This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.

Anyone can photograph nature—just step outside and you're on location. But becoming a good nature photographer takes expert training. In Photographing Nature, Ralph Clevenger, whose images have appeared in such publications as Audubon and National Geographic, shares the techniques he's been using and teaching to aspiring nature photographers for the last 25 years in his popular nature photography course at the elite Brooks Institute.

Each chapter of this gorgeous four-color course-in-a-book opens with a spectacular photo spread from the natural world that Clevenger uses to illustrate themes and techniques essential to mastering the art of nature photography. Just as he does in his classroom at Brooks, Clevenger explains how each photo was captured, tools and techniques used, and typical problems related to capturing such a photo, along with solutions. Each chapter also includes sample Q&A sessions and assignments.

Perhaps the only person to spawn an urban legend through his jaw-dropping photography and conceptual work (http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/iceberg.asp), Clevenger aims with this book to give photographers motivation to spend more time capturing each shot, knowledge about the equipment and techniques used to create dramatic images, and insight into original ways to look at our natural world. By the time you've worked through all of the techniques in this beautiful yet informative book, you'll not only photograph the world differently—you'll see it differently, too.