By Ken Milburn
First Edition
March 2004
Pages: 484
ISBN 10: 0-596-00547-4 |
ISBN 13: 9780596005474
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Serious photographers, including professionals, who want to take advantage of the unique creative powers available through digital photography and digital image processing, including Photoshop CS, will find this problem-solving book invaluable. Rather than a general discussion of photography principles, Digital Photography: Expert Techniques focuses on workflow: time-tested, step-by-step procedures based on hard-nosed experience by and for genuine practitioners of the art.
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This absorbing book, by professional photographer and author Ken Milburn, offers a ton of expert advice to those who are ready to move to the next level with digital photography. Rather than a general discussion of photography principles, Digital Photography: Expert Techniques focuses on workflow: time-tested, step-by-step procedures based on hard-nosed experience by and for genuine practitioners of the art. The book's conversational tone presents detailed information about what to look for in today's affordable high-end digicams, how to use simple techniques and equipment to shoot breathtaking shots, instructions on shooting great panoramas, dos-and-don'ts for creating better Photoshop masks, and professional digital darkroom techniques for everything from knockouts to restoration to transforming your photos into watercolors. It even shows you how to get your most prized photographs printed and ready for exhibition.
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- Understanding your digital camera from the inside out.
- Creating effects with the camera: making panoramas, high-resolution matrixes, infrared photos, and more.
- General composition and managing your workflow.
- Using the digital darkroom and Photoshop CS to make your images professional caliber.
- Understanding the power of Photoshop CS selections and masks.
- Using special effects to save what's good, and get rid of the bad and the ugly.
- Creating fictitious photos: bend and wrap images to fit an object, insert a more interesting skyscrape, and more.
- Professional color and tonal management
- Creating portfolios and presenting your images on the Web.
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"Ready to take digital photography to the professional level? What you need is a workflow sequence that begins with preparation and ends when you send images out for publication or exhibit. That's exactly what Digital Photography: Expert Techniques, 2nd Edition gives you. Not your ordinary "workflow book," Ken Milburn takes you through digital darkroom set-up and high-efficiency production techniques with Photoshop CS 2 -- everything from non-destructive editing that won't change any pixels in the original, to techniques that alter the image the most. Along the way, he shows you how to manage every version. This book is a must, whether you're a working professional or a passionate amateur."
-- Image Resource, Digital Photography Newsletter
"This book is for serious photographers who want to produce great images in an efficient, cost-effective manner. It assumes that readers have some understanding of Photoshop. It includes step-by-step guides on everything before and during a photo session."
-- Greg Ellman, Star-Telegram
"Packed with nearly 400 pages of material, this book presents topics in a clean, concise manner, spread over 12 chapters...I find Ken Milburn's book to be an excellent resource for all digital photography afficiandos that want to get the most out of their images and learn how Photoshop can fix or repair nearly any problem that can be found and viewed on a computer. If you are a graphic designer or work with digital images on a daily basis, you owe it to yourself to pick up this great book that will most certainly add to your skillset... no question!! "
-- Daniel McKinnon, Amazon.com
"Now, let's pretend that your passion for digital photography far exceeds your know-how. Not a problem. Digital Photography: Expert Tecniques may sound suited more for the advanced photographer, but it starts at the beginning, with a section on camera basics, memory cards, and working with your computer. After gaining a comfort level with your basic equipment, it moves you on to helpful photography advice from the experts: how to set up the perfect frame for a shot...how to hold your camera steady to ensure maximum clarity; and how to decide which part of a subject to emphasize...Once again, O'Reilly has produced a book that's not only practical but a feast for the eyes."
--Bonnie Bruno, WonderKorner.com, July 2005
"What's great about this book is that it's not a Photoshop manual-type encyclopedia. Ken focuses on the tools that he finds most useful for bringing out the best photos from your shots...It will serve as a practical reference when problem photos are encountered. I know I'll be referring to it often as I continue my journey in digital photography."
--Dan Yu, ApplePress (Diablo Valley Macintosh Users Group newsletter), January 2005
"This is a book for anyone who takes their digital photography seriously. Written by a professional photographer and digital artist, Ken Milburn, it's a book about solving the problems that come up most frequently during the day-to-day tasks of digital photography...From start to finish there's sage advice on almost every page...What's more, the whole book is printed on glossy paper in glorious colour, doing the subject matter proud. Editor's Choice."
--Davey Winder, "PC Plus," December 2004
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