On My Bookshelf - Explore & Discover The Outer and Inner Hebrides

The Scottish Hebrides is a photographer’s paradise but with so much to see and to photograph, it can be hard to know where to start.  Explore & Discover The Inner Hebrides and the Outer Hebrides by Christoper Swan and published by fotoVUE aims to transform your time in the area from random chaos to an efficient voyage of discovery and exploration. 

In this special on-location edition of On My Bookshelf, I put Explore & Discover The Outer Hebrides to a real-world test to see if it can get me to a new location so I capture a photograph of the Isle of Harris.

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On My Bookshelf - The Great Wilderness by Alex Nail

In this episode of On My Bookshelf I look at @alexnails latest self-published book, The Great Wilderness.  This luxury hardback photography book covers one of Scotland's most remote regions and features images captured over a 4-year period from the Letterewe, Fisherfield and Dundonnell mountain areas.

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Photographing the Night Sky by Alyn Wallace - On My Bookshelf

Photographing the night sky is difficult and requires specialised equipment.  Right?  Wrong!  In Photographing the Night Sky, Alyn Wallace has written an encyclopaedia of everything you need to know to learn and develop your skills as a night sky photographer.  Can Alyn make the capture of night sky images something all photographers can do?

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The Landscape Photography Workshop - On My Bookshelf

In their updated edition of The Landscape Photography Workshop, two of the UKs leading landscape photographers, Ross Hoddinott and Mark Bauer, are aiming to teach you everything you need to know to take amazing landscape photographs.  Have they succeeded?

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APOLLO Remastered by Andy Saunders - On My Bookshelf

Many of us will be familiar with the photography of the Apollo missions but thanks to some painstaking work by Andy Saunders we can now see the highest quality Apollo photographs ever produced. In this episode of On My Bookshelf, I look at Apollo Remastered to see if this is the definitive record of the Apollo missions.

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Master Landscape Photography From an Audiobook - On My Bookshelf

Have you just got a CAMERA?  Are you new to LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY?  Are you looking to gain a better understanding of landscape photography TECHNIQUE?  If so, then "Landscape Photography:  For Mirrorless and Digital SLR Users" by Ross Hoddinott and Daniel Lezano could be for you.  In this special audiobook edition of On My Bookshelf, I tell you all about this unique title.

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Sea Signatures by Marianthi Lainas - On My Bookshelf

In this episode of On My Bookshelf, I discover not all photographs are created using cameras. Sea Signatures is a collection of cyanotype photographs created by Marianthi Lainas as she explored the littoral zone of her local coastline. Reading this book has opened my eyes to a whole new type of photography and art, but is it a book for your bookshelf?

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Kingdom by Norman McCloskey - On My Bookshelf

What makes a great photography book? Is it the inspiring photographs? Is it the layout and sequencing? Is it the print quality and how it feels in the hand? Or is the feeling you get when you read it? Every now and again a book comes along that ticks all those boxes. Find out why Kingdom by Norman McCloskey is one such book in the latest episode of On My Bookshelf.

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Hidden Worlds by Robbie Shone - Kozu Books - On My Bookshelf

Would you be willing journey 2000m below the surface of the earth to capture a photograph? Fortunately for us there are photographers like Robbie Stone who have made the exploration of caves their life. In his book, Hidden Worlds, Robbie shares some the images he has captured over the last 20 years. Is this a book for your bookshelf?

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Explore and Discover South Wales - A fotoVUE Guidebook by Drew Buckley - On My Bookshelf

A great guidebook can transform your time in an area from random chaos to an efficient voyage of discovery and exploration. Explore & Discover South Wales by Drew Buckley and published by fotoVUE aims to do that for everyone from the casual explorer with a phone camera to the serious landscape photographer.

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Photographing The Lake District 2nd Edition - A fotoVUE Guidebook by Stuart Holmes - On My Bookshelf

With lakes, mountains, rivers, picturesque villages and Britain's favourite view, the Lake District has it all! In this special episode of On My Bookshelf, I go on location to tell you all about the new and improved 2nd edition of Photographing The Lake District and to try one of the book's new high mountain walks.

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PHOTOGRAPHING ICELAND Vol 1 & 2 - A fotoVUE Guidebook by James Rushforth - On My Bookshelf

Are you planning a photography trip to Iceland? Have you photographed Iceland? Or are you simply interested in learning more about the landscape and locations of Iceland? In this episode of On My Bookshelf, I look at Photographing Iceland Volume 1 and 2 by James Rushforth and published by fotoVUE. It claims to be the most comprehensive and detailed guidebook of Iceland ever published. But as you'll find out in this video, this title is so much more than a guidebook.

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