Recommended Books/DVDs (look for updated versions of these to reflect new program versions)
The DAM Book (2) by Peter
Krough (DAM=Digital Asset Management, excellent guide to
storing and finding digital images for those who deal with
thousands of images in their files)
Most any book by Scott Kelby,
recognized Photoshop/Lightroom guru, including:
The Photoshop CS4 Book
for Digital Photographers (good reference
once one knows one’s way around the program)
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Book for Digital Photographers (good reference
once one knows one’s way around the program
Most any DVD by Julieanne Kost,
including:
Comprehensive Photoshop CS3
Effective Workflow in Adobe
Bridge CS3 – Workshop
Updates to the above
Light: Science and Magic:
An Introduction to Photographic Lighting (Third
Edition) by Hunter, Biver and Fuqua (primer on photographic
lighting that answers the substantive questions about
positioning light sources to create desired effects)
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers by
Martin Evening and The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The
Complete Book for Photographers by Martin Evening (good
book for learning about CS3 & Lightroom in detail)
Real World Adobe Photoshop CS3 by
Blatner, Chavez and Fraser (clear, comprehensive guide to
Photoshop techniques; Bruce Fraser was one of the world’s
most renowned and knowledgeable Photoshop and color-management
experts)
Photoshop Artistry: For
Photographers Using Photoshop CS2 and Beyond by
Barry Haynes, Wendy Crumpler and Sean Duggan (excellent
guide to the art and technique of crafting an image in
Photoshop - comprehensive and structured as a series
of clear, highly-effective tutorials that build upon
one another)
Learning to See Creatively by
Bryan Peterson (good book for beginning photographers or
photographers wanting a refresher on what make for an interesting
image)
Color Management for Photographers by
Andrew Rodney (heady, but a good discussion of color management
principles for those who want to understand how to get from
the capture to the print with dependable color)
Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching (3rd
Edition) by Katrin Eismann and Wayne Palmer (best book available
on Photoshop restoration and retouching techniques)
From Camera To Print - Fine
Art Printing Tutorial - Hi-Res from Luminous Landscape
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom also
from Luminous Landscape
Barefoot
Contessa Photo Adventures' Blog (Articles on different
aspects of photography, from compositional and technical
elements, to travels and stories, to post-production,
to copyright issues and the value of photography.)
Associations (for those
who are really serious about photography)
American
Society of Media Photographers (ASMP - resource for
business & copyright issues, supporters of successful
court cases protecting intellectual property)
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