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The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
Michael Freeman
Focal Press, 2007
superbly written and photos illustrate points made
At once, The Photographer's Eye, grips you, beckons one to get your camera, and use your eyes differently, to take in what's there and not, and know when to do what. Michael Freeman is a master tutor, communicator.
This large sized book from Focal Press, a company ...
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Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)
Bryan Peterson
Amphoto Books, 2004
Simply: a must have!
No matter how complex and smart are today's cameras, this book should be read by anyone who wants to make creative photos.
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The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby
New Riders Press, 2007
The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book
Well organized into specific tasks broken into multi-step instructions. Not written in computer garble; just plain English that a person who doesn't already know what to do can understand. Well illustrated. Very helpful to both amateur and professional photographers.
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Understanding Shutter Speed: Creative Action and Low-Light Photography Beyond 1/125 Second
Bryan Peterson
Amphoto Books, 2008
Love this book
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Understanding Shutter Speed: Creative Action and Low-Light Photography Beyond 1/125 Second
is an outstanding book, not a small book either that gives one insight on how to create mistical photos and you can not beat the price!!!!
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Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual
Barbara Brundage
Pogue Press, 2008
You Don't Get A Manual with Photoshop Elements 7--this is the first one available!
Don't you think Adobe should provide you with a no additional charge manual for their new product Photoshop Elements 7?
Before you upgrade to Photoshop Elements 7, may I suggest you read the reviews found about the product.
The "Missing Manual" series manuals ...
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book
Adobe Creative Team
Adobe Press, 2007
Nicely guided introductory tutorial for Photoshop CS3
The book is easy to follow and tells you exactly what to do during the exercises to reach the intended outcome of the photos you are working with. It teaches you one thing then another, building as you go on with what you have done in previous chapters. It also comes ...
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby
New Riders Press, 2008
A down-to-earth user guide for LR2
I am on my second reading of this book because it is so full of good instruction that I want to make sure I understand all of the capabilities of the LR2 program. The book is sequenced logically and fully explains how to use the various LR2 features by using tutorals ...
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The Digital Photography Book
Scott Kelby
Peachpit Press, 2006
Digital Photography for beginners
I totally LOVE this book - a recommendation when I started photography with my D80. I learned lots of tips from Scott to get me going. My lifesaver, when I went travelling - couldn't have survived without it!
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The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2
Scott Kelby
Peachpit Press, 2008
wonderful photography resource
I am an intermediate level photographer but pretty much using the automatic setting on the camera. This book is extremely valuable in learning how to understand and make the adjustments in manual options. There are also a lot of just fun helpful suggestions. The ...
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Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom
Fred Gerantabee, Aquent Creative Team
Wiley, 2008
Flash CS4 Professional Digital Classroom is like having a personal instructor guiding readers through each lesson, while they work at their own pace. This book includes 13 self-paced lessons that let readers discover essential skills and explore new features and capabilities of Adobe Flash Professional. Every lesson is presented in full color ...
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Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature
Matt Kloskowski
Peachpit Press, 2008
Refined Simplicity
Perfect book for my needs. I'm a photographer who wanted a book that would allow me to get familiar with the basics of Photoshop quickly. Some of the posters feel this book is repetitive of other Kelby products, nonetheless you won't be disappointed. If you aren't ...
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The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters (Voices That Matter)
Joe McNally
New Riders Press, 2008
Great gift book
I bought this for a friend who is a photographer and teacher of photography, and he loved it. This book makes a great gift for anyone who is interested in making pictures or just looking at them.
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How to Write a Great Query Letter
Noah Lukeman
Amazon, 2007
It doesn't get any easier than this....
Ah, the dreaded query letter. It's sad to think that a tiny introduction letter of your work can be the fine line between an author and literary representation. It's also sad because most authors don't enjoy writing them or don't know how. I was one of those writers ...
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The Betterphoto Guide to Digital Photography (Amphoto Guide Series)
Jim Miotke
Amphoto Books, 2005
Very good guide
This guide is very easy to understand with alot of examples. Each picture is shows all photo data to help you understand what he is trying to show you. If your a newbie it will help you.
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
Martin Evening
Adobe Press, 2008
First Across the Finish Line
Adobe began shipping its new Lightroom 2.0 (LR2) software at the end of July. A week later this book was available. It made me think that Martin Evening is really a team of writers, each working on a chapter of this book, or even some smaller portion, and that the ...
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