Learn how light and shadow can be used to compose photographs. Example images and diagrams illustrate lighting concepts and demonstrate how different sources of light affect a subject. Topics include: Use of light in classic paintings; perception and design principles; directional lighting and post-exposure techniques.

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Subtitled, Mapping the Cyber Underworld, there are five new chapters in the expanded edition, one of which looks at Cyber Warfare Capabilities by Nation-State. It also covers the role of social networks in fomenting revolution in the Middle East and Northern Africa and Russian investment in social networks. See our review of previous version.

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Intended for those who know the basics this reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds. It's all muscle and no fluff. Discover how the experts tackle SharePoint Foundation 2010 and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery.

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Shows Java developers how to develop to the OSGi Service Platform Enterprise specification, an emerging Java-based technology for developing modular enterprise applications. Presents practical techniques for implementation including management, configuration, event handling, and software component models and pick and choose services to create domain-specific frameworks for your business.

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This new edition of the tutorial on the basics of Objective-C and object-oriented programming for Apple's iOS and Mac platforms has been updated to cover changes that first appeared in iOS 5 and Xcode 4.2, including the use of Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) to improve and simplify memory management in Objective-C programs. See our review of the previous edition.

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Helps you unlock the potential of this platform and create dazzling, visually rich, and highly functional applications for the Windows Phone Marketplace - including using new features like copy-and-paste and API improvements in the NoDo and Mango update waves.

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This addition to the Non-Designer’s series sets out to teach the tools and features in Illustrator that designers (as opposed to illustrators) need to use. Along the way, the book offers many design tips for non-designers. Individual exercises ensure that a reader can jump in at any point and learn a specific tool or technique.

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Subtitled, Over 300 Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks for OS X Lion, shows how to master everyday tools such as the Dock, Spotlight, Mission Control, Launchpad, and Dashboard. You'll discover other tools and built-in add-ons  you never knew existed. Customize the OS X interface, refine your workflow, learn valuable security tricks and work better with photos, movies and documents.

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Take your SharePoint solutions to the cloud and gain scalability and high availability while helping to lower operational costs. IT professionals, architects, and decision makers learn hands-on how to customize and maintain SharePoint cloud solutions and get practical advice for migrating business solutions either to Microsoft SharePoint Online or to a private cloud.

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A hands-on tutorial for those who know Java or Ruby, but not Lisp. Teaches Clojure from the basics up using practical, real-world application examples. Covers practical matters like unit-testing and environment set-up through to building a scalable web-application using domain-specific languages, Hadoop, HBase, and RabbitMQ.

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