Learn How to Photograph Wildlife near Your Hometown; New Book Teaches Techniques to Make Compelling Wildlife Photographs

GIG HARBOR, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2005--The book 88 Secrets to Wildlife Photography is now available for review.

Almost everyone in the United States lives less than one hour from a zoo, park, wildlife refuge or game park. In 88 Secrets to Wildlife Photography, veteran wildlife and nature photographers Rod Barbee and Scott Bourne share professional techniques for making compelling photographs at these locations.

Beginning and experienced shooters will find tips for photographing wildlife, as well as information about equipment and basic and advanced photography concepts.

"We wanted to show people of various skill levels how to photograph birds and animals within an hour of their home using affordable equipment," says Bourne.

David Middleton, contributing editor at Outdoor Photography Magazine, said of 88 Secrets to Wildlife, "If you are at all interested in wildlife photography, this book is for you. The images and information it contains are top-notch, and are presented in a very digestible format. Rod and Scott are two very talented photographers who also happen to be accomplished teachers. Buy this book!"

88 Secrets to Wildlife Photography is available now for purchase as an E-book at www.mountainschoolpress.com ($13.95).

Mass-market distribution of the perfect-bound soft-cover edition ($18.95) begins fourth quarter 2005. The book, along with the other books in this series, 88 Secrets to Selling & Publishing Your Photography and 88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers, will be available at most national bookstores and at online retailers such as Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com (www.bn.com).

88 Secrets to Wildlife Photography will be distributed to the trade by Biblio Distribution, Inc., a National Book Network, Inc. (NBN) sister company. Biblio-distributed books are also available through Baker & Taylor and Ingram. (http://www.bibliodistribution.com)

88 Secrets to Wildlife Photography

150 pp / $13.95 E-Book $18.95 Paperback (USA)

25 Illustrations

Soft cover

12 Point Perfect Bound C1S

ISBN: ISBN# 0-9761878-2-5

Library of Congress Control Number: 2005928324