Getting good landscape shots requires a special set of skills, both technical and creative. In this Learn by Video course, published in partnership with Peachpit Press, renowned landscape photographer Phil Hawkins shares his extensive knowledge of the subject. You’ll work along with Phil as he decides on the best equipment, settings, and compositions for a series of photographic projects in the Sangre De Cristo range of the Southern Colorado Mountains. Then you’ll see how he handles post-processing in Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop, and Photomatix — applying global adjustments, manually balance the dynamic range, creating high dynamic range images, performing black-and-white conversions, and more. You’ll also get helpful tips for preparing your images to be shared either through prints or on the web.

With the increased use of alternative irrigation water sources on turfgrass and landscape sites, their management is becoming more complex and whole ecosystems-oriented. Yet few turfgrass managers have received formal training in the intricacies of irrigation water. Turfgrass and Landscape Irrigation Water Quality: Assessment and Management provides a comprehensive, science-based review of irrigation water quality. The book examines field problems in a logical manner, provides clear scientific explanations, and offers detailed practical information for resolving each specific problem in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Landscape Architecture is the magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects provides timely information on built landscapes and new techniques for ecologically sensitive planning and design.

Landscape Architecture - the magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects provides timely information on built landscapes and new techniques for ecologically sensitive planning and design.

Learn how to enhance the natural beauty of a landscape photo with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. In this short start-to-finish editing project, author Jan Kabili walks you through corrections for common issues you may have in your own landscape photos. She shows you how to create a mood with white balance, enhance contrast and detail with tonal adjustments, increase image intensity, make corrections to specific areas of the photo, and export the final processed photo.

Learn how to enhance the natural beauty of a landscape photo with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. In this short start-to-finish editing project, author Jan Kabili walks you through corrections for common issues you may have in your own landscape photos. She shows you how to create a mood with white balance, enhance contrast and detail with tonal adjustments, increase image intensity, make corrections to specific areas of the photo, and export the final processed photo.

Gardening is one of life’s great pleasures. It offers bountiful wonders—flowers, grasses, fruits, vegetables, trees—that bring you closer to the natural world. It allows you to design private and public displays of infinite variety and for numerous purposes. And the best part: Learning how to grow the garden of your dreams is a skill that anyone can learn with relative ease.

Landscape Magazine is the first specialized monthly publication targeting the landscaping industry in the Middle East. The list includes government agencies, developers, contractors, traders, consultants, landscape architects, and others in this field.

Part travelogue, part contemporary history, Richards's new work explores postcommunist Russia from the point of view of the Russian people directly affected by one of the 20th century's most defining sociopolitical events, the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Recounting her travels in Russia from 1992 to 2008, Richards, who wrote the PEN/Time-Life Award-winning Epics of Everyday Life, focuses on the country's forgotten provinces and the lives of her friends--the monastic, poetic journalist Anna; the manic, wandering couple Natasha and Igor; entrepreneurial Misha and his serene beauty of a wife, Tatiana. As a writer Richards wears her heart on her sleeve, and her story is full of empathy, frustration, and admiration as she observes her friends going through the roller-coaster of emotions, from hope to despair. And while glimpses into the lives of Russia's common folk are interesting, the real gems Richards uncovers are about the parts of the Russian society and mindset that remained hidden from Western eyes for nearly a century. Whether she is discovering a town said to be frequented by UFOs, exploring Russia's development of parapsychological weapons, or visiting a lab where "communication with the divine" is studied, Richards is constantly exposing a mystical and religious side of Russia that flies in the face of Western rationalism.

When it comes to landscape photography, chances are you won’t be able to control your environment. Unless you live in the area where you’re shooting and can pick the perfect day, the light and conditions you have are the light and conditions you have. In the final installment of his three-part series, Moose explores the Valley of the Gods and shows you how to deal with whatever nature throws your way. Plus, his extra-long post processing session in lesson 12 is practically a class in and of itself.

Getting good landscape shots requires a special set of skills, both technical and creative. In this Learn by Video course, published in partnership with Peachpit Press, renowned landscape photographer Phil Hawkins shares his extensive knowledge of the subject. You’ll work along with Phil as he decides on the best equipment, settings, and compositions for a series of photographic projects in the Sangre De Cristo range of the Southern Colorado Mountains. Then you’ll see how he handles post-processing in Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop, and Photomatix — applying global adjustments, manually balance the dynamic range, creating high dynamic range images, performing black-and-white conversions, and more. You’ll also get helpful tips for preparing your images to be shared either through prints or on the web.