Books and Other Writings
from The Friedman Archives Press
Gary's books have received accolades worldwide for their easy-to-understand style coupled with their technical depth. Click on a link below to learn more!
Books
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E-book on the
Sony A65 and A77 SLT cameras is now available
Instantly downloadable full-color .pdf and .mobi file for USD $26.45! (Printed versions available too!) ¡Ahora también disponible en español! |
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E-book on the
Sony NEX 3, C3, 5, and 5N cameras is now available
Instantly downloadable full-color .pdf file for USD $22.99! (Printed versions available, too!) ¡Ahora también disponible en español! |
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Click here to be notified by email when the new book on the NEX 7 is ready! (2Q 2012) |
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E-book on the
Sony Alpha 33, 35, and Alpha 55 SLT cameras is now available
Instantly downloadable full-color .pdf file for USD $26.45! (Printed versions available too!) ¡Ahora también disponible en español! |
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Click here to be notified by email when the new book on the Alpha 37 and A57 is ready!(2Q 2012) |
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E-book on
the Sony Alpha 850 and 900
digital cameras. Instantly downloadable for
USD $29.95!
(Printed versions are available, too!) |
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E-book
on the Sony Alpha 560 and 580 DSLRs.
496 pages, instantly downloadable for USD $22.99! ¡Ahora disponible en español! |
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E-book on the Sony Alpha 500 and 550 digital cameras. 487+ pages, instantly downloadable for USD $19.99! |
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E-book on the Sony Alpha 330 and 380 digital camera now available! 460+ pages, instantly downloadable for USD $19.98! |
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E-book on
the Sony Alpha 700 digital
camera now available! 460+ pages, instantly downloadable for
USD $24.95! Includes updates for firmware Version 4.
(Printed versions are available too!) |
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E-book on
the Sony Alpha 300 and 350
digital cameras now available! 460+ pages, instantly
downloadable for USD $19.98!
(Printed versions are available too!) |
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E-book on the Sony Alpha 100 DSLR camera. Downloadable version only USD $19.95! (Printed versions are available too!) |
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E-book on the Canon Digital Rebel XT and XTi DSLR cameras. Downloadable version only USD $24.95! (Printed versions are available too!) |
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E-book on the Canon Digital Rebel Xsi. Downloadable version only USD $24.93! (Printed versions are available too!) |
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Dynax Maxxum Alpha 7D
and 5D (available as an immediate .pdf download
or as a printed manual)
Downloadable version only USD $19.95! |
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E-book on
the Sony Alpha 200 digital
camera now available! 460+ pages, instantly downloadable for
USD $19.92!
(Printed versions are available too!) |
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Konica Minolta A1 / A2 /
A200
Available as an immediate .pdf download - only USD $19.95! |
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The Road To China
My English-teaching and entrepreneurial adventures in China in a hand-holdable, solar-powered edition. A well-illustrated travelogue during China's aggressive transition to capitalism. Available as a downloadable .pdf file, or as a hardcopy in either Color or B&W. |
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25 Ways to "Wow!"
A potpourri of ideas and compositional rules to inspire your creativity. For users of any camera. USD $5.95 as a downloadable .pdf file. |
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Advanced Topics 1
For owners of all Konica Minolta DSLRs and the Sony A100, A200, A300/350. Includes what you need to know about 3rd party flashes, rescuing images with RAW, nullifying noise, the basics of proper exposure, combating "Lazy Eye", and much more... USD $9.95 as a full-color, instantly-downloadable .pdf file. (Click here to see sample pages.) |
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Advanced Topics 2
Provides easy-to-understand tutorials on the most requested technical topics: Color Calibration, ICC profiles, bit-depth and editing space, filters, High Dynamic Range (HDR) Imaging, Macro photography, bird and wildlife photography, photographing sports in low light, and archiving gigabytes of information. For owners of all Sony and KM DSLRs. USD $15.95 as a full-color, instantly-downloadable .pdf file. |
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Tip Cards
The most popular parts of Gary's ebook, formatted for you to print out, cut up, and keep in your camera bag. Cards include the section on Gary's Personal Camera settings, and Appendix A's "Cookbook" for Special Shooting Situations. The .zip file contains .pdf files formatted for A4 and US Letter printers (plus a .pdf for printing instructions). All for just USD $3! Compiled by Tony Phillips. For the A850 / A900 For the A700 For the A500 / A550 For the A300 / A350 |
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An Introduction to Sony's Wireless Flash
Lecture A 50-minute presentation introducing photographers to the basics of Sony's Wireless Flash and the impressive things you can do with just one flash (two and 3 flashes, too!) During this live lecture Gary produces the image to the left in under 10 minutes. Available as a downloadable video file or as a physical DVD. |
Published Articles (viewable for free!)
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NEWSLETTERS! |
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Minolta's Wireless Flash
(Originally written for Minolta Photoworld - Click here for more info!) |
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Peace Child in Latvia (a multi-media documentary about a historic cultural exchange between Soviet and American high-school students, circa 1988). |
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A poor man's studio with 3
wireless flashes
(Written for Photoworld - Click here for more info!) |
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A photo-spread of Cuba
(Written for Photoworld Winter '07) |
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Getting Great Photos of
Children
(Photoworld Summer '07) |
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Review of the Minolta Maxxum 7 on photo.net |
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Review of the Photokina 2002
show
(Written for f/2 magazine - Click here for more articles from other authors) |
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A History of Minolta Innovation |
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Which is better - a professional light diffuser, or a simple piece of paper? |
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