Books by Cyrill Harnischmacher

The Complete Guide to Macro and Close-Up Photography is a comprehensive handbook on macro and close-up photography, offering both ambitious beginners and veteran photographers all the information they need to create great macro photographs. Experienced photographer and author Cyrill Harnischmacher covers:Explanations of all the concepts behind close-up and macro photographyEquipment, including camera systems, macro lenses, close-up lenses, extension tubes, and reversing ringsShooting techniques such as high-speed photography using photoelectric sensors, light painting, focus stacking to extend depth of field, panoramic and infrared macros, extended contrast with HDR technology, and multiple exposuresTackling subject matter both in the field and in the studioWorking creatively with ambient and artificial lightCountless hands-on shooting tipsPost-processing your macro imagesThe book also offers insights about macro photo composition, discussing light, color, camera position, and focus. With more than 600 images and figures illustrating the various ways readers can document the world of the infinitesimal, this book is not only a technical guide, but also a source of inspiration giving readers ideas to run with and make their own. Finally, the book also includes do-it-yourself projects, offering solutions both for everyday shooting as well as for dealing with specific situations unique to macro photography.

Geared toward the adventurous photographer, The Wild Side of Photography provides a rich source of ideas and inspiration for fun projects ranging from clever to unconventional. Learn to build a shift/tilt lens for your DSLR from an old junkyard 120 film camera, try the camera toss, shoot images from a kite, use a peephole door viewer as a fisheye lens, or build your own pinhole camera. Get ready to capture the perfect aerial shot on your next commercial flight, and to paint beautiful night scenes using a flashlight as a lightbrush. Author/designer, Cyrill Harnischmacher, brought together 20 international authors and their unique projects to produce this intriguing book.Each project is presented with easy to understand instructional text, background info about the author and the project, and beautiful color images to illustrate what can be accomplished and how you can do it too.Topics include:- Laptop ministudio- Camera hacks- Pole monopods for aerial photography- Blur (motion blur, camera motion, out-of-focus)- Low budget astrophotography- Kite photography- Using the scanner as a camera- LittlePlanet views- Texture blending- Camera and lens building projects