Fine Art Children's Photography: Techniques and Images in Black & White

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Wonderful book of Children's photography!.......2001-11-27

This is a wonderful book on the how to's of black and white childrens photography. I think this book would be useful not only to a professional but also for an amatuer looking to take better pictures of their own children. I think the book gives great insight into how a very talented photographer works. Doris really knows her "stuff" I not only know this from her book but first hand, she took my pregancy portraits and did a beautiful job! She is truly a talented artist!

Neither fine nor art.......2001-05-17

Perhaps a "how-to" book of this nature appeals to the amateur weekend photographer who has never read anything about children or portrait photography. The book gives no technical information regarding camera settings or studio lighting output. The studio lighting is redundant and unimaginative (not to mention contradictory in some cases) and most of the images are boring. My only guess is that this book was, in fact written for the weekend photographer and in a "feel-good" (hey, I can take pictures of kids and so can you!) manner so as not to scare off potential sales. Regarding the picture of the two young sisters gazing off into the distance, the author admits she had no idea how she got the shot and that all the shots before and after were "bad". Wasn't the author looking through the camera when she took the pictures? Personally, I have nothing against any how-to book that informs the reader, but with the exception of one or two "tips", the book has little to say. As for the title, shooting in black and white does not constitute "fine art". A better title would have been, "A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Black & White Pictures of Kids".

Helpful!.......2000-07-18

Fine Art Children's Photography: Techniques & Images in Black and White

by Doris Carol Doyle and Ian Doyle Soft cover, 127 pages. Amherst Media, Inc.

I like this book very much because the photographer/author stresses something I have always believed--a child doesn't have to look perfect, prim and proper for a portrait. In fact, professional portraits of your child having fun and just being a child will probably be your family's favorite and best remembered photographs. The use of black and white film for these photographs gives them a character and style of their own, and lifts them from the realm of being informal snapshots to the medium of art. Photographer Doris Carol Doyle introduces herself in the front of the book and tells how she started doing children's portraiture in her home, using equipment and props that were available. She produced some striking images, so if you are getting started as a photographer her example will give you confidence that you don't have to have a complete and expensive studio to get started. Accompanying each image is a diagram of the layout she used, and a complete description of her equipment. Doyle takes the time to discuss the little things that make all the difference when taking a portrait. For instance, seating the subject a little lower than the camera causes the child to look up, showing more of the whites of their eyes and making the eyes look bigger and brighter. By watching a child's hands and stance you can get an idea of their comfort level and she stresses don't limit yourself where backgrounds are concerned. Parks, fences, buildings and beaches make delightful backdrops for children's portraiture. Doyle includes a section for various age groups of children in her book. This is helpful, because each age brings new delights and new problems. She discusses photographing a child with their pet, their friends, family members, favorite things and while involved in favorite activities. Location shooting is discussed as are using fill flash, reflectors and natural light. A smaller photograph shows the exact placement of the camera, flash and reflectors for many of the images. A complete description of the area and circumstances during the shoot is explained. Most important, Doyle uses examples of her photographs where the child's face is not key to the image, and how such images can be successful. A photograph on the back book cover shows two young boys walking away from the camera. They are on a beach, the taller of the two has his arm around the shoulder of the smaller boy. If this were an image of my two sons, I know this photograph would be a favorite of mine. Children are shown giggling, laughing and looking down at things. Childhood is such a fleeting time, it's important to have photographs of your children enjoying that wonderful, magical season and this book will help you do that. Because of the small details Doyle shares with readers, the ease of reading and the clear illustrations, I give this book a strong four star rating.

Marilyn Dalrymple

Excellent book.......2000-06-10

This book is easy to follow and read and is the best book about photographing children that I have found. It gives both indoor and outdoor suggestions and gives great ideas for good composition.

A delight to read and a must have for the new year!.......2000-01-24

I love this book! Even if you are not into child portraiture this is a great book to read. The photographs are beautiful and there is an illustration next to each photograph of the equipment and what lighting was used. There are also many handy tips for getting the pose you want from the child model.

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Chaos, catastrophe, self-organization, and complexity theories (nonlinear dynamics) now have practical and measurable roles in the functioning of work organizations. Managing Emergent Phenomena begins by describing how the concept of an organization has changed from a bureaucracy, to a humanistic and organic system, to a complex adaptive system. The dynamics concepts are then explained along with the most recent research methods for analyzing real data. Applications include: work motivation, personnel selection and turnover, creative thinking by individuals and groups, the development of social networks, coordination in work groups, the emergence of leaders, work performance in organizational hierarchies, economic problems that are relevant to organizations, techniques for predicting the future, and emergency management.

Each application begins with a tight summary of standard thinking on a subject, followed by the new insights that are afforded by nonlinear dynamics and the empirical data supporting those ideas. Unusual concepts are also encountered, such as the organizational unconscious, collective intelligence, and the revolt of the slaved variables. The net results are a new perspective on what is really important in organizational life, original insights on familiar experiences, and some clear signposts for the next generation of nonlinear social scientists.

Modelling and Forecasting Financial Data: Techniques of Nonlinear Dynamics (Studies in Computational Finance, Volume 2) (Studies in Computational Finance)

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Modelling and Forecasting Financial Data: Techniques of Nonlinear Dynamics (Studies in Computational Finance, Volume 2) (Studies in Computational Finance)

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ASIN: 0792376803

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Over the last decade, dynamical systems theory and related nonlinear methods have had a major impact on the analysis of time series data from complex systems. Recent developments in mathematical methods of state-space reconstruction, time-delay embedding, and surrogate data analysis, coupled with readily accessible and powerful computational facilities used in gathering and processing massive quantities of high-frequency data, have provided theorists and practitioners unparalleled opportunities for exploratory data analysis, modelling, forecasting, and control.
Until now, research exploring the application of nonlinear dynamics and associated algorithms to the study of economies and markets as complex systems is sparse and fragmentary at best. Modelling and Forecasting Financial Data brings together a coherent and accessible set of chapters on recent research results on this topic. To make such methods readily useful in practice, the contributors to this volume have agreed to make available to readers upon request all computer programs used to implement the methods discussed in their respective chapters.
Modelling and Forecasting Financial Data is a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students studying complex systems in finance, biology, and physics, as well as those applying such methods to nonlinear time series analysis and signal processing.

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Nonlinear Dynamics and Statistics

Manufacturer: Birkhäuser Boston
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ASIN: 0817641637

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Recently, a great deal of progress has been made in the modeling and understanding of processes with nonlinear dynamics, even when only time series data are available. Modern reconstruction theory deals with creating nonlinear dynamical models from data and is at the heart of this improved understanding. Most of the work has been done by dynamicists, but for the subject to reach maturity, statisticians and signal processing engineers need to provide input both to the theory and to the practice. The book brings together different approaches to nonlinear time series analysis in order to begin a synthesis that will lead to better theory and practice in all the related areas. This book describes the state of the art in nonlinear dynamical reconstruction theory. The chapters are based upon a workshop held at the Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University, UK, in late 1998. The book's chapters present theory and methods topics by leading researchers in applied and theoretical nonlinear dynamics, statistics, probability, and systems theory. Features and topics: * disentangling uncertainty and error: the predictability of nonlinear systems * achieving good nonlinear models * delay reconstructions: dynamics vs. statistics * introduction to Monte Carlo Methods for Bayesian Data Analysis * latest results in extracting dynamical behavior via Markov Models * data compression, dynamics and stationarity Professionals, researchers, and advanced graduates in nonlinear dynamics, probability, optimization, and systems theory will find the book a useful resource and guide to current developments in the subject.

Dynamic Nonlinear Econometric Models: Asymptotic Theory

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Dynamic Nonlinear Econometric Models: Asymptotic Theory
Benedikt M. Pötscher , and Ingmar R. Prucha
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ASIN: 3540628576

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The book provides an extensive discussion of asymptotic theory of M-estimators in the context of dynamic nonlinear models. The class of M-estimators contains least mean distance estimators (including maximum likelihood estimators) and generalized method of moments estimators. In addition to establishing the asymptotic properties of such estimators, the book provides a detailed discussion of the statistical and probabilistic tools necessary for such an analysis. The book also gives a careful treatment of estimators of asymptotic variance covariance matrices for dependent processes.

Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Instability: Statistical Theory and Economic Evidence

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Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Instability: Statistical Theory and Economic Evidence
William A. Brock , David A. Hsieh , and Blake LeBaron
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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ASIN: 0262023296

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Chaos theory has touched on such fields as biology, cognitive science, and physics. By providing a unified and complete explanation of new statistical methods that are useful for testing for chaos in data sets, Brock, Hsieh, and LeBaron show how the principles of chaos theory can be applied to such areas of economics and finance as the changing structure of stock returns and nonlinearity in foreign exchange. They use computer models extensively to illustrate their ideas and explain this frontier research at a level of rigor sufficient for others to build upon as well as to verify the soundness of their arguments.

The authors, who have played a major role in developing basic testing methods that are effective in detecting chaos and other nonlinearities, provide a detailed exposition of empirical techniques for identifying evidence of chaos. They introduce and describe the BDS statistic, an easy-to-use test that detects the existence of potentially forecastable structure, nonstationarity, or hidden patterns in time-series data and that can be adapted to test for the adequacy of fit of forecasting models. An extensive performance evaluation of the BDS is included.

Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Instability also reviews important issues in the theoretical economics literature on chaos and complex dynamics, surveys existing work on the detection of chaos and nonlinear structure, and develops models and processes to discover predictable sequencing in time-series data, such as stock returns, that currently appear random.

William A. Brock is Vilas Research Professor of Economics and Blake LeBaron is Assistant Professor of Economics, both at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. David A. Hsieh is Professor of Business at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

Modern Linear and Nonlinear Econometrics (Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance)

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Modern Linear and Nonlinear Econometrics (Dynamic Modeling and Econometrics in Economics and Finance)
Joseph Plasmans
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ASIN: 0387257608

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The basic characteristic of Modern Linear and Nonlinear Econometrics is that it presents a unified approach of modern linear and nonlinear econometrics in a concise and intuitive way. It covers four major parts of modern econometrics: linear and nonlinear estimation and testing, time series analysis, models with categorical and limited dependent variables, and, finally, a thorough analysis of linear and nonlinear panel data modeling. Distinctive features of this handbook are:

-A unified approach of both linear and nonlinear econometrics, with an integration of the theory and the practice in modern econometrics. Emphasis on sound theoretical and empirical relevance and intuition. Focus on econometric and statistical methods for the analysis of linear and nonlinear processes in economics and finance, including computational methods and numerical tools.

-Completely worked out empirical illustrations are provided throughout, the macroeconomic and microeconomic (household and firm level) data sets of which are available from the internet; these empirical illustrations are taken from finance (e.g. CAPM and derivatives), international economics (e.g. exchange rates), innovation economics (e.g. patenting), business cycle analysis, monetary economics, housing economics, labor and educational economics (e.g. demand for teachers according to gender) and many others.

-Exercises are added to the chapters, with a focus on the interpretation of results; several of these exercises involve the use of actual data that are typical for current empirical work and that are made available on the internet.

What is also distinguishable in Modern Linear and Nonlinear Econometrics is that every major topic has a number of examples, exercises or case studies. By this `learning by doing' method the intention is to prepare the reader to be able to design, develop and successfully finish his or her own research and/or solve real world problems.

Chaos & Nonlinear Dynamics in the Financial Markets: Theory, Evidence and Applications/Book and Disk

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A bible for the nonlinear traders

Chaos & Nonlinear Dynamics in the Financial Markets: Theory, Evidence and Applications/Book and Disk

Manufacturer: Irwin Professional Publishing
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Chaos & Nonlinear Dynamics in the Financial Markets explores both theory and empirical results related to non-linear determinism in the dynamics of asset prices. It includes a wealth of material on the properties of chaotic processes relevant to markets, along with statistical and other tests which have been developed specifically to detect the presence of chaotic behavior. This authoritative guide covers a comprehensive range of issues associated with chaos theory. It includes sections on theoretical foundations; evidence of chaos in the stock market, commodities markets, and money markets; and a section on advanced methodological issues. You'll also find included Chaos Explorer, a complimentary software package that graphically illustrates the chaotic processes that are referenced throughout the book.

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A bible for the nonlinear traders.......2000-07-07

First of all, this book is only a collection of journal papers. However, all of the chapters provide the complete understanding of the new science - chaos theory and its underlying assumption of nonlinearity. In my opinion, this book is the bible for anyone who want to study on this area.

Analysis of nonlinear duopoly game with heterogeneous players [An article from: Economic Modelling]

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Analysis of nonlinear duopoly game with heterogeneous players [An article from: Economic Modelling]
J. Zhang , Q. Da , and Y. Wang
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from Economic Modelling, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The paper considers a nonlinear duopoly game with heterogeneous players, boundely rational and naive expectations. A duopoly game is modelled by two nonlinear difference equations. The existence and stability of the equilibria of this system are studied. The complex dynamics, bifurcations and chaos are displayed by computing numerically the largest Lyapunov exponents, sensitive dependence on initial conditions and fractal dimension of the chaotic attractor.

Attractors, Bifurcations, & Chaos: Nonlinear Phenomena in Economics

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Attractors, Bifurcations, & Chaos: Nonlinear Phenomena in Economics
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ASIN: 3540402268

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The first part of this book is an introduction to the mathematical methods of modern nonlinear dynamics. It deals with differential equations, ordinary and partial, iterated maps, and bifurcation theory. The second part focuses applications to economics and regional science. Topics such as business cycles, oligopoly, interregional trade, and economic development theory are included. Bifurcation analysis, and studies of the various attractors, with their basins, provide the core, both of the background material and the applications. Coexistence of attractors and multiplicity of development paths are emphasized throughout. The chapters devoted to spatial applications focus the emergence of geographical patterns.

Chaos Theory in Economics: Methods, Models and Evidence (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics)

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Chaos Theory in Economics: Methods, Models and Evidence (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics)

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