Daily Archives: September 16, 2014

 

Very soon, I will start the next big adventure of my life, writing a large number of eBooks in order to share a lifetime of photography experience.   It really started to ferment when I got to know Scott Kelby and I greatly admired how he could take the most complex photo program on earth, Photoshop, and make it so simple that even I could understand it.  It made me realize that there was a real need for some simple to the point books that would help people get the most important concepts of photography. Every time I teach a workshop I realize that any of this information I have been teaching, needs to be written down, so it can live on.  Photography has been the source for so much joy in my life, I just want to share it with anyone interested!

 

So the birth of  Cut to the Chase Publications   This will be the banner under which I will be doing a large series of different books.  The photo instructional books will be under the Bill Fortney’s Reliable Guides banner.  Here are some of the titles that will be coming over the next several months and in 2015!  Reliable Guides will be just that, the most important information you need to know about many different aspects of photography, simple, to the point, complete….RELIABLE!!!

 

 

The Eye Seeks  (Sharpness – Brightness – Warmth)

 

The Four Keys to a Great Image

 

Exposure Exposed

 

Composition   (Control of the elements in the frame)

 

Creative White Balance   (Getting it right, and getting what you want)

 

Learning To See Photographically

 

Alternate HDR Methods

 

Taking your Photography to the Next Level!

 

The Joy of Photography (…and How To Keep It!)

 

Abstract & Patterns

 

Color for Color Sake

 

It’s In The Bag!  Building a Camera System

 

Shooting with Manual Focus Lenses

 

Getting the Most from the Fuji X-System

 

In addition to the photography instructional books, I plan to re-release a dual volume set of

 

The Best of America From 500 Feet Volumes I & II

 

Another new series will be faith based books called  The New Life Series

 

The first volume is already complete;  “How to Have Peace in a Ticked Off World.”

 

 

….and one last one, a personal project for my grandchildren and someday, great grandchildren, The Life and Time of Bill Fortney  –  read by the author –  this one is for you John Gompf Jr.!!!!  An Audio book with lots of the old stories, from this blessed life!!

 

 

I hope to have the book store live by the first of November and when the store goes live I will offer one free book for first time visitors to the store!!!!  The other great surprise is that most titles will be only $4.95!!!   My goal give my readers a great value!!  Coffee table volumes will be slightly more but my goal is to never charge more than $9.95 for a book!!!!

 

Lots more ideas coming, it’s gonna be fun!  Please stay tuned!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim