In The Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Crafting Light and Shadow, Chris Knight addresses portraiture with a unique approach to both light and shadow that allows you to improve and elevate your own portraiture.

Without light, there is no photograph. As almost every photographer knows, the word photograph has its roots in two Greek words that, together, mean drawing with light. But what is less commonly acknowleEAed and understood is the role that shadow plays in creating striking, expressive imagery, especially in portraiture. It is through deft, nuanced use of both light and shadow that you can move beyond shooting simply ordinary, competent headshots into the realm of creating dramatic portraiture that can so powerfully convey a subject's inner essence, communicate a personal narrative, and express your photographic vision.

In The Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Crafting Light and Shadow, Chris Knight addresses portraiture with a unique approach to both light and shadow that allows you to improve and elevate your own portraiture. He begins with the history of portraiture, from the early work of Egyptians and Greeks to the sublime treatment of light and subject by artists such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. Chris then dives into a deep, hands-on exploration of light, shadow, and portraiture, offering numerous lessons and takeaways. He covers:

- The qualities of light: hard, soft, and the spectrum in between

- The relationships between light, subject, and background, and how to control them

- Lighting patterns such as Paramount, Rembrandt, loop, and split

- Lighting ratios and how they affect contrast in your image

- Equipment: from big and small modifiers to grids, snoots, barn doors, flags, and gels

- Multiple setups for portrait shoots, including those that utilize one, two, and three lights

- How color contributes to drama and mood, eliciting an emotional response from the viewer

- How to approach styling your portrait, from wardrobe to background

- The post-processing workflow, including developing the RAW file, maximizing contrast, color grading, retouching, and doEAing and burning for heightened drama and effect

- How all of these elements culminate to help you define your personal style and create your own narrative

This original and ingenious book presents a new theory of the origins of human culture. Integrating perspectives of evolutionary biology and social anthropology within a Marxist framework, Chris Knight rejects the common assumption that human culture was a modified extension of primate behavior and argues instead that it was the product of an immense social, sexual, and political revolution initiated by women. Chris Knight has drawn widely on classical Marxist theory and structuralism in the Levi-Strauss tradition, as well as on the contemporary offerings from feminism, paleontology and sociobiology, to weld together a grand synthesis on the origins of culture. . . . Interestingly, . . . Knight's hypothesis does seem to provide a simple explanation for a number of biological and cultural phenomena that have hitherto been regarded as unrelated.-Robin Dunbar, Times Higher Education Supplement An immense work of documentation and close argument. . . . A magnificent work of materialistic science constructed from anthropological field-work and tribal myth.-Peter Redgrove, Times Literary Supplement Chris Knight brings evidence from a wide range of disciplines to take forward the argument for women's initiatory role in human culture and to attempt to answer the question of how men, over time, came to appropriate women's power.-Camilla Power, Everywoman Stimulating, positive and brave. . . . [A] unique exploration from biology through archaeology to anthropology.-Caroline Humphrey, London Review of Books An important and stimulating contribution to studies in human cultural origins.-Choice A book of absorbing interest . . . I can recommend this book for health sociologists and students.-Agnes Miles, Sociology of Health and Illness

A fresh and fascinating look at the philosophies, politics, and intellectual legacy of one of the twentieth century's most influential and controversial minds

Occupying a pivotal position in postwar thought, Noam Chomsky is both the founder of modern linguistics and the world's most prominent political dissident. Chris Knight adopts an anthropologist's perspective on the twin output of this intellectual giant, acclaimed as much for his denunciations of US foreign policy as for his theories about language and mind. Knight explores the social and institutional context of Chomsky's thinking, showing how the tension between military funding and his role as linchpin of the political left pressured him to establish a disconnect between science on the one hand and politics on the other, deepening a split between mind and body characteristic of Western philosophy since the Enlightenment. Provocative, fearless, and engaging, this remarkable study explains the enigma of one of the greatest intellectuals of our time.

Ten years have passed since Scott Oak packed his bags and ran away from home, leaving behind a small group of childhood friends and a family that he didn't care for. When the news of Laura's sudden death hits his doorstep, he is called to return in order to attend the funeral and support his older brother, Ray, who is in mourning. The minute Scott steps foot back in the house that he vowed not to ever look at again, he knows something isn't quite right. As old loves become rekindled and overwhelm him, so do thoughts and questions surrounding the mystery of what really happened to Laura. Having no choice but to dive into his past life, Scott embraces the unknown in front of him and decides not to rest until he finds the truth. Past and Pending is an emotional mystery and thought-provoking story of one man's mission to uncover what exactly happened to Laura.

On a seemingly ordinary Monday morning, an office secretary at Trusthouse, a reputable New Zealand Insurance firm, is astounded when she checks her answering machine. A blood-curdling, anonymous voice has left a message on the tape sometime over the weekend, informing her that her millionaire boss, Oscar Silver, has been kidnapped and is being held to ransom.

The information given is very curt.

The Insurance company president's life is now for sale...The price-tag is one million NZ dollars, and the time limit,24 hours!

The voice was explicit- no police involvement or the old man prematurely meets his maker!

The old man's life is now thrust irrevocably into the nervous hands of his naturally tight-fisted eldest son, Isaac. At his wits end, Silver's eldest son and Trusthouse second-in-command, is now asking himself some frightening questions: Just how serious are the unknown assailants? Just how far are they prepared to go?　Can Trusthouse afford to pay up? Can they afford not to? And just exactly, how far is Isaac prepared to go to find out?

Is he willing to gamble, wager with his father's life or will he quickly cough up the dough?

One sunday morning Gran woke Matt up early.Would you like to go to church with me? she enquired.Bored and looking for something new, Matt agreed.Little did he know it but he would meet a man at church that day who would change his life forever.Arriving early, he found a man hanging on a cross!As Matt looked at this man Jesus, Gran introduced him to a God who watched, listened, loved, forgave, and wanted to know him personally, Matt began to realise some precious truths! Jesus loved him so much that he was willing to die for him!Matt discovered that God was strong, he could heal the sick and raise the dead! His voice could calm a storm! Gran introduced Matt to a God he wanted to know .A God he wanted to believe in with all his heart;walk with, talk to, listen to, love, get to know, be like and follow to heaven... .A God who promises eternal life to all those who follow him!!! Matt made his choice, how about you?

On a wet summer evening in New Zealand, a 46-year-old History teacher who went out shopping for a magazine, made a split second decision to buy a lotto ticket. Little did he know that the consequences of the impetuous sudden purchase were about to change his life forever. He spent a measly 2 dollars and won 400 000. With the winnings, he decided to buy a Bedsit and complete the transition from teacher to Landlord. A step that was going to embark him on a journey that was about to change him forever.

On a seemingly ordinary Monday morning, an office secretary at Trusthouse, a reputable New Zealand Insurance firm, is astounded when she checks her answering machine. A blood-curdling, anonymous voice has left a message on the tape sometime over the weekend, informing her that her millionaire boss, Oscar Silver, has been kidnapped and is being held to ransom.

The information given is very curt.

The Insurance company president's life is now for sale...The price-tag is one million NZ dollars, and the time limit,24 hours!

The voice was explicit- no police involvement or the old man prematurely meets his maker!

The old man's life is now thrust irrevocably into the nervous hands of his naturally tight-fisted eldest son, Isaac. At his wits end, Silver's eldest son and Trusthouse second-in-command, is now asking himself some frightening questions: Just how serious are the unknown assailants? Just how far are they prepared to go?　Can Trusthouse afford to pay up? Can they afford not to? And just exactly, how far is Isaac prepared to go to find out?

Is he willing to gamble, wager with his father's life or will he quickly cough up the dough?

One Halloween... on a cold dark night...Farmer Joe went to take his scarecrows to the barn to repair them. In a rush, he left behind the youngest scarecrow, who was sound asleep. At midnight little Skaggy awoke...to find his family gone He set out on an adventure to find them. Join Skaggy as he searches through the dark, looking for his wonderful family. Wander through the pumpkin patch, into caves, even through a graveyard in the witching hour Go into the haunted house if you dare Skaggy meets all sorts of wonderful friends along the way...it could be a great night's adventure

Jeff Tozier was your everyday working man, caught up in your everyday mundane, largely uneventful life....Little did he know that one night a phonecall from his boss was going to change his life forever...A day worker moved to the night shift...this simple transition would introduce him to a whole new world...the world of after dark and take him to people and places he never expected to go to...including the world beyond the grave...journey with him if you dare....

This book contains a variety of poems embracing many aspects of human experience. Typically, the poems touch on the poet's sensitivity towards his God, the Christian God, the God of The Bible. They also attempt to capture some of his deeper feelings towards a variety of subjects common to us all. Subjects such as belief, faith or the lack of it, the appreciation of beauty in nature or creation, and the inward beauty which human beings sometimes reflect, are but a few such subjects the poet explores. These poems are the observations of a man who has tried to grasp the moment, so to speak, and to share it with you. The moment one believes, loves, forgives, dares to dream, is moved to laugh or cry, is challenged or changed, has his or her eyes opened to see or feel something he or she had hitherto not seen, heard or even thought of before. In short, these are the impressions of a man who likes to play with words. Enjoy them.

The Evolutionary Emergence of Language covers the origins and early evolution of language. Its main purpose is to synthesize current thinking on this topic, particularly from a standpoint in theoretical linguistics. It is suitable for students of human evolution, evolutionary psychology, linguistic anthropology and general linguistics. It is the outcome of a major international conference on the evolution of language and includes contributions from many of the best known figures in this field. Very few truly interdisciplinary volumes on this topic have previously been published.

Sometimes, in the most ordinary places, we find the extraordinary. When John Parvis and Clara Mori miss the same train on an otherwise uneventful Tuesday morning, their lives intersect in a moment of pure chaotic chance. John, a creature of habit, lives a life of routine and predictability. Clara, burdened by her own silent struggles, has lost all hope in the world around her. He quickly realizes that she is trying to end her own life and their unexpected meeting sets off a chain of events that alters their paths forever. Determined to help Clara find a reason to keep going, John abandons his carefully planned life to walk alongside her, discovering the beauty in life's spontaneous moments, and the transformative power of human connection. More to Life; is a heartfelt journey of serendipity, compassion, and redemption, reminding us that every moment holds the potential for a new beginning and that at times, in saving another, we find our own salvation.

Make no mistake, living with anxiety and panic is shit with a capital S. It sucks the joy out of the everyday and shrinks the world of it's victims - if you let it You see anxiety is sticky and like a snowball rolling down a hill, the longer it's left to roll the bigger it gets and the harder it is to stop. Suffering with anxiety is not something to be ashamed of, in fact it seems to affect intelligent 'thinkers' and creative people the most (which might say something about you and certainly gives a big clue as to how you can approach beating it) and it definitely doesn't mean you are weak, after all you are currently at the mercy of arguably the most powerful adversary on the planet - the human brain, with millennia of survival and evolution under its black belt Yeah yeah, but can this guide actually release me from the grip of my anxiety? I hear you ask, well the good news is that GAD (generalised anxiety disorder) is not an illness (not to us) It's a temporary undesirable state of mind which can be changed by what we choose to focus on. It can be broken down and reframed to actually empower and help help us grow, believe it or not. It definitely marks the end of an old way of life for sure, but the start of a new one, and this guide can 100% help you achieve that - It won't be instant; it will require considerable commitment; but if you follow this guide it will provide you with all the tools you need to free yourself and arrive at your new normal. How can I be sure? I sense you thinking, well it worked for me and I'm no different to you. After years of reading, research, treatments and experimentation trying to completely free myself, after listening and speaking with many people who had lived with, and freed themselves from GAD and Panic, I mapped, curated and followed this exact guide finally to my own successful release from my anxiety and panic. This is a totally unique, ongoing (in as much as I haven't stop researching what helps and what works) super comprehensive guide that holistically addresses all aspects of your mental and physical wellbeing to empower and optimise your chances of success, from botox to breathing, from CBT to CBD, from neurotransmitters to NLP and everything in between. It is comprised of 7 steps across 10 chapters, supported by over 30 powerful hacks derived from research and the lived experiences of myself and those other people who successfully freed themselves, and is loaded with techniques and strategies to empower you to deal with the before, during and after of your anxiety and panic, all of which have been validated by clinical professionals (hooray) but more importantly those people who have actually suffered. Your journey will be personal to you and your anxieties without doubt, but we all share a common physiology and 'no person is an island'. What has successfully worked for others is likely to work for you and this guide will do exactly that, it will metaphorically walk with you 'step by step' to guide you through what works, in the order that is most effective and powerful, building you up and preparing you for whats to come, giving you all the tools and techniques you need to first make your anxiety release its grip (this happens quickly) and then melt away (this takes persistence and commitment) Like a boxer training for a big fight, this guide and everyone who directly or indirectly contributed to its existence are in your corner. We know what you are dealing with now. We know what you are going to have to do to free yourself. We know how incredible life will feel at the end of this journey to freedom - And we know you can do it Read the guide, you have nothing to loose, and everything to gain You deserve a life free from the control of anxiety

The Evolutionary Emergence of Language covers the origins and early evolution of language. Its main purpose is to synthesize current thinking on this topic, particularly from a standpoint in theoretical linguistics. It is suitable for students of human evolution, evolutionary psychology, linguistic anthropology and general linguistics. It is the outcome of a major international conference on the evolution of language and includes contributions from many of the best known figures in this field. Very few truly interdisciplinary volumes on this topic have previously been published.

By the year 2030, the average life expectancy of women in industrialized countries could reach ninety--exceeding that of men by about ten years. At the present time, postmenopausal women represent more than fifteen percent of the world's population and this figure is likely to grow.

From an evolutionary perspective, these demographic numbers pose some intriguing questions. Darwinian theory holds that a successful life is measured in terms of reproduction. How is it, then, that a woman's lifespan can greatly exceed her childbearing and childrearing years? Is this phenomenon simply a byproduct of improved standards of living, or do older women--grandmothers in particular--play a measurable role in increasing their family members' biological success?

Until now, these questions have not been examined in a thorough and comprehensive manner. Bringing togethertheoretical and empirical work byinternationally recognized scholars in anthropology, psychology, ethnography, and the social sciences, Grandmotherhood explores the evolutionary purpose and possibilities of female post-generative life. Students and scholars of human evolution, anthropology, and even gerontology will look to this volume as a major contribution to the current literature in evolutionary studies.

When Scott Oak was a teenager, he ran away from home, vowing to never return. A wrench is thrown into his new found life when his childhood friend, Laura, passes away, forcing him into a never ending spiral of conspiracy and mystery.