Washoe County Library System

Offers advice on using lighting to enhance a subject and the final picture, covering such topics as the exposure, natural lighting, ambient light, and enhancing lighting effects.

Neon Nevada is at once a stirring ode to a fading tradition and a celebration of a unique modern art, one whose pages will bring back memories while, perhaps, also conjuring up dreams of the future.

Celebrates the art and history of neon in Las Vegas. On-camera host Gwen Clancy tours Glitter Gulch with Richard Hooker of Las Vegas Cultural Affairs Division, the Neon Boneyard with Neon Museum Director Sandra Harris, and the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society with Director Greta Brunschwyler. Includes interview with renowned sign designer Betty Willis and original song "Neon skies" by Ellis Rice.

"The Age of Edison places the story of Edison's invention in the context of a technological revolution that transformed America and Europe in these decades. Edison and his fellow inventors emerged from a culture shaped by broad public education, a lively popular press that took an interest in science and technology, and an American patent system that encouraged innovation and democratized the benefits of invention. And in the end, as Freeberg shows,...

"At the turn of the century, Paris was a hotbed of creativity. Technology boomed, delivering to the world electric light, the automobile, and new ways to treat disease, while imagination blossomed, creating Art Nouveau, motion pictures, and modernist literature. A pivotal figure during this time, yet largely forgotten today, Loie Fuller was an American performance artist who became a living symbol of the Art Nouveau movement with her hypnotic dances...

An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wonderous educational field trips with the help of a magical schoolbus. Getting energized (topic: energy): The class is ready to plug in their "double trouble wheel of wonder" at the carnival when they discover all the outlets are taken. Gets charged (topic: electricity): The class is selling light bulbs. When they stop at Ms. Frizzle's house to sell her one, they find that her doorbell doesn't work. A...