Photographing Childhood

CHAPTER 1: the authentic, the idyllic & the fantastic
Why we photograph: exploring intent
CHAPTER 2: early image makers
What history offers us
CHAPTER 3: tools of the trade
Nuts and bolts of image making
CHAPTER 4: timeline of childhood
What to expect and when to expect it
CHAPTER 5: before nostalgia
The Image and the Memory
CHAPTER 6: artists & images to inspire & inform
Contemporary Photographers: art, style and insight
CHAPTER 7: storing, printing & sharing your work
how to archive, and share your photographs

LaNola Stone is currently an Adjunct Professor of Photography at the Art Institute in Salt Lake City and former Creative Director of Organize Magazine (when it won 2007 Best Organization Magazine of the Year). Her work has been seen in California Home + Design Magazine, Child Magazine, Apollo Magazine, And Baby Magazine, and more. She has also photographed for Martha Stewart Omnemedia, Pottery Barn, and Sterling Pear among others. Her photography was selected by the Visual Arts Gallery for representation at Aqua Art, during Art Basel Miami 2009. And she was recently featured as CMYK Magazine's "Top 100 New Creatives."

"As a professional photographer, I know that one of the most intriguing subjects are children. However, capturing those truly once-in-a-lifetime moments as a timeless treasure. well, that's a specialty in our field. Photographing Childhood: The Image and The Memory is a well written and thorough guide for the photographer to learn how to collaborate with their child subjects and create photographs as well as experiences that will be remembered when working with youth. Included in this book is a wonderful time line of childhood from birth to adulthood in which LaNola shares her secrets of what the photographer can expect through each stage of growth and how to capture those moments, creating a unique story to be cherished for generations. The book also includes wonderful examples of well-known photographers to inspire you and a chapter on storing, printing and sharing those precious memories. Not only is this book a must have for the professional photographer, but it would make a wonderful gift for new parents!"--San Francisco Book Review "Katrina Eismann chose Stone's new book as one of 2011's Best Photography Books: 'Photographing Childhood: The Image and the Memory (Focal Press, 2011) by LaNola Kathleen Stone is thoughtful, inspiring, and unexpected. The book features an historical homage; an insightful timeline of childhood; useful information on lighting and image management; and most importantly highlights a wide variety of contemporary photographers and photographic approaches to frame and focus on the fleeting moments of childhood. Smart, beautiful and poignant!'"--ElizabethAvedon.blogspot.com "Stone's own photographs, often accompanied by diagrams, illustrate lighting techniques, while captions give technical information and pragmatic suggestions (e.g., for more "idyllic" infant shots, swap out plastic diapers for cloth). A chapter on her personal project, Memories Abandoned, deals with notions of childhood and nostalgia, and an up-to-the-minute chapter on