Monday, November 10, 2008

New Wildlife Photography Book - Now Available!!!

My latest book "Wildlife. Photography. And everything in between." is now available! I have finally received my first copy and I am extrmely proud and pleased with the result!

The 192 page coffee table book is a visual journey through African Wildlife Photography with the first section including more than 200 African Wildlife images including all the African Icons such as Lions, Leopard, Zebra and Giraffe.

The second section looks at various composition guidelines, tips and tricks to help you improve your own wildlife photographs!

Here are a few images from the book.

Cover Page

Index Page

The Wildlife Section of the book features images and information on the following:
- African Sunrise
- African Icons (Including the Big 5, Wild Dog, Cheetah, Zebra)
- General Game
- Birds
- African Sunsets
- Africa is a Dark Place

The Photography Section is aimed specifically at Wildlife Photography and features basic text and many sample images to highlight the following:
- Introduction
- Shutter Speed
- ISO
- Exposure (Including Back Light, Side Lighting, etc.)
- Composition (Shapes, Lines, Rule of Thirds, etc.)

Wildlife

African Icons - Leopard

Information and Interesting Facts.
Each animal featured as an African Icon includes general information and interesting facts.

Composition in Wildlife Photography

Exposure in Wildlife Photography

This book is now available online as the following three version:
  • Soft Cover - $60
  • Hard Cover with Dust Jacket - $70
  • Hard Cover with Image Wrap - $75

To see a preview of the book or to purchase your own copy now - click here! The book currently ships from the US and can be posted to anywhere in the world. If you are in South Africa and would like to order a copy let me know as I will be doing a bulk order in the next few weeks. If you already have a copy I would love to hear your thoughts!!

As always I look forward to hearing from you!

Until next time.

Gerry

PS: I have just uploaded a few images of Adele and my wedding to an album on Photo-Africa. You can view these images by clicking here. G.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the release of your book. Looks terrific!

Paz

Michael Palmer said...

Dude - You have been a busy guy!! Married, book, Africa - So I bought my son a copy for a Christmas present, He loves to go to your site BTW, could I get you to send him a letter possibly since a autographed copy would be hard to manage. but a letter from a photographer in Africa would make him very happy!! Let me know Gerry - Hit me up at Michael@mpalmerphotography.com for the addr if you will.