Ben Long

Slice of Paradise

Darklit Press

Andrew Robert

Beach Bodies DarkLit Press is back with another anthology of beach horror by authors from around the world. A family's vacation is cut short when the dead begin to rise. A strange hotel will do anything to keep its guests from leaving. A series of murders leads a local reporter on the hunt for a werewolf. A distraught man discovers he's on a vacation from hell. Friends on vacation come face to face with an ancient curse. Beach vacations are meant for relaxing and unwinding away from the drudgery of normal life. The sparkling sun, shimmering on cresting waves. A light breeze as you sit with toes in the sand, a cold drink in one hand. Utopia on an island. But what happens when that paradise suddenly becomes a purgatory of pain? What will you do when the beaches fill with bodies and the waters run red with blood? When creatures crawl the coastline and the jungle teems with terror. How will you survive when a tropical respite becomes an arena of peril? Beach Bodies features sixteen terrifying tales of beach vacation horror. For even more scares, check out the companion anthology Slice of Paradise out now from DarkLit Press. This anthology includes stories by Scott Cole, Jay Alexander, Kelly Brocklehurst, Damien Casey, Leeroy Cross James, Max Christmas, Ronaldo Katwaroo, Nicholas A. Battaglia, Fox Claret Hill, Nat Whiston, Chelsea Paravel, Wendy Dalrymple, John Durgin, Jena Brown, Danielle Ramaekers, and Julie Sevens.

A Beach Vacation Horror Anthology

Beach Bodies

Teaches digital photography techniques and skills, explains the difference between traditional and digital photography, and explores editing and special effects.

Complete Digital Photography

Through a series of easy-to-follow lessons, The Nikon D90 Companion gives you a complete class on digital photography, tailored specifically for people who use this camera. This is not a typical camera guide: rather than just showing you what all the buttons do, this unique book teaches you how to use the D90's features to make great photographs. It's the perfect field reference for taking stunning pictures of any occasion or place, anytime.

The Nikon D90 Companion

Capture NX 2 from Nikon is a powerful image-editing application that lets photographers work with digital photographs with more speed and efficiency than other software programs. Its underlying technology gives photographers the ability to make selective corrections to an image with just one click. "Real World Capture NX 2," written by digital photography expert Ben Long, takes photographers behind the scenes to see how this innovative program works. Along the way, Ben offers valuable tips and techniques for getting the most out of the software and digital cameras. Novice and expert photographers alike will benefit from Capture NX 2. New users can make advanced image corrections without learning sophisticated masking techniques. Advanced users can perform the complex edits they are accustomed to making in other programs in fewer steps. Any image corrections made with Capture NX 2 are non-destructive, which means that the actual image data is unaltered and reversible until the photographer achieves the best results. Photographers who use Nikon cameras have access to special software features for working with raw, JPEG and TIFF images.

Nikon Capture NX 2

In this thoroughly updated eighth edition, Ben Long guides you through the creative and challenging world of digital photography. Everything you'll need to know in order to create great digital photos - from how a camera works and how to choose the right camera; to all the details of shooting; image editing; output; and workflow are discussed. The step-by-step tutorials offer great tips and techniques on improving processes from start to finish. You'll learn about exposure theory; composition; lighting; complex masking; image adjustment and much more. No prior experience is needed or assumed, and by the end of the book you'll be tackling complex photographic challenges with your own growing expertise. --

Sonja Schenk

Video digitale Il Manuale

To become a better photographer, you don't need new gear, and you don't need to memorize rules and formulas. What you do need to do is practice, much like a musician, a dancer, or a writer. This slim book by renowned photographer and author Ben Long will help you build your own photographic practice.

The Practicing Photographer: Essays on Developing Your Photographic Practice

Provides information on working with digital photographs in raw format.

How to Make Better Pictures Using Photoshop and Photoshop Elements

Getting Started with Camera Raw

James Long

“The meticulousness of the Longs’ research is awesome” in this historical account of the plot to brand a British naval official as a Catholic traitor (The Guardian). 1679, England: Fear of conspiracy and religious terrorism have provoked panic in politicians and a zealous reaction from the legal system. Everywhere, or so it is feared, Catholic agents are plotting to overthrow the King. Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Admiralty, finds himself charged with treason and facing a show trial and execution. Imprisoned in the Tower of London, Pepys sets to work investigating his mysterious accuser, Colonel John Scott, and uncovers a life riddled with ambition, forgery, treason and—ultimately—murder. Using rare access to Pepys’ account of the affair, James Long and Ben Long brilliantly evoke a turbulent period in England’s history—and tell the forgotten story of the two most dangerous years in the life of the legendary diarist. “As gripping as any thriller.” —The Times (London) “I couldn’t put it down, and there aren’t many books on the seventeenth century you can say that about.” —History Today

Ben Long

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