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Bill Hurter has been involved in the photographic industry for the past thirty years. He is the former editor of Petersen’s

PhotoGraphic magazine and currently the editor of both AfterCapture and Rangefinder magazines. He has authored over

thirty books on photography and hundreds of articles on photography and photographic technique. He is a graduate of

American University and Brooks Institute of Photography, from which he holds a BFA and Honorary Masters of Science

and Masters of Fine Art degrees. He is currently a member of the Brooks Board of Governors. Early in his career, he covered

Capital Hill during theWatergate Hearings and worked for three seasons as a stringer for the L.A. Dodgers. He is married

and lives in West Covina, CA.

If you are reading these acknowledgments, you are

probably looking for your name and for some nice

things that I might have said about you. Or, you

may be interested in seeing who is on my “thank

you” list for helping me with this book. Well, many

people have helped me with this work, as well as

with my photography career. If you are one of

them, I hope I remembered to properly thank you

in this section. If you don’t see your name here,

please drop me an email and remind me of my

temporary memory loss. I’ll be sure to remember

to get you into my next book!

Richard Young is a professional photographer based in Las Vegas, NV, who

specializes in fine-art, fashion, glamour, and portrait photography. His career has

taken him around the country, working on assignment and teaching his methods to

other aspiring professionals. Richard’s images have appeared in Maxim magazine,

USA Today, Gaming Today magazine, and a variety of other print and Internetbased

publications. He has also created commercial images for some of the world’s

most luxurious casinos and resorts—and photographed a variety of celebrities,

including Diana Ross and Mary J. Blige. He is the author of Create Erotic

Photography (Amherst Media, 2013). To see more, visit www.theartoferotica.com.

You can also e-mail Ric at ric@theartoferotica.com.

This book has been written because so many people buy digital cameras and never get

further than using automatic settings. It’s a real shame and although cameras are calibrated

to take acceptable images using this feature, the scope of real photography goes a long

way further than that.