clear pictures, 

 unmucked from the dense 

 sands of memory, pull into sharper 

 focus my own buried treasures and the 

 people and land from which they came. 

 They will likely do the same for you. 



The Art of Outdoor Photography: 

 Techniques for the Advanced Amateur 

 and Professional, by Boyd Norton 

 (Voyageur Press, ISBN 0-8965-346-5). 



Whether you're a weekend 

 shutterbug, an aficionado of spectacular 

 nature photos or a professional photogra- 

 pher, The Art of Outdoor Photography 

 should find a space on your bookshelf — 

 and in your camera bag. First 

 published in 1993, it 

 debuted as a large- 

 format, full-color 

 paperback last year. 



Norton, a former 

 nuclear physicist, has 

 photographed wild 

 places and creatures 

 since the 1960s. With 

 work appearing in Time, 

 Audubon, Smithsonian, 

 National Geographic and 

 many other publications, 

 he packs substantial 

 experience behind his 

 advice. 



His book is written not as a 

 manual with step-by-step 

 instructions but more as a 

 conversation on capturing the 

 outdoors on film. Accompanied by 

 simply gorgeous photographs, the 

 book covers the basics of lighting, 

 lenses, composition, films and filters. 

 Other chapters detail the special needs 

 of shooting wildlife, landscapes, travel 

 scenes, close-ups and underwater 

 subjects. 



Throughout the book, you'll find 

 useful advice and even some self- 

 assignments to complete. For example, 

 after detailing the importance of mood, 

 arrangement and other components of 

 composition, Norton suggests reversing a 

 photograph and studying how the 

 "familiar becomes a little unfamiliar." 

 By doing so, he says, a photographer can 

 judge the scene afresh. 



As a bonus, you'll live the life of a 

 world-traveling nature photographer 

 and visit such faraway places as Kenya, 

 Norway, Borneo and Belize while 

 Norton shares the techniques he used to 

 produce compelling photographic 

 records of these places. This personal 

 approach makes The Art of Outdoor 

 Photography a book not only to 

 consult on occasion, but to read cover 

 to cover at least once. 



BOOKS 

 FOR KIDS 



My Life 

 With the Wave, 

 based on the 

 story by 

 Octavio Paz, 

 translated by 

 Catherine 

 Cowan 

 (Lothrop, Lee 

 and Shepard 

 Books, ISBN 

 0-688- 

 12660-X). 



BOOK 



MARKET 



A marvel of illustration and 

 writing, My Life with the Wave is a 

 treasure and a treasure hunt of sorts. 

 The story of a young boy who adopts a 

 wave as a pet explores the possibilities 

 and limits of human compassion 

 toward wild creatures. When the wave 

 eventually asserts its true nature, it 

 becomes a threat and a burden to the 

 boy's family, and they eventually 

 return it to the sea. The illustrations, by 

 Mark Buehner, are vibrant and 

 energetic. Parents as well as their kids 

 will have fun finding the mice, 

 seahorses, fish, whales, cats and dogs 

 hidden throughout. 



Shark in the Sea, by Joanne 

 Ryder (Morrow Junior Books, ISBN 0- 

 688-14909-X). 



This installment in the "Just for a 

 Day" series may be too intense for 

 younger children because it does 

 something it should do: realistically 

 depicts a day in the life of a shark. 

 Written in second person, it gives kids 

 a chance to be a shark swimming, 

 breathing, searching, and capturing and 

 eating prey — a young seal. Neither 

 the author nor the illustrator, Michael 

 Rothman, hold back. Though poetic 

 and beautiful, this book offers a gritty 

 lesson in nature's ways. □ 



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