Kevin Meredith’s book Hot Shots is one of those worthwhile publications that’s often kept in my backpack when I’m out shooting not just due to its compact size but because it’s very competent in giving you alternatives to common shots and it kick-starts your creativity. By far, one of my favorites and now I’ll have to add yet another one to my collection.
His new book entitled Photo Opp in the USA and 52 Photographic Projects in the UK features some of the hottest photographers working in the Flickr community. Rather than explain what’s inside, take a look for yourself in this neat video.

Several months of devoted work has culminated to this beautiful simplistic display of carefully handpicked books from Amazon all sorted by category and covering every aspect of photography.
You’re bound to find something that appeals to you regardless of your photographic expertise. I’m particularly fond of their introduction of the site -
As much as it hurts to hear it, your camera doesn’t make you an artist. Your creativity does. And creativity comes from inspiration. So, where do you find it?
The best way to save money in your ad buy is to know exactly what you are saying, and to whom. Reducing the number of variables involved can make a massive difference in both the effectiveness of your advertising and the size of cavity it leaves in your pocketbook.
~ Eric Karjaluoto in Speak Human. Can’t help think this is the exact reason why so many advertisers flock to Fusion Ads to promote their service or product. It’s not enough to say you have an ad to promote what you’re selling, it’s making sure that the people who are going to be interested in buying it see it.
Kevin Meredith was the first photographer I had the pleasure of featuring on the Photographer Spotlight Series and throughout the process of emailing each other, I purchased his instructional photography book entitled Hot Shots.
The book compiles a huge variety of photography techniques and provides detailed and inspiring instructions on how to implement them into your shots. No photography book is complete without examples and Kevin did a fantastic job in accompanying each tip with stunning samples of his own portfolio.
With books like these, there’s really no justice in just reading up on what it has to offer so I highly recommend in exploring it’s content with the neat time-lapse video Kevin put together to give you an inside look of what to expect. You won’t be disappointed.
Don’t get obsessed with how many friends or fans are following you—the stats are only marginally important. What’s important is the intensity of your community’s engagement and interaction with you. At this point the quality of the conversation is much more revealing than the number of people having it. If your content is making people talk enough so they start to make some noise, I guarantee you’re going to see more people show up to your party.
~ If the content is there, people will come. Gary Vaynerchuk on Crushing It!
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