Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision

Book Description
Within the Frame is a book about finding and expressing your photographic vision, specifically where people, places, and cultures are concerned. A personal book full of real-world wisdom and incredible images, author David duChemin (of pixelatedimage.com) shows you both the how and the why of finding, chasing, and expressing your vision with a camera to your eye. Vision leads to passion, and passion is a cornerstone of great photography. With it, photographs draw the eye in and create an emotional experience. Without it, a photograph is often not worth—and can’t capture—a viewer’s attention.
Both instructional and inspirational, Within the Frame helps you on your photographic journey to make better images of the places and people you love, whether they are around the world or in your own backyard. duChemin covers how to tell stories, and the technology and tools we have at our disposal in order to tell those narratives. Most importantly, he stresses the crucial theme of vision when it comes to photographing people, places, and cultures—and he helps you cultivate and find your own vision, and then fit it within the frame.
Review
“If the book simply stayed right there in the realm of how-to, go-to advice, it would be a wonderful book indeed. But it crosses the line from useful to inspire because David opens up much more than his camera bag. He opens his considerable heart and mind, both of which belong to a masterful storyteller driven by an acute sympathy for the human condition, coupled with an intense curiosity and respect for both the differences and the sameness of the world.”

Photoshop element 7 book for photographers

Book Description
This book breaks new ground by doing 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 things out on your own. Instead, it does something that virtually no other Elements book has ever done—it tells you flat-out which settings to use, when to use them, and why. If you’re looking for one of those “tell-me-everything-about-the-Unsharp-Maskfilter” books, this isn’t it. You can grab any other Elements book on the shelf, because they all do that. Instead, this book gives you the inside tips and tricks of the trade for organizing, correcting, editing, sharpening, retouching, and presenting your photos like a pro. You’ll be absolutely amazed at how easy and effective these techniques are—once you know the secrets.
Each year we train thousands of digital photographers and, almost without exception, they have the same questions and face the same problem—that’s exactly what we cover in this book. You’ll learn:
• The real secrets of how the pros retouch portraits
• How to color correct any photo without breaking a sweat (you’ll be amazed at how they do it!)
• How to use Camera Raw for processing not only RAW photos, but JPEGs and TIFFs, too! (And you’ll learn why so many pros like it best—because it’s faster and easier)
• The sharpening techniques the pros really use (there’s an entire chapter just on this!)
• How to deal with common digital camera image problems, including removing noise and avoiding halos
• The most requested photographic special effects, and much more!

The Digital Photography Book, Volume 3

Scott Kelby, penulis The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1 (terbaik di dunia-menjual fotografi buku digital dari semua waktu), kembali dengan penjual tindak lanjut 2 menghancurkan volume yang terbaik, dengan sebuah buku yang sama sekali baru yang mengambil hak di mana ia tinggalkan. Itu bahkan lebih dari itu "Ah ha-sehingga cara mereka melakukannya," lurus-to-the-point, skip-the-techno-jargon hal Anda benar-benar dapat menggunakan hari ini untuk membuat gambar anda lebih baik.
Buku ini benar-benar memiliki premis yang brilian, dan inilah cara Scott menjelaskan hal itu: "Jika Anda dan saya keluar pada menembak dan Anda bertanya, 'Hei Scott, saya ingin cahaya untuk potret ini untuk mencari benar-benar lembut dan menyanjung. Berapa jauh ke belakang saya harus menempatkan Softbox ini 'Aku tidak akan memberikan kuliah tentang rasio pencahayaan, atau pengubah flash?. Dalam kehidupan nyata, aku baru saja berbalik kepada Anda dan berkata, 'Pindah dalam sebagai dekat dengan subjek Anda karena Anda mungkin dapat, tanpa itu benar-benar muncul di tembakan.' Well, itulah buku ini adalah semua tentang: Anda dan aku berburu di mana saya menjawab pertanyaan, memberikan nasihat, dan berbagi rahasia yang telah saya pelajari, seperti saya akan dengan teman-tanpa semua penjelasan teknis dan foto Techie berbicara. "