English | February 11, 2016 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B01BORRI8Y | 365 pages | AZW3 | 22 Mb

First in a Series of Long Distance Amtrak Train Photography Guides. This book tells you where and how to make great exterior and interior train photos along the route of the Amtrak Southwest Chief   Los Angeles - Chicago . This eBook includes tips for taking photos, not only of the Southwest Chief, but of tourist trains, rail museums, and private rail cars close to the Southwest Chief route. Carl gives many suggestions as to where to eat, and where to stay along the way.  Includes over 350 photos by the author from over 20 trips on the Southwest Chief to illustrate proven photo concepts.

All Photographs and Text, except where noted,  By Carl Morrison

Carl is an award-winning photographer, and Field Reporter for TrainWeb.com. He shares his techniques and shows over 350 samples of how to get the best interior shots of private rail cars; the best shots from the train through windows, vestibules and rail car platforms; and many unique techniques and locations for exterior shots of trains, rail museums, and private rail cars.

He is a qualified Photographic Society of America (PSA) judge having judged at the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C) level. He taught photography at the high school level, has had a one-man-show in Seymour, Indiana, and sells his photos online at MoKnowsPhotos.com.

Carl gives time-tested tips, tricks and equipment suggestions for this exciting photographic subject.

Most of the trains and destinations mentioned in this eBook have links to Rail Destination Travelogues written by the author for TrainWeb.com. Tips are provided about photographing for magazines and Internet publications as well as protecting, cataloging, and selling photographs.

Cover Photo:  Southwest Chief at Fullerton, California, having just left Los Angeles heading for Chicago on March 23, 2015.

Over 100 Train Travelogues, Conference Reports, and Essays:  TrainWeb.org/carl

Future eBooks by Carl Morrison

Photographing Trains

Volume 2:  Second in a Series  Amtrak Coast Starlight

Seattle - Portland - Los Angeles

Volume 3:  Third in a Series  Empire Builder

Chicago - St. Paul/Minneapolis - Milwaukee - Spokane - Portland/Seattle

Volume 4:  Fourth in a Series  Amtrak California Zephyr

Chicago - Denver - Glenwood Springs ~ Emeryville (San Francisco)

You may also be interested in my first eBook:  How to Take Great Travel Photos. It is available on Amazon.com.

For the best view of this eBook, I suggest:  On your eBook reader, Turn the background from white to black (this will also turn the text to white) for less stress on your eyes.  Photos just look better on a black background as well.  I also suggest that you read this book in horizontal or side-by-side page mode, giving you more continuity in the book.  When you want to see a photograph in a larger format, just rotate your reader to the vertical, or portrait, mode.  Then move back to the horizontal, landscape, mode if you wish.

One of the greatest things about eBooks is the ability to go to Internet locations mentioned in the book in blue text or to a link within the book.  Underlined blue links are hyperlinks to an Internet site if you are reading on a device that is connected to the Internet.  Some Internet links may appear without an underline, but have telltale signs that it is an Internet link like .com at the end, or [url=http://]http://[/url] in front of the link.  Blue links without underlining in a Table of Contents are links to same-named locations in the book.  Click one of these Table of Contents links to go directly to that named location within the book.

If you click an Internet link in this eBook on a reader, after going to that external page, look in the upper left corner for a message about getting back to this ebook.  If you click an Internet link in this eBook while reading it on a laptop, the link will open in a separate window on your laptop's screen.

Enjoy and learn,

Carl Morrison