Adobe Lightroom 2 for digital photographers

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Veteran photographer Rob Sheppard finds that Lightroom 2 can give you back the control over color images that photographers once enjoyed in the traditional darkroom. Packed with secrets Rob has discovered and developed, this book shows you how Lightroom processes RAW and JPEG files non-destructively, how to navigate quickly through your photos in any module with Filmstrip, how you can optimize your photos easily with the adjustment brush and graduated filter tools, speedy and simple ways to process multiple images, and how to prepare images for print or online display.

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Learn to breathe life into your images with Lightroom 2

Technology should complement talent. Veteran photographer Rob Sheppard finds that Lightroom 2 is perfectly designed for the photographer's needs, giving you back the control over color images that photographers once enjoyed in the traditional darkroom. From editing and organizing your images to processing and displaying photos, this book shares secrets Rob has discovered and developed. His insight will make Lightroom the most valuable tool at your disposal.

* Learn how Lightroom processes RAW and JPEG files non-destructively
* Discover the way Lightroom is designed for photographers and their workflow needs
* Improve your efficiency with the organizational features in the Library module
* Navigate quickly through your photos in any module with Filmstrip
* Learn how you can optimize your photos quickly with the adjustment brush and graduated filter tools
* Discover the keyboard shortcuts that will really save you time
* Process multiple images quickly and easily using Sync, Copy, and Paste
* Prepare images for the unique requirements of print or online display

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A Digital Photographer's Guide to Model Releases

Do you need a release for a photo of someone you took in public? How about photos of buildings? Does it make a difference if the subject was paid to be in the picture? You can't answer these questions without more information. As the photographer, you need to understand your buyer's concerns in order to make savvy decisions about how you market your photos and to whom. Here's how to make money from all your photos, whether or not they have releases, by understanding the business aspects of the law.

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D-Photo - December 2009 / January 2010

D-Photo is New Zealand’s No.1 digital photography magazine helping Kiwis get to grips with their cameras and use them more creatively. By providing quality how-to features, product reviews, and inspirational pictures, the magazine gives its loyal and ever-increasing subscriber base the information and confidence they need to embrace digital camera technology and make photography a part of their everyday lives.

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Photo Techniques Magazine November - December 2009

Master print classes
Wait for it by Bruce Barnbaum
Liquid emulsion on tiles with hand painting
Patience, practice and printing
Corner sharpening
Changing focus and luminescence post-capture
Always watch your back
Great scans
Focus and practical depth of field
Promoting your work online
Backup of photographers
Including regular stuff
And Lots More….

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Portrait Photography: Secrets of Posing & Lighting

# ISBN-13: 9781579905484
# ISBN: 157990548X

With easy-to-follow instructions and detailed photo sequences showing how to arrange lights and lighting accessories, this carefully structured course teaches all the fundamentals of portraiture, as well as a host of other creative techniques. It sets out everything the amateur needs to know to create a wide range of styles, from choosing the right equipment to composing the background to placing and positioning the subject for maximum effect. The basics of color and black and white, digital capture and film, and studio and location shooting all receive detailed attention, and helpful tips on mood-enhancing lighting will help raise novices’ skills to professional levels

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Understanding Close-up Photography

Understanding Close-up Photography Bryan Peterson turns his attention to a topic that is an ongoing favorite with photographers. But where most macro photography books focus on capuring subjects in nature, Peterson promises to go beyond, teaching you to photograph a range of subjects from animals and plants from the garden, beach, or mountains to objects found in the kitchen, supermarket, even the junkyard. In addition to information on equipment, exposure, light, and composition


His book will feature elements of technique that go beyond the norm, teaching you to shoot not just what is generally considered close-up, but to go even closer to the point of abstraction. He will also show you how to produce the intimacy of a close-up within a larger shot--how to capture the look in your subject's eyes without compromising the clarity of the surrounding scene. And as always, Peterson offers his signature touch with his personal terminology: in what he likes to call "Pop Junk" he shows how combining creativity with the right digital technology can turn close-up photos of the most ordinary objects into surprising pieces of art.

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The Perfect Portrait Guide - How to Photograph People

PDF = 28 MB

If you want to take great portraits and are seeking inspiration with some guidance, this is the book for you. It is not a step-by-step (ABC) guide so would not appeal to someone who is seeking wide ranging, (where to start) how-to advice. It is more for those seeking ideas and inspiration which can be adapted to whatever style and approach taken. ie. it makes you think
about what you are doing and what you want to do.

The Perfect Portrait Guide suits all levels with its'' concise yet detailed approach. It contains the usual chapters you would expect for portraiture on such things as lighting, family portraits, equipment etc, as well as less common chapters such as capturing the moment, using shape form and texture, shooting in sunlight etc. The photographs are excellent backed up with detailed (and readable) creative and technical information and diagrams on lens type, film, lighting, etc

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