This page is dedicated to promoting books that will help you improve your skills either in photography or in digital post-processing, inspire you with ideas and provide insightful information in fields that you might be interested in.
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Face Forward
by Kevyn Aucoin
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; New Ed edition (2001)
Why this book?
- Showcases incredible transformations of famous and ordinary people alike, and reveals through its step-by-step instructions how makeup can give anyone a variety of different faces
- Invaluable resource for fashion and portrait photography
Filed under: Editor's picks, Fashion photography, Inspiration, Portraits
Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop CS2
by Bruce Fraser
Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1st edition (2006)
Why this book?
- Covers multi-stage sharpening workflows
- Teaches attention to detail and applying appropriate sharpening
Filed under: Editor's picks, Post-processing (Advanced)
Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction
by Dan Margulis
Publisher: Wiley; 4th edition (2002)
Why this book?
- Teaches you to look at your digital photos critically, understand what you see and take appropriate action to bring them to life
- Regarded as a "must have" by many advanced Photoshop users and professionals
Filed under: Editor's picks, Post-processing (Advanced)
Photoshop Restoration & Retouching
by Katrin Eismann, Wayne Palmer
Publisher: New Riders Press; 3rd edition (2005)
Why this book?
- Learn how to enhance any kind of photo, including coloring black & white photos
- Contains excellent chapters on beauty and glamour portrait retouching to achieve perfect skin and make-up
Filed under: Editor's picks, Post-processing (Advanced)
The Photoshop Channels Book
by Scott Kelby
Publisher: Peachpit Press (2006)
Why this book?
- Unique book to demistify working with Channels in Photoshop
- Use this new knowledge to make impossible selections and mask images, to speed your production workflow, to color correct and create stunning color to black and white conversions, and to do dozens of inside tricks that set professionals apart from the field.
Filed under: Color management, Editor's picks, Post-processing (Advanced)
Criticizing Photographs
by Terry Barrett
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 4 edition (2005)
Why this book?
- Designed to help students of photography better develop and articulate through criticism
- Teaches how to evaluate photos in a concise and systematic way
Filed under: Editor's picks, Photography (general)
Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers
by Martin Evening
Publisher: Focal Press; Bk&CD-Rom edition (2005)
Why this book?
- Extremely comprehensive reading, covers all aspects of Photoshop CS2
- Very clearly organized
- For any and all levels of Photoshop users
Filed under: Color management, Editor's picks, Inspiration, Post-processing (Advanced)
Master Lighting Guide for Portrait Photographers
by Christopher Grey
Publisher: Amherst Media (2004)
Why this book?
- Will teach you about lighting equipment and setup
- Covers a great number of lighting techniques
- Teaches different styles of portraiture
- Amazing quantity of useful examples
Filed under: Editor's picks, Lighting
Photoshop Masking & Compositing
by Katrin Eismann
Publisher: New Riders Press (2004)
Why this book?
- You will learn about different masking and selection techniques, applicable even to finest details
- Will show you how to do photorealistic montages
- Will inspire you and boost your Photoshop creativity
Filed under: Editor's picks, Inspiration, Post-processing (Advanced)
Photoshop LAB Color
by Dan Margulis
Publisher: Peachpit Press (2005)
Why this book?
- It will teach you to use LAB color space to your advantage
- Covers areas relatively unknown to most Photoshop users, offering both basic and complex analitical insights
- Well organized, easy to follow
Filed under: Editor's picks, Post-processing (Advanced)
