Techniques category: 2761 books
The Enthusiast's Guide to Portraiture
59 Photographic Principles You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
If you’re a passionate photographer and you’re ready to take your work to the next level, The Enthusiast’s Guide book series was created just for you. Whether you’re diving head first into a new topic or exploring a classic theme, Enthusiast’s Guides are designed to help you quickly learn...
Achieving Your Potential As A Photographer
A Creative Companion and Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Coming from the perspective that true inspiration and great image making are at the core of any high-level photographic endeavour, Achieving Your Potential as a Digital Photographer presents an organized and cohesive plan for kickstarting creativity, and then taking the resulting work into the real...
Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Photoshop Elements 7 includes lots of new tools for sprucing up your photos, like the Scene Cleaner that lets you get rid of unwanted elements and the Smart Brush that makes touch-ups a breeze. But the one thing you won't find in Elements is reader-friendly guidance on how to get the most out of this...
Photoshop CC
Visual QuickStart Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
This best-selling guide from authors Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas has been the go-to tutorial and reference book for photography/design professionals and the textbook of choice in college classrooms for decades. This edition includes their trademark features of clear, concise, step-by-step instructions;...
500 Poses for Photographing Brides
A Visual Sourcebook for Professional Digital Wedding Photographers
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Containing numerous contemporary images by leading photographers, this indispensable manual concerning wedding portraits explains posing fundamentals as well as how to create a flattering, feature-specific photograph--one that focuses on the head, shoulders, arms, legs, or torso--in different levels of close-ups, from head-shots to full-lengths.
Vision & Voice
Refining Your Vision in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
What if your image could only communicate one thing: one major idea, overarching theme, or driving emotion? If you identified this, you’d discover your vision for that image—the internal, invisible guiding principle that directs both how you capture the image and how you develop it in the digital...
Plug In with Nik
A Photographer's Guide to Creating Dynamic Images with Nik Software
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
Extend your photographic vision and harness the full power of Nik's Plug-In Suite (now re-branded as the Nik Collection by Google) with this beautifully illustrated guide that covers the full plug-in suite: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, HDR Efex Pro 2, Color Efex Pro 4 Complete Edition, Silver Efex Pro 2, and...
The Dramatic Portrait
The Art of Crafting Light and Shadow
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Without light, there is no photograph. As almost every photographer knows, the word “photograph” has its roots in two Greek words that, together, mean “drawing with light.” But what is less commonly acknowledged and understood is the role that shadow plays in creating striking, expressive...
Apple Aperture 3
A Workflow Guide for Digital Photographers
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Aperture is a dedicated end-to-end workflow tool for photographers and this book guides the reader through the complete process from capture to output.
The beauty of Aperture is that - unlike Adobe's rival workflow software, Lightroom - it doesn't force a particular structure or workflow on...
The Digital Zone System
Taking Control from Capture to Print
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
There is an ongoing debate among photographers whether digital photography processes will ever be able to reach the pinnacle of image quality and tonality achieved by Ansel Adams decades ago. The Digital Zone System (DZS) is an innovative methodology for editing digital images that mimics the Zone...
Photographing Women
1,000 Poses
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
The complete resource for any photographer seeking the best choice of po ses ! Features over 1,000 images especially selected to inspire you and help expand your creativity. Photographs and poses are placed in context, explaining why they do (or sometimes don’t) work. A selection of poses features...
Creative Portrait Photography
Innovative Digital Portraiture to Reveal the Inner Subject
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
The very best portrait photography strives to give the viewer access into their subject's inner self; to provide a window into their soul. With the advent of the digital age and the potential afforded by post-processing, a whole generation of photographic artists has access to greater creative possibilities...
Camera & Craft: Learning the Technical Art of Digital Photography
(The Digital Imaging Masters Series)
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
#2 on Photo.net's list of Best Photography Books of 2014!
To create successful imagery, you need to balance technical know-how and aesthetic vision. In Camera & Craft, we deconstruct photographic principles in new ways to help you think through your process. Together with nine guest photographers,...
by Jim Miotke
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
From the tiniest ladybug to a towering glacier, from a horse running in a field to a leaf falling slowly from a tree, nature subjects offer some of the greatest challenges and the greatest rewards to photographers. In the BetterPhoto tradition, here’s a complete photo course in a book. Hands-on...