We know that you’ve got a bit of a wild side, that why we’ve got some fabulous deals on wonderfully inspirational wildlife photography books with our 10% off deal live until 12 Dec. Wonderful prices on books with great pictures of lions and tigers and…yes, there are a few robins as well.
You can even get a great bargain on the book for the London Natural History Museum exhibition that everyone is talking about the Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 21. We’re talking 160 pages of up close and personal beautiful imagery and just£18 this week until 12 Dec, it’s difficult not to
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In honour of the mayhem that is ‘Black Friday’ we’ve got a ma-husive 50% off sale on ALL of our David and Charles Books. That includes great works on painting, photography and drawing. There are almost 200 items in the sale, but here are some of our top picks. Sale ends Sunday 27 November, so get in quick!
Claudia Nice is nice, so nice she’s willing to share all (well some) of her top tips for drawing and painting all different types of trees in her book, Drawing and Painting Trees in the Landscape. Whether you’re out in the wild or sketching from photos, this bestseller has all the step by step instructions you’ll need to get every leaf, branch and twig just the way you want it.
Drawing & Painting Trees in the Landscape by Claudia Nice
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Winter is most definitely upon us and as the nights draw in and the days grow cold it’s ever so tempting to slump in to the sofa and hibernate until the daffs come out in March. But it’s undeniable that the early morning frost, icicles, and low lying sun can bring a whole new dimension to the most everyday of surroundings. Bare branched trees offer rare opportunities to capture wildlife in the fold, weather pushes the rivers to their brinks and a single snow flurry can completely transform any landscape into a veritable feast of imagery for keen photographers.
Guy Edwardes' Snow Drops
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RUBooks brings you another great competition, this time to win a LowePro CompuDayPack bag worth £99.99. To get your chance to win this great bag, just go to the RUBooks competition page and type in your details, it’s that simple!
Click the images below to take a closer look at this great prize!
The CompuDaypack is lightweight and features a triple compartment design.
The CompuDaypack is lightweight and features a triple compartment design
As we celebrate the launch of the new look RUBooks web site we have some free projects for our artists and photographers. Here’s the second FREE photography project, which you can view or download and take away with you by opening and reading the full post. We hope you enjoy it but let us know what you think, plus, if you have any ideas on the projects you would like to see, just leave us a comment and let us know.
This project is taken from the book ‘The Digital SLR Experts Landscape’. This practical book has step-by-step examples and invaluable secrets from five leading professional photographers who show you how to use your digital SLR to its full potential. Read more...
To celebrate the launch of the new look RUBooks web site we have some free projects for our artists and photographers. Here’s the first, which you can view or download and take away with you, but keep checking back for more to follow. We hope you enjoy them and let us know what you think, plus, if you have any ideas on the projects you would like to see, just leave us a comment and let us know.
The first project is a page from one of Lee Frost’s books, 50 Photo Projects by David & Charles, which shows you how to make a panorama from a series of photographs, stitching them together to make one panoramic image.
Lee Frost is an acclaimed photographer and one of the best-known writers on photography in the world. He is a regular contributor to the leading UK photography magazines and leads photography tours all over the world. His books include The A-Z Creative Photography, 500 Composition Hints, Tips & Techniques, Lee Frost’s Landscape Photography, The Creative Photography Handbook, The Complete Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography, and The Photographer’s Guide to Filters. Read more...
A quick post, as Halloween approaches, so celebrate Halloween this year with one of these great spooky books.
The pioneering British photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) is the subject of a major retrospective at Tate Britain opening on 8th September. Bringing together around 150 works, this exhibition will demonstrate how Muybridge broke new ground in the emerging art form of photography.
From his iconic images of animals and humans in motion to depictions of the sublime landscapes and life of the dynamic America of the later nineteenth century, the exhibition will explore the ways in which Muybridge created and honed his remarkable images that continue to resonate powerfully with artists and photographers.
Eadweard Muybridge proves a horse can fly
Muybridge was the first person to demonstrate that a horse lifts all its hooves in the air at the same time when it is galloping along, something that it was impossible to see with the naked eye and was proved through his method of using multiple cameras to take motion shots. His ‘time-lapsed’ photographic work is fascinating and extremely useful to artists, showing as it does the exact position of a body and its limbs – whether animal or human - at various points when it is moving. Read more...
If photography is your passion, take a look at the top 10 new books at RUBooks. From ‘Dream Wedding Photography‘ to ‘Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography‘. There is a great selection for the budding photographer and established photographer alike. There is also a much wider selection of photography books available at some good prices to match.
Here’s a small selection but take a look the top 10 and learn from the pros.
The latest catalogues from RUBooks are here with a great selection of books and products related to art and photography. Simply click on the graphics below to view the catalogues online with our page turning technology. Don’t forget that there is a much bigger selection of art and photography related products at RUBooks, so take a look!
Don’t forget, you can still win £50 in our great competition, just click the link below, fill in your details and cross your fingers, it’s that simple… GOOD LUCK!
