The Family Detective
This book is an easy to read, expanded version of my popular talks and lectures. Looking at many different aspects of the "how, why, when" of family photography so that you can understand more about your old photos and their history.
With information on history, cameras, colour and even digital photography there is something for everyone. An easy to follow text book that is readable and informative.
* History of techniques.
* Camera history.
* Uses of photography.
* Colour Photography
* Digital Photography
* Storage and Restoration
Available direct from the author:
Rep £14.99, Direct price £12 plus £3.50 pp. email steve@photo-consult.co.uk Payment can be made by card or PayPal.
Dating By Design (Volume One and Two)
We have all had times when we have trouble putting a date to an old family photo. "Dating By Design" is a new way of doing just that. It goes through the basic history of photography to help you identify what type of photograph you have. It then shows you how to put together ways of identifying features, fashions and details which can guide you to a pretty accurate date. It shows you how fashion changes from 1840 through to 1915 and all dates in between using high quality images which have been brought to life through colourisation.
* World event timeline
* Fashion through the years
* How to identify old photographic processes.
* Uses simple, easy to understand terminology and basic maths to guide you towards a date.
Available direct from the publishers - the Family History Federation at £18.99 Purchase Here
Volume two of "Dating By Design" revisits the start of the Edwardian period and takes the reader right up to 1975. Watch the fashions change and how society changed which can guide you towards dating a more recent photo.
* Hairstyles
* Fashion
* Accessories
* Dating Stamps
* Postcards
Available direct from the publishers - the Family History Federation at £19.95 Purchase Here
Sunday Best - a pictorial chronology of family photography
Sunday best continues the theme of understanding your old photos - when they were created - what they are and who took them. This version is a comprehensive guide which is in digital form only for PDF download. Printing and book publishing these days is very expensive and postage costs are crazy. I sell books all over the world and I thought it would be good to be able to offer a digital version. It is illustrated with high quality imagery and will be approximately 250 pages
Sunday Best is in creation now and should be ready by mid May. You can pre-order it now for just £8.99. Final price £10.99. No delivery or postage costs