of good and bad ads. With this friendly guide, your merchandise will quickly be going…going…gone on eBay. |
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eBay Listings That Sell For Dummies $27.99 No matter what you want to sell on eBay—auto parts or designer apparel…weird, unique wares or pricey antiques—the principles and basic rules for successful listings are the same. eBay Listings That Sell For Dummies follows the advice it gives you for your ads—it tells you what you need to know without bogging you down with lots of fluff and peripheral stuff. From the mechanics to descriptive ad copy to photography to getting it on eBay, this guide covers: eBay options that can boost the appeal of your listings, including Buy It Now (BIN), Subtitle, Bold Title, Highlight, Box border, Home Page Featured, Featured Plus!,  and Gallery Picture (a must) Constructing catchy listings with a title that sells and keywords that pay off eBay Acronyms you’ll need to know Tackling and completing eBay’s Sell Your Item form HTML formatting basics plus some free JavaScript scripts you can use to dress up your listing Embedding images, creating thumbnails, and adding bells and whistles (or not) Buying a digital camera for taking eBay photos and equipping your “studio” Lighting correctly, and using the Cloud Dome, light cubes, panels, and umbrellas Retrieving your images and uploading them to a server (your free ISP space, AOL, eBay, eBay’s Picture Manager, or others) Editing your photos, including cropping, enhancing, resizing, sharpening, and more A checklist of techniques for preparing elegant, fast-loading images for your ads Sprucing up your eBay store Posting your listing to other sites such as half.com, amazon.com, and overstock.com Automating with HTML Generators, including eBay’s Turbo Lister, or Third-Party HTML generators such as Mpire.com Launcher or the authors’ free tool from www.coolebaytools.com Written by eBay pros Marsha Collier, a successful PowerSeller, and Patti Louise Ruby, a trainer at eBay University events and eBay Live, eBay Listings That Sell For Dummies is loaded with tricks of the trade. It’s complete with step-by-step instructions for many tasks, tables and checklists, lots of screen shots, and examples of good and bad ads. With this friendly guide, your merchandise will quickly be going…going…gone on eBay. |
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43 Inch 43” Black and White Umbrella For Photography and Video Lighting Reflective $12.93 This black/white umbrellas serves as a quick set up reflective umbrella, acting as a quick modifier for your light. This umbrellas helps direct your light as needed and is great for in studio and on location photo shoots. |
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Children’s Portrait $189.4 Packed with practical techniques that both inform and inspire, this professional guidebook to photographing babies, small children, and teenagers presents new strategies to maximize client cooperation and ensure smooth sessions. The entire child-based photographic process is addressed, including proper equipment selection, physical and behavioral controls for young subjects, working with black-and-white exposures, assessing raw versus JPEG modes, and evaluating digital exposures by determining over- and underexposure metering. Chapters devoted to mastering studio lighting–from direct and diffused lighting tactics to employing the use of umbrellas and softboxes–as well as working in sunlight and twilight environments is also featured. |
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Children’s Portrait Photography Handbook $19.99 Packed with practical techniques that both inform and inspire, this professional guidebook to photographing babies, small children, and teenagers presents new strategies to maximize client cooperation and ensure smooth sessions. The entire child-based photographic process is addressed, including proper equipment selection, physical and behavioral controls for young subjects, working with black-and-white exposures, assessing raw versus JPEG modes, and evaluating digital exposures by determining over- and underexposure metering. Chapters devoted to mastering studio lighting—from direct and diffused lighting tactics to employing the use of umbrellas and softboxes—as well as working in sunlight and twilight environments is also featured. |
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CowboyStudio 3-Light Photography Studio Umbrella Continuous Lighting Kit w/ Carry Case $78 This kit provides 600 Watts of continuous lighting and it is a very good start for beginners. Entire kit sets up in minutes, and very easy to operate. This kit includes: Two (2) Top Quality 7 Ft Tripods/Light Stands, One (1) Mini Light Stand, Three (3) High quality light sockets, Two (2) High quality 33 Soft umbrellas, Three (3) Compact fluorescent daylight balanced photo light bulbs, 45 Watt/5000K, UL listed, One (1) Carrying Case for the Kit. |
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CowboyStudio 550W Photography Studio Lighting kit, Backdrop Support, 10 x 12ft White Backdrop $145.99 The brand new complete photo lighting packaging is designed to provide all the necessary tools for professional still shot portrait photos and video. The kit includes: Two (2) High Quality Light Sockets?? Two (2) Top Quality Light Stands?? Two (2) White Translucent Photo Umbrellas?? Two (2) 65 Watt 5000K Compact Fluorescent Daylight Light Bulbs?? One (1) Complete Background Support Set (includes tripods and cross bar)?? One (1) Carrying Case for Background Support?? One (1) 10 x 12 ft White Seamless Muslin Backdrop. |
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CowboyStudio HK-CARRYINGCASE Photo Equipment Zipper Bag w/ Shoulder Strap for Light Stand, Accessory $25 This CowboyStudio Photography Equipment Zipper Bag is the ideal case for your traveling studio. This zippered bag is great for transporting light stands, umbrellas, and other accessories. This zipper bag is made of a very durable material and is extremely light weight and convenient to carry. It is perfect for your studio on-the-go. Long and study, this zippered bag is great for transporting light stands, umbrellas, and other accessories. Foam padded walls protect your equipment from dings and scratches. A detachable shoulder strap is included as well. This order includes: One (1) Carry case, One (1) Removable shoulder strap |
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ELINCHROM RECTA LIGHT BANK 28X68 $1099.99 Since their invention in 1982, their npatented construction and design has won these large lightweight softboxes worldwide popularity.Basically they are huge umbrellas, Octogonal, Square or Rectangular with a lightweight rigid central mount for the lamphead inside the unit & Elinchrom flashtube at the point of focus. The optical result is a light source, which is so even at the diffuser surface, that many famous photographers use the Octa as a single light source for portrait photography. In the USA it is simply called The Beauty light. The exceptional softness of the light has not only resulted in sales of many of thousands of units, but each year sales accelerate, partly due to the availability of adapters to other flash systems which do not have comparable light sources. |
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HENSEL ECONOMY UMBRELLA B&W (32 ) #3180 $36 The white umbrellas are the right choice for all cases when soft light with soft shadows is needed. For portrait or fashion photography as general light or as fill light – endless uses!For the use with umbrellas we recommend the umbrella flood reflector. It directs the stray light into the umbrella in order to raise the light output. Their features are the same as the famous master white umbrellas, but with harder and more brilliant light characteristics. |
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Hensel Master White 32 Diameter Photographic Umbrella. $78 The white umbrellas are the right choice for all cases when soft light with soft shadows is needed. For portrait or fashion photography as general light or as fill light – endless uses!For the use with umbrellas we recommend the umbrella flood reflector. It directs the stray light into the umbrella in order to raise the light output. |
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Hensel Master White 42 Diameter Photographic Umbrella. $102 The white umbrellas are the right choice for all cases when soft light with soft shadows is needed. For portrait or fashion photography as general light or as fill light – endless uses!For the use with umbrellas we recommend the umbrella flood reflector. It directs the stray light into the umbrella in order to raise the light output. |
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INTERFIT SXT3200 2-HEAD KIT #INT114 $199.99 A remarkably simple lighting system. Interfit Lighting is the preferred educational tools in many learning establishments around the world, chosen for their simple and easy use. The SXT3200 is available in two highly specified kits, both available with an educational training DVD especially commissioned to show just how easy tungsten lighting can be for first time or advanced users. The DVD is feature packed for both product and portrait photography. It also includes many professional tips on getting the best results from the system and setting up your camera. The Two head SXT3200 kit includes an all in one carry case for storage and transportation along with 2 air-cushioned lighting stands, 2 SXT3200 heads, 2 umbrellas and power cables. In addition to the above kit, the three head kit includes a newly developed background cloth and hook support system. It also includes a 3rd SXT3200 head and lighting stand to provide the background illumination. The new SXT3200 benefits from an extensive range of accessories via the S type bayonet fittings allowing most of the Interfit Stellar or Venus creative light shaping tools to be used. Of particular benefit is the new RF5000 ‘beauty dish’ for stunning fashion and portraits photographs. Tungsten lighting is compatible with all digital cameras. Additionally effective for tungsten balanced 400 asa color film or for traditional black and white film enthusiasts. |
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INTERFIT SXT3200 3-HEAD KIT #INT115 $386.95 A remarkably simple lighting system. Interfit Lighting is the preferred educational tools in many learning establishments around the world, chosen for their simple and easy use. The SXT3200 is available in two highly specified kits, both available with an educational training DVD especially commissioned to show just how easy tungsten lighting can be for first time or advanced users. The DVD is feature packed for both product and portrait photography. It also includes many professional tips on getting the best results from the system and setting up your camera. The Two head SXT3200 kit includes an all in one carry case for storage and transportation along with 2 air-cushioned lighting stands, 2 SXT3200 heads, 2 umbrellas and power cables. In addition to the above kit, the three head kit includes a newly developed background cloth and hook support system. It also includes a 3rd SXT3200 head and lighting stand to provide the background illumination. The new SXT3200 benefits from an extensive range of accessories via the S type bayonet fittings allowing most of the Interfit Stellar or Venus creative light shaping tools to be used. Of particular benefit is the new RF5000 ‘beauty dish’ for stunning fashion and portraits photographs. Tungsten lighting is compatible with all digital cameras. Additionally effective for tungsten balanced 400 asa color film or for traditional black and white film enthusiasts. |
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Ideas That Changed the World $24.99 The Big Ideas that Changed the World combines the quality and breadth of a modern design museum with the high standards of a DK reference title. Stunning photography and beautifully written stories work together to give the reader a unique experience. We don’t just show you what’s ground-breaking about a space suit, we explain its place in history and space exploration, and the other inventions it has influenced. Readers will be struck with wonder by each item and sense the excitement that so many discoveries inspire.Each subject is introduced through text and a close-up photograph. Captivating icons lead the reader further into the story behind the object and then on to a collections spread featuring similar inventions and developments that shaped the design before and afterward.Some of the incredible inventions and ideas featured are: microscope (Charles Darwin’s), telescope (Isaac Newton’s), antibiotics, elevators, eyeglasses, the bicycle, auto pilot, the blackboard (as used by Albert Einstein), tin cans, umbrellas, buttons, TV, satellites, submarines, Captain Cook’s travel cooking implements, the wheel, cement, a volcanologist’s heat-proof uniform, the first Roman coin, bar codes, the first video game, the Walkman, the first Apple computer, surf boards, film animation, and much, much more! |
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Impact Interview Green Screen Kit $299 This Impact Interview Green Screen Kit has everything you need for creative color key photography or videography. Impact Qualite 300 focusing floodlights (2x) offer a variable beam angle of 21 to 40 and come complete with barndoors. The included 33 translucent umbrellas may be used in bounce or shoot-through mode to soften the light their shafts slipping into convenient receptacles in the light’s mount. Once inserted umbrellas with 7 or 8mm (standard size) shafts are locked into place by tightening the fixture’s tilting knob. The Impact Multiboom stand is a useful support capable of holding a reflector as well as providing hair light or back light while the inclusion of 2 additional 8′ stands ensure a variety of potential setups. Finally a collapsible 5 x 7′ Chroma Green Background folds to approximately 1/3 its open size to fit in its own zippered slip case. KIT contents includes the following items 1) Impact Collapsible Background – 5 x 7′ (Chroma Green) 2) Impact Multiboom Light Stand and Reflector Holder – 13′ (4m) 3) Impact Qualite 300 Focusing Flood Light – 300 Watts (120VAC) 4) Impact Air-cushioned Light Stand (Black, 8′) 5) Impact White Translucent Umbrella (33 ) |
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Interfit Photographic INT157 Stellar Tungsten Umbrella Kit, with Two Lights, 2 Umbrellas, Stands & Bulbs, 1500 Total Watts. $270.59 Interfit INT157 Stellar Tungsten 750 Watts Head Twin Umbrella Kit is a good all round kit suitable for product photography, fashion and portrait photography. Choose for all round general studio photography. |
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JTL 8230 Thickly Padded Studio Carrying Case on Wheels, 29 x 10.75 x 11.75 $129.95 The JTL 8230 is a Wheeled Studio Carrying Case. This large multi purpose case can be used for storing/transporting all of your photography gear. All four sides are thickly padded with foam to protect your equipment from possible damage due to bumps incurred during transport. There is an extra external pouch for additional equipment you wish to keep separate from the others. The case is large enough for umbrellas, heavy duty enough for stands and will provide enough protection for even your most delicate equipment. |
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JTL 8232 Padded Studio Carrying Case, Black $55.11 JTL 8232 Padded Studio Carrying Case can be used for storing or transporting your photography gear. All four sides are thickly padded with foam to protect your equipment from possible damage due to bumps incurred during transport. The case is large enough for umbrellas, heavy duty enough for stands. |
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JTL DL-500 Versalight E-250 Pro Kit, with Two E-250 Monolights, Two Umbrellas, Stands Case $529.95 Designed to be an upgrade for JTL Versalight, the Versalight E is JTL’s newest professional studio series strobe light for portrait photography. Featuring a standard fan cooler, aluminum alloy housing, and a 360-degree photo slave, this light has a built-in stabilizer for providing an output precision of +/- 0.1F.It features a detachable optidress flash tube with UV correction coating (protected by a glass-made safety cover) for accurate color temperature, which is crucial for portrait pictures. In addition, a variety of accessories are available for the Versalight E, including flash tubes, kits, standard metal reflectors, and stand fixtures. |
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JTL TL-365 Light Kit, 2 Versalight, 1 Slave Strobe with Stands, Umbrellas, & Accessories $299.95 The Versalight J-160 is a unique strobe, perfect for photography students as a main strobe light, and for professional photographers as a supplementary light source. The light provides 160w/s output power (160 joules) on full and GN 120 feet at ASA 100. It features a built in reflector and power cable, remote sensor, Continuous power adjustor with fine-setting clutches, Angle-adjustable bracket with built-in umbrella holder ,recharge readylight, two way fixing stand adapter and an easily changeable fuse holder. In addition, a variety of accessories are available for the Versalight J160, including 24 by 24 soft box kit, four leaf barn doors, honeycomb, color filter kits, snoot, and much more. The JTL AC SLAVE S-45 is the perfect little flash for background lighting, opening shadows in small interiors or as a broad, flat light for still life set ups. The built in slave sensor sets off the flash simultaneously with any prime flash within 35′. With a color temperature between 5500k – 6000k, it will balance with any strobe system. Use the J-160 as your main light with or without an umbrella and the two slave flashes as hair and background lights. Another popular set up is to use one slave as a hair light and the other as a fill. Add an optional foldable reflector to soften or warm the shadow areas. What ever set up works for you, be assured this kit will get the job done. Specifications for AC SLAVE S-45: Output(WS) – 45 Guide No. – 90 ft. Weight – 6 oz. Triggering – Slave Synch – No Flash Duration – 1/1000-1/500sec. Flash Tube Life – approx. 5000 Recycle times – 3 Beam Width – 55degoX40o Slave Sincerity – 35 ft. Color Temp – 5500-6000K Power Supply – AC110-130V/60Hz Size – 3 D x 5 1/2 L |
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Lighting for Digital Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots $24.99 Now that you’ve had your DSLR for a while, are you ready to take a much closer look at what creating a great image is all about? It’s all about light The ability to see, influence, modify, control, and create light will take your images from snapshots to great shots <BR> In ‘Lighting for Digital Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, ‘photographer and bestselling author Syl Arena begins with a primer on light itself–how to see its direction, intensity, color, contrast, and hardness–and quickly moves on to discussions of shooting both indoors and outdoors in the many different conditions of natural or man-made light. Then the book digs in to begin creating light with photographic lights, whether that’s small flash or big strobe, the pop-up flash on your DSLR or continuous lights. <BR> Follow along with Syl and you will: <BR>Learn the basics (and beyond) of light modifiers that make light bigger and softer, such as umbrellas, softboxes, beauty dishes, and diffusion panelsUnderstand how to control and shape the light itself with flags, grids, snoots, and the zoom function on your flashAppreciate the color temperature of light (whether that’s the sun, a light bulb, or a flash), and how to influence it with white balance settings on your camera and colored gels on your flashLearn how to take great pictures across many different genres, from product and still life images, to simple (and not so simple) portraits and group shots<BR> With’ Lighting for Digital Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots, ‘ you’ll learn not only how light behaves–you’ll learn all you need to know to get started on the journey of creating and controlling light in order to make great shots. And once you’ve got the shot, show it off Join the book’s Flickr group, share your photos, and discuss how you get great shots at flickr.com/groups/lightingfromsnapshotstogreatshots. |
