Those who would know better than I tell me that there’s nothing like the thrill of seeing your first book in print. And Jolie O’Dell – author, tech guru and blogger extraordinaire – has just had that thrill, and shared it with the world [...]
Category Archives: Photography
A slew of fabulous photo reviews
While collecting reviews of our recent books, intrepidly sifting the seashells of possibility for the treasure of acclaim, we were struck by how, well, glowing the reviews were. It seems almost vulgar and un-British to say so, but we were pretty buzzed to see some [...]
Jolie O’Dell makes Android photographers happy
Some of the most exciting developments in cameras and smartphones have taken place in the world of Android; the first eight megapixel cameras, amazing screens like the Samsung Galaxy S2 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, and features like face detection and sweep-panorama all appeared [...]
More on slideshow techniques
I’m beginning to take slideshow production more seriously, not least because it’s a key part of my next book, which I’m still writing. One of the interesting, tempting, but ultimately risky techniques is injecting movement into still images. The standard technique for this is [...]
It’s finally here: Photographer’s i Magazine starts the revolution
As you might have noticed from the odd hints in our twitter feed, or if you read our last newsletter right to the very bottom, we in the Ilex Photo team have been working on something pretty special over the last few months. Now [...]
Michael Freeman opens up to photographers
If you’re interested in knowing a bit more about what makes prolific photographer Michael Freeman tick, then a few interviews have emerged from his recent tour of the Unites States. Perhaps one of the most interesting is this, by Anthony Dean of the Philadelphia [...]
Authors, authors everywhere…
One of the great things about publishing such a broad range of photography titles as we Ilex Photo bods do is that you meet your photographers in the strangest of places, whether physical or virtual. While browsing the web for the next big thing, [...]
Photo Plus Expo 2011 New York
Ah, the glamorous jet-set life of the professional photographer. Not only do they travel around the globe between beautiful vistas and dramatic scenes (or between beautiful models and drama queens, depending on their line of work), but also there’s the opportunity to meet the [...]
The Photographer’s Vision is Out Now
It’s a real pleasure to announce that The Photographer’s Vision, by Michael Freeman, is now in the shops. This is a title we’ve been hotly anticipating and which marks a departure for our Photo list. Unlike most of our Photo titles, it’s not a [...]
Coming Soon – iPad for Photographers
Ilex Photo is delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new title, iPad for Photographers, out this month! An aficionado of all things Apple, author Ben Harvell is former editor of iCreate magazine, as well as a veteran writer for a wide range of [...]
Landscape Photography Field Guide joins the series
The Field Guide series has proven phenomenally successful with photographers, making it possible to carry around a great deal of professional expertise in a convenient lightweight format, smaller than a paperback novel (and priced around the same too). Better still, they’re printed in full [...]
Michael Frye’s Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite on iPhone
Michael Frye, author of the stunningly beautiful Digital Landscape Photography: In The Footsteps of the Masters, has brought out his own iPhone app which will help anyone shooting in the National Park that help make him — and many more great photographers — famous. [...]
