In Whiteness Interrupted Marcus Bell presents a revealing portrait of white teachers in majority-black schools in which he examines the limitations of understandings of how white racial identity is formed. Through in-depth interviews with dozens of white teachers from a racially segregated, urban school district in Upstate New York, Bell outlines how whiteness is constructed based on localized interactions and takes a different form in predominantly black spaces. He finds that in ...

From the history of photography and how to shoot wedding portraits to creating stylish albums and working with digital output, everything a wedding photographer needs to know is included in this all encompassing manual. Photographers are provided with a shooting guide that walks them through the wedding day and offers advice on a variety of topics-including integrating detail, capturing the walk down the aisle, working in and out of doors, and finding and illustrating key relationships. Tr...

Break free from emotional manipulation and rebuild your self-worth with this empowering relationship psychology guide. If you feel constantly drained, second-guessing your reality, or trapped in harmful family dynamics, you are not alone. Turn your daily commute into a journey of profound personal healing and clarity.Stop confusing trauma bonds for genuine love and learn to confidently identify red flags before they destroy your peace. With compassionate guidance and practical stra...

Break free from emotional manipulation and rebuild your self-worth with this empowering relationship psychology guide. If you feel constantly drained, second-guessing your reality, or trapped in harmful family dynamics, you are not alone. Turn your daily commute into a journey of profound personal healing and clarity.Stop confusing trauma bonds for genuine love and learn to confidently identify red flags before they destroy your peace. With compassionate guidance and practical stra...

Break free from emotional manipulation and rebuild your self-worth with this empowering relationship psychology guide. If you feel constantly drained, second-guessing your reality, or trapped in harmful family dynamics, you are not alone. Turn your daily commute into a journey of profound personal healing and clarity.Stop confusing trauma bonds for genuine love and learn to confidently identify red flags before they destroy your peace. With compassionate guidance and practical stra...

Break free from emotional manipulation and rebuild your self-worth with this empowering relationship psychology guide. If you feel constantly drained, second-guessing your reality, or trapped in harmful family dynamics, you are not alone. Turn your daily commute into a journey of profound personal healing and clarity.Stop confusing trauma bonds for genuine love and learn to confidently identify red flags before they destroy your peace. With compassionate guidance and practical stra...

Break free from emotional manipulation and rebuild your self-worth with this empowering relationship psychology guide. If you feel constantly drained, second-guessing your reality, or trapped in harmful family dynamics, you are not alone. Turn your daily commute into a journey of profound personal healing and clarity.Stop confusing trauma bonds for genuine love and learn to confidently identify red flags before they destroy your peace. With compassionate guidance and practical stra...

Many semi-pro and professional wedding photographers are looking to "wake up" their style, stay current, and stimulate business. And today, that means lifestyle photography, also referred to as "fine art wedding photography." Fine art wedding photography isn't just a catchy phrase; it's a modern approach in which design is paramount. Fine art wedding images are more graphic and stylized than traditional wedding photojournalism, as if they were pulled from the pages of a glossy wedding or l...

Great portraits go beyond a mere record of a face. They reveal one of the millions of intimate human moments that make up a life. In Beyond Portraiture, renowned photographer Bryan Peterson shows how to spot those “ah-ha!” moments and capture them forever. A teary child...old people laughing together...a smiling girl with big, big hair. Everyone remember pictures like these, usually taken by a mother, a father, a friend holding a camera, forever preserving small yet revealing vign...

Infuse your images with glowing, luminous lightFrom high-profile wedding and portrait photographer Elizabeth Messina comes this beautiful guide to shooting lush, romantic portraits exclusively in natural light. Whether you’re photographing children, weddings, maternity and boudoir, or portraits of any kind, The Luminous Portrait will inspire you with Elizabeth’s personal approach and award-wining images, sharing the art to making flattering portraits that appear “lit from ...

Street photography is about people. As a street photographer your job is to be in the moment and acutely awar...

Photographers are guided through every aspect of posing-beginning with the consultation and continuing with specific tips for posing children, high school seniors, wedding parties, families, events, teams, groups, and pets-in this comprehensive manual. Maintaining that good posing is 80 percent mental and only 20 percent technical, this guide stresses the importance of communication between photographer and subject to creating a portrait that not only captures the subject’s personality but...