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    Photo Inspiration: Secrets Behind Stunning Images

    Photo Inspiration: Secrets Behind Stunning Images List price: $39.99
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    Author: 1x.com

    The inspiration you need to help improve your photography skills

    Well-known for their stunning world-class photography, 1x.com has worked with their most talented photographers to handpick 100 awe-inspiring images and provided the back-story and photographer's secrets that helped capture them. This book presents you with inspiration as well as underlying techniques that can help improve your photography skills immediately.

    • Shares behind-the-scene stories of the featured photos from the photographers themselves, from their artistic vision to the technical details that went into each shot
    • Offers clear, concise, and accessible descriptions for the ideas, vision, performance, setup, location, equipment, camera settings, lighting diagrams, and image editing methods of each amazing photo

    Photo Inspiration provides a unique combination of the final photograph with the tools and knowledge that made it possible, all of which are aimed at helping you meet your photographic potential.

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    The Digital Photography Book, Part 4

    The Digital Photography Book, Part 4 List price: $24.99
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    Author: Scott Kelby

    Scott Kelby, author of The Digital Photography Book (the best-selling digital photography book of all time), is back with another follow-up to his smash best-seller, with an entirely new book that picks up right where volume 3 left off. It's even more of that "Ah ha, so that' s how they do it," straight-to-the-point, skip-the-techno-jargon stuff people can really use today, and that made volume 1 the world's best-selling book on digital photography.

    This book truly has a brilliant premise, and here's how Scott describes it: "If you and I were out on a shoot and you asked me, 'Hey Scott, I want the light for this portrait to look really soft and flattering. How far back should I put this softbox?' I wouldn't give you a lecture about lighting ratios, or flash modifiers. In real life, I'd just turn to you and say, 'Move it in as close to your subject as you possibly can, without it actually showing up in the shot.' Well, that's what this book is all about: you and I out shooting where I answer questions, give you advice, and share the secrets I've learned, just like I would with a friend--without all the technical explanations and techie photo speak."

    Each page covers a single concept on how to make your photography better. Every time you turn the page, you'll learn another pro setting, tool, or trick to transform your work from snapshots into gallery prints. If you're tired of taking shots that look "okay," and if you're tired of looking in photography magazines and thinking, "Why don't my shots look like that?" then this is the book for you.

    This isn't a book of theory, full of confusing jargon and detailed concepts. This is a book on which button to push, which setting to use, and when to use it. With another 200 of the most closely guarded photographic "tricks of the trade," this book gets you shooting dramatically better-looking, sharper, more colorful, more professional-looking photos every time.

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    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers, The

    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers, The List price: $54.99
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    Author: Martin Evening

    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was designed from the ground up with digital photographers in mind, offering powerful editing features in a streamlined interface that lets photographers import, sort, and organize images. This completely updated bestseller was also written with photographers in mind. Author Martin Evening describes features in Lightroom 4 in detail from a photographer’s perspective. As an established commercial and fashion photographer, Martin knows firsthand what photographers need for an efficient workflow. He has also been working with Lightroom from the beginning, monitoring the product’s development and providing valued feedback to Adobe. As a result, Martin knows the software inside and out, from image selection to image editing to image management. In this book you’ll learn how to:

    • Work efficiently with images shot in the raw or JPEG format

    • Import photographs with ease and sort them according to your workflow

    • Create and manage a personal image library

    • Apply tonal adjustments to multiple images quickly

    • Integrate Lightroom with Adobe Photoshop

    • Export images for print or Web as digital contact sheets or personal portfolios

    • Make the most of new features in Lightroom 4, such as the Camera Raw Process 2012 Basic panel tone controls

    Photographers will find Lightroom 4–and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book–indispensable tools in their digital darkrooms.

    This book’s companion site, www.thelightroombook.com, offers video tutorials, articles, sample images, and updates from author Martin Evening.


    “With Martin’s expert guidance, you’ll soon find that you have precisely the tools you need to turn your concentration back where it belongs–on making better pictures!”

    –George Jardine, digital photography consultant

     “As a photographer himself, Martin Evening knows what tools photographers need to realize their creative vision. In this book, he shows not only how Adobe Photoshop Lightroom works but also why it will become an essential part of any photographer’s workflow.”

    –Greg Gorman, photographer



    Amazon.com Exclusive: Bonus Content from Martin Evening, Author of The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book

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    Interview with Martin Evening, author of The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Book
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    RGB Curves [pdf]
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    Picture Perfect Practice: A Self-Training Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Taking World-Class Photographs (Voices That Matter)

    Picture Perfect Practice: A Self-Training Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Taking World-Class Photographs (Voices That Matter) List price: $44.99
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    Author: Roberto Valenzuela

    Foreword by Skip Cohen

    Translating the chaos of the real world into a breathtakingly simple, beautiful photograph can often seem like an impossible task. With busy, cluttered backgrounds and subjects who don’t know how to pose, how can you take control and get a great shot no matter the situation? In Picture Perfect Practice, photographer Roberto Valenzuela breaks down the craft of photography into three key elements–locations, poses, and execution–that you can use to unlock the photographic opportunities lying beneath every challenging situation.

    Valenzuela stresses the need for photographers to actively practice their craft every day–just like you would practice a musical instrument–in order to master the art of making great images. With chapters that offer practice exercises to strengthen your photographic abilities, you’ll learn how to approach a scene, break it down, and see your way to a great photograph. The Location section features chapters that cover symmetry, balance, framing, color elements, textures, and much more. The Posing section includes the Five Key Posing Techniques that Valenzuela uses every time he’s shooting people, as well as a complete list of poses and how to achieve, customize, and perfect them. The Execution portion, with sections like “Lighting through Direction” and “Simplicity through Subtraction,” reveals Valenzuela’s overall approach to getting the shot. The book also includes an inspiring and helpful chapter on deliberate practice techniques, where Valenzuela describes his system for practicing and analyzing his work, which leads to constant improvement as a photographer.

    If you’ve been frustrated and overwhelmed by the challenges of real-world locations, posing your subjects, or executing a great image–or if you simply want to become a better shooter but don’t know where to start–Picture Perfect Practice gives you the tools and information you need to finally become the kind of photographer you’ve always wanted to be: the kind who can confidently walk into any location, under any lighting condition, with any subject, and know that you can create astonishing photographs that have a timeless impact.

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    Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It: Learn Step by Step How to Go from Empty Studio to Finished Image (Voices That Matter)

    Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It: Learn Step by Step How to Go from Empty Studio to Finished Image (Voices That Matter) List price: $44.99
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    Author: Scott Kelby

    FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, YOU’LL LEARN ALL THREE ASPECTS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE STUNNING PORTRAITS
    (HINT: IT’S NOT JUST THE LIGHTING)

    Scott Kelby, the world’s #1 best-selling author of photography books, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine, and Publisher of the just-released Light It magazine, has reinvented how lighting books are written by finally revealing the entire process from start to finish. You see everything from the complete lighting setup (and all the gear used), to the shoot (including all the camera settings and a contact sheet of the progression of the shoot), to the all-important part that most books don’t dare include–the post-processing and retouching in Photoshop. This book also breaks new ground in the visual way it teaches you the lighting setup. There aren’t any sketches or 3D models–you see the lighting layout in a full-page photo, taken from above during the live shoot, so you can see exactly where everything’s positioned (the subject, the photographer, the lighting, the background–you name it–you see it all). Plus, you’ll see side, over-the-shoulder, and more behind-the-scenes views, so you can absolutely nail the lighting every time.

    LEARN THE LIGHTING SETUPS THE PROS USE
    Each year, Scott trains thousands of professional photographers during his Light It. Shoot It. Retouch It. LIVE! seminar tour and now, for the first time ever, he’s taken that incredibly popular style of learning and put in into book form. Now everyone can have a real-world reference for getting the same looks today’s clients are clamoring for.

    You’ll learn:
    • The step-by-step layouts for creating the most-requested and sought-after lighting looks
    • How to get more out of one light than you ever thought you could (this is worth it alone!)
    • How to control and shape your light without breaking the bank
    • The camera settings, gear, and power settings for every shot
    • The retouching techniques the pros really use to make their subjects look their very best
    • How to retouch hair, eyes, lips, skin, and lots of other little retouching tricks that make a really big difference
    • How to create high-contrast portrait effects without buying expensive plug-ins
    • A host of insider tricks, invaluable shortcuts, and kick-butt special effects to give you a real advantage over the competition

    Plus, Scott includes a special bonus chapter that shows how to create these same studio looks using off-camera hot shoe fl ashes and the modifi ers made for them. There’s never been a book like it.

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    The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

    The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain List price: $17.95
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    Author: Betty Edwards
    Brand: Putnam

    When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Times list again. Now Dr. Edwards celebrates the twentieth anniversary of her classic book with a second revised edition.

    Over the last decade, Dr. Edwards has refined her material through teaching hundreds of workshops and seminars. Truly The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this edition includes:

    • the very latest developments in brain research
    • new material on using drawing techniques in the corporate world and in education
    • instruction on self-expression through drawing
    • an updated section on using color
    • detailed information on using the five basic skills of drawing for problem solving


    Translated into thirteen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing-instruction guide. People from just about every walk of life—artists, students, corporate executives, architects, real estate agents, designers, engineers—have applied its revolutionary approach to problem solving. The Los Angeles Times said it best: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is "not only a book about drawing, it is a book about living. This brilliant approach to the teaching of drawing . . . should not be dismissed as a mere text. It emancipates."

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    The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

    The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos List price: $29.95
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    Author: Michael Freeman

    Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organize the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs.

    Digital photography has brought a new, exciting aspect to design - first because the instant feedback from a digital camera allows immediate appraisal and improvement; and second because image-editing tools make it possible to alter and enhance the design after the shutter has been pressed. This has had a profound effect on the way digital photographers take pictures.

    Now published in sixteen languages, The Photographer's Eye continues to speak to photographers everywhere. Reaching 100,000 copies in print in the US alone, and 300,000+ worldwide, it shows how anyone can develop the ability to see and shoot great digital photographs. The book explores all the traditional approaches to composition and design, but crucially, it also addresses the new digital technique of shooting in the knowledge that a picture will later be edited, manipulated, or montaged to result in a final image that may be very different from the one seen in the viewfinder.



    Features
    *Covers both traditional in-camera composition and the new opportunities for picture-making made possible by digital imaging editing
    *Shows how to explore situations and locations in order to find the best possible photographic possibilities
    *Uses clear examples from real photographic assignments, with schematic illustrations of how and why the pictures work

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    The Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

    The Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) List price: $54.99
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    Author: Scott Kelby

    Are you ready for a Photoshop book that breaks all the rules? Updated for Adobe Photoshop CS6, this top-selling book breaks new ground by doing something for digital photographers that's rare–it cuts through the bull and shows readers exactly "how to do it." It's not a bunch of theory; it doesn't challenge readers to come up with their own settings or figure it out on their own. Instead, it shows them, step by step, the exact techniques used by today's cutting-edge digital photographers and retouchers, and it does something that virtually no other Photoshop book has ever done–it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. It includes coverage of all the newest features of CS6, such as the brand-new interface, the amazing Content-Aware Move tool, the Blur Gallery, the completely redesigned Crop tool, the Adaptive Wide Angle feature, and, of course, the redesigned Camera Raw.

    The Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers is full-color, graphically rich, and contains project-based examples of every key step in the digital photography process. Integrating all the newest features of Photoshop CS6 into the book's workflow, Scott shows readers how to work with their images like a pro, from importing to organization to correction to output.

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    The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)

    The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) List price: $54.99
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    Author: Scott Kelby
    Brand: Amphoto Books
    Model: S-007060

    Are you ready for an amazing new version of The Photoshop Book that breaks all the rules? Scott Kelby, Editor and Publisher of Photoshop User magazine—and the best-selling Photoshop author in the world today—once again takes this book to a whole new level as he uncovers more of the latest, most important, and most useful new Adobe Photoshop CS5 techniques for digital photographers.

    This major update to his award-winning, record-breaking book does something for digital photographers that’s never been done before—it cuts through the bull and shows you exactly “how to do it.” It’s not a bunch of theory; it doesn’t challenge you to come up with your own settings or figure it out on your own. Instead, Scott shows you step by step the exact techniques used by today’s cutting-edge digital photographers, and best of all, he shows you flat-out exactly which settings to use, when to use them, and why. That’s why the previous editions of this book are widely used as the official study guide in photography courses at colleges and universities around the world.

    Each year, Scott trains thousands of professional photographers how to use Photoshop, and almost without exception they have the same questions, the same problems, and the same challenges—and that’s exactly what he covers in this book. You’ll learn:

    • The sharpening techniques the pros really use.
    • The pros’ tricks for fixing the most common digital photo problems fast!
    • The step-by-step setup for getting what comes out of your printer to match exactly what you see onscreen.
    • A whole chapter on how to process HDR (High Dynamic Range) images using CS5’s new Merge to HDR Pro.
    • How to master CS5’s new Content-Aware Fill.
    • How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat.
    • How to process RAW images like a pro (plus how to take advantage of all the new Camera Raw features in CS5!).
    • How to use the included gray card to make color correction just a matter of three clicks.
    • How to show your work like a pro!
    • A host of shortcuts, workarounds, and slick “insider” tricks to send your productivity through the roof!
    Plus, Scott includes a special bonus chapter with his own CS5 workflow, from start to finish, and each chapter ends with a Photoshop Killer Tips section, packed with time-saving, job-saving tips that make all the difference. If you’re a digital photographer, and if you’re ready to learn all the “tricks of the trade”—the same ones that today’s leading pros use to correct, edit, sharpen, retouch, and present their work—then you’re holding the book that will do just that.

    Features:

    • Best-selling book, updated for Adobe Photoshop CS5, shows the exact techniques digital photographers need to know to create beautiful images
    • Scott Kelby is the best-selling computer book author in the world.

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    Speedliter's Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites

    Speedliter's Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites List price: $49.99
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    Author: Syl Arena
    Brand: Peachpit Press

    Getting your Canon Speedlite to produce the light you need can be a real challenge. For those new to flash photography—or for anyone who has previously given up out of frustration—Speedliter’s Handbook is a revelation. Photographer Syl Arena takes you on a journey that begins with an exploration of light and color, moves through a comprehensive discussion of the Canon Speedlite family and all of the accessories and equipment available to the Speedliter, then settles down to crafting great light in one photo shoot after another. Whether you want to create a classical portrait, shoot an event, or simply add a little fill light to a product shot, Speedliter’s Handbook shows you how.

    A fantastic in-depth resource illustrated with over 500 images, Speedliter’s Handbook covers:

    • how to see the various characteristics and properties of light itself, as well as the differences between how your camera sees versus how you see
    • all the buttons and dials of the entire Canon Speedlite family
    • the basics of on-camera flash…and the necessity of getting your flash off the camera
    • how to beautifully balance flash with the existing ambient light
    • all the equipment necessary for great Speedlite shots
    • how to get amazing shots with just one Speedlite
    • how and when to use E-TTL versus manual flash
    • the use of color gels to balance color, as well as create dramatic effects
    • how to tame the sun—or any really bright light—with hi-speed sync
    • and much, much more
    Whether you’re shooting portraits, events, or sports, Speedliter’s Handbook is an essential resource that teaches you how to craft the light you need for any type of shot you want.

    Features:

    • Speedliter's Handbook Table of Contents:
    • 1 The Nature Of Light
    • 2 The Speedlite Family
    • 3 Speedlite Control
    • 4 Exposure Exposed

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