Shooting Paddlers: Photographic Adventures with Canoeists, Kayakers and Rafters

by Toni Harting

Overview

Shooting Paddlers: Photographic Adventures With Canoeists, Kayakers and Rafters is the first book published anywhere designed to help all paddlers strengthen their ability to see, recognize and record meaningful images. It presents an original approach to the study of photography, concentrating on specific possibilities and problems unique to the paddling environment. Most of the 238 black-and-white and colour photographs are discussed through the presentation of one or several pictures on a page, each accompanied by an analysis that includes explanations, tips, recommendations and other useful background information. Shooting Paddlers provides a wealth of specialized knowledge, difficult, if not impossible, to find elsewhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781459721210
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	05/15/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Toni (Antoni) Harting immigrated to Canada from The Netherlands in 1970 and has lived in Toronto with his wife and canoeing partner, Ria, ever since. He holds two Master of Applied Science degrees in Aerospace Engineering, but left his consulting engineering profession in 1974 to build a new career as a full-time freelance writer-photographer specializing in canoe topics, particularly wilderness canoeing.

Over the years he has become the international expert in paddling photography and the products of his work have been widely published in numerous books, articles, brochures, posters, manuals, catalogues, calendars, book reviews, reports and logos. Several of his photographs are included in private art collections. For many years, Toni has presented illustrated lectures and courses on subjects related to wilderness canoeing and paddling photography.

In 1993, one of his photographs was used in the design of a postage stamp by Canada Post. In 1996, Toni published the important book French River: Canoeing the River of the Stick-Wavers, and he is now recognized as the leading authority on canoeing that historic river. He is the editor of Nastawgan, the quarterly journal of the Wilderness Canoe Association.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	4
	Introduction	7
	On and Near Water
	Little Or No Current
	Recreational Paddling	9
	Marathon Racing	45
	Sprint Racing	55
	Current
	Recreational Paddling	67
	Competition	91
	Rafting	103
	Colour	113
	Colour Comments	129
	On Land
	Trail	133
	Campsite	143
	Sky and Weather	153
	Equipment	163
	Index	173
	Author	176

What People are Saying About This

Contributing editor, Canoe & Kayak Magazine - Cliff Jacobson

"I would have saved myself a fortune in wasted film if I had this book years ago when I first began to write about canoeing. Shooting Paddlers is unique because it analyzes 'water' shots through a paddler's eye and suggests how to improve them. Toni Harting's work is awesome! Even the oldest dogs will learn new tricks if they take to heart his suggestions."
- Cliff Jacobson guides canoe trips in northern Canada for the Science Museum of Minnesota. He is a contributing editor to Canoe & Kayak Magazine and the author of sixteen books.

From the Publisher

"I would have saved myself a fortune in wasted film if I had this book years ago when I first began to write about canoeing. Shooting Paddlers is unique because it analyzes 'water' shots through a paddler's eye and suggests how to improve them. Toni Harting's work is awesome! Even the oldest dogs will learn new tricks if they take to heart his suggestions."
- Cliff Jacobson guides canoe trips in northern Canada for the Science Museum of Minnesota. He is a contributing editor to Canoe & Kayak Magazine and the author of sixteen books.