Hilton Head Island; a celebrated resort community with a colorful and intriguing past; is one of South Carolinarsquo;s premier tourist destinations. Its scenery and leisure industry attract more than 1.5 million visitors each year to play golf; relax on the beaches; or just to soak up the atmosphere. Before the fairways and hotels ever arrived on the scene; the island already had a long and interesting history dating back as far as 10;000 years ago; when Native Americans first began to visit the area. In Hilton Head Island; Natalie Hefter and the Coastal Discovery Museum revisit this history; charting the arearsquo;s development from its first plantation in 1717; through the boom years of shipbuilding and Sea Island cotton to the Civil War. In over 200 vintagephotographs; the authors document the impact of the Union occupation; the establishment of Mitchelville (the islandrsquo;s ldquo;contrabandrdquo; and Freedmen community); the dramatic effects of the first bridge to the island; and the development of the tourist industry that now typifies Hilton Head.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful. Good for digital and film shootersBy coreyFromKelownaI still shoot and use film for some of my portraiture and as I shoot a c.1975 Mamiya m645 without an-camera meter. I knew this book and the skills taught inside (especially pre-visualization) would be useful. Certainly I was proven right when I developed the first roll of film after following Johnsons methods. My negatives were dense and beautiful and yielded almost precisely the image I had hoped to capture. That. alone. was worth the price of the book.Like many working photogs. though. I primarily use digital in my day to day work. I wondered if this book would be really relevant to the experience of "shoot -- chimp -- adjust -- shoot -- repeat" that most of us do.Im pleased to report that it is.Johnson clearly explains how your camera sensor records information and how a working knowledge of the zone system -- and. btw. its a simple learning curve to competence. if not mastery -- will allow you to better translate your ideas onto that medium. This may not make a hoot of difference for someone firing 10fps at a football game. but for those who prefer to make photos. instead of just find them. this book is a quiet little gem.Highly recommended.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great resource for understanding the zone system as it pertains to analog photographyBy aserbantI have really enjoyed this book. As a digital shooter whos been dabbling with film again for the first time since I was taking dark room classes in high school. Johnsons work has really helped bring back and clarify technique I may or may not have learned way back when. As promised in the first few pages. his description of the zone system is truly more practical and less theoretical and dense than many of the other descriptions Ive come across.In short. after reading Johnsons book. I am able to put the zone system to work...or at least Im beginning to. As with all things analog. it takes practice.As a digital shooter. there is less in this book for you. but in the current edition Johnson does a good job of explaining how some concepts apply to digital photography throughout the book...but there is only one chapter specifically dedicated to the zone system and digital photography.All in all. great resource!10 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Mixed bagBy Chris KorodyThis is a fine book. No doubt that the author is knowledgeable - no wonder the book is in its 5th edition.Still at the end of the day this is an analog. film book at its roots. Nothing wrong with that but my quibble is with the title "...and Digital Photography."There is one less then overwhelming chapter specific to digital which is basically about Expose To The Right. and some very good appendixes which may or may not be worth the price of admission to you.Happy to have it on the shelf but doubt I will refer to it often.Points for nice printing. some good examples and a real effort to make things clear.
