Overview

Learn to ""see"" more compelling images with this on-the-go field guide from Bryan Peterson! What makes an image amazing? Believe it or not, it is not about the content. What makes a photo compelling is the arrangement of that content-in other words, its composition. The right composition gives your images impact and emotion; the wrong one leaves them flat. In this handy, take-anywhere guide, renowned photographer, instructor, and bestselling author Bryan Peterson frees amateur photographers from the prejudices of what is ""beautiful"" or ""ugly"" so that they can instead focus on color, line, light, and pattern. Get the tools you need to show your distinct voice and point of view in every image you shoot. With this guide in your camera bag, you'll be equipped not only to ""see"" beautiful images but to successfully shoot them each and every time. Also available as an ebook

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Author:   B Peterson
Publisher:   Watson-Guptill Publications
Imprint:   Amphoto Books
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.90cm
Weight:   0.546kg
ISBN:  

9780770433079

ISBN 10:   0770433073
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   06 November 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

0 Introduction -- Javier Santiso and Jeff Dayton-Johnson: Introduction and Overview I The View From The Inside: Practitioners Reflect On Making Reform Happen 1. Political Leadership and Economic Reform: The Brazilian Experience in the Context of Latin America (1-51) Fernando Henrique Cardoso with Eduardo Graeff 2. Politics of Fiscal Reforms in Peru (52-94) Luis Carranza 3. The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy: the Experience of Chile (95-133) Andres Velasco and Eric Parrado 4. Industrial Policy and Economic Transformation (134 - 188) Luciano Coutinho, Joao Carlos Ferraz, Andre Nassif and Rafael Oliva 5. Monetary Policy under Uncertainty (189 - 207) Martin Redrado II The Politics of Economics: Historical, Geographic and Institutional Perspectives 6. A Historical Perspective on the Political Economy of Inequality in Latin America (208 - 236) Rosemary Thorp 7. Achievements and Shortcomings of Cuba's Economic Policies, 1990-2010 (237 - 268) Paolo Spadoni 8. Global and Regional Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean (1990-2010) (269 - 298) Juan Blyde, Antoni Estevadeordal and Mauricio Mesquita Moreira 9. Does Asia Matter? The Political Economy of Latin America's International Relations (299 - 332) Barbara Stallings 10. A Catalyst for Hope: China's Opportunity for Latin America (333 - 363) Kevin P. Gallagher III The Politics of Economics and the Economics of Politics 11. How (Not) to Produce Effective Policies? Institutions and Policymaking in Latin America (364 - 391) Mariano Tommasi and Carlos Scartascini 12. The Politics of Global Financial Markets in Latin America (392 - 424) Daniela Campello 13. Cabinet Stability and Policymaking in Latin America (425 - 458) Cecilia Martinez Gallardo and Maria Victoria Murillo 14. International Capital Markets and their Latin American Discontents (459 - 492) Christopher Balding 15. Natural Resources and Democracy in Latin America: Neither Curse Nor Blessing (493 - 512) Stephen Haber and Victor Menaldo 16. Contrasting Capitalisms: Latin America in Comparative Perspective (513- 549) Ben Ross Schneider 17. Ulysses and the Sirens: Political and technical rationality in Latin America (550 - 609) Laurence Whitehead and Javier Santiso IV Political Economy of Fiscal and Social Policies. 18. Killing Me Softly: Local Termites and Fiscal Violence in Brazil and Mexico ( 610 - 669) Carlos Elizondo and Javier Santiso 19. The political economy of public spending and fiscal deficits: lessons for Latin America (670 - 711) Marcela Eslava 20. Taxation and Democracy in Latin America (712- 737) Christian Daude and Angel Melguizo 21. Revisiting Political Budget Cycles in Latin America (738 - 765) Sebastian Nieto Parra and Javier Santiso 22. Labor Market in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Missing Reform (766 - 795) Alejandro Micco and Pablo Egana

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Bryan Peterson is a professional photographer, internationally known instructor, and the bestselling author of Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition; Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide; Understanding Flash Photography; Understanding Shutter Speed; Understanding Close-Up Photography; Learning to See Creatively; Understanding Digital Photography; and Beyond Portraiture. He is also the founder of the online photography school The Perfect Picture School of Photography (ppsop.com). Bryan lives in Chicago.

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