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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.

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Lee Frost says in his new book 50 Photo Projects

“Wherever you go in the world, walls serve the same purpose. They support the roof over our head, protect us from the elements and provide shelter and security. Walls are a reassuring and safe protective barrier that we can hide behind and conduct our daily lives in private, away from prying eyes. Despite this basic function, walls are also infinitely variable…”

It was this last line that hooked me, so I decided to grab the camera and see what interesting patterns, textures and colours I could find on the walls in the local area surrounding my office. The result is below, very amateur but you can see just in these few pictures just how varied a subject walls are

Off the Wall is just one of the 50 gorgeous projects in Lee’s new book 50 Photo Projects available now from RUBooks.

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