Idea to Image in Photoshop CS2
Rick Sammon's Guide to Enhancing Your Digital Photographs
Published on 17. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-321-42918-6 (ISBN)
Description
From "America's Most Popular Photo Expert" comes this beautiful book on working and playing with the Photoshop digital darkroom.
World-famous, award-winning professional photographer and writer Rick Sammon, author of 25 books and host of 2 television programs, shares his favorite creative enhancements for turning "straight" digital pictures into more creative and imaginative images. With this book you will become not only a well-rounded photographer but also a self-motivated artist in the powerful age of digital imaging.
Rick begins the book with advice on seeing creatively and outlines his winning artistic process to help you learn to visualize the end-result before taking a picture. He then turns to the technical aspects of taking photographs, including his philosophy of using features like Camera Raw in Photoshop and how it is a must to obtain the best possible images. Step-by-step lessons follow, each showing how Rick transforms his digital photographs into compelling images. Detailed screenshots of the process accompany Rick's stunning photography and amusing anecdotes of photo shoots from around the world.
World-famous, award-winning professional photographer and writer Rick Sammon, author of 25 books and host of 2 television programs, shares his favorite creative enhancements for turning "straight" digital pictures into more creative and imaginative images. With this book you will become not only a well-rounded photographer but also a self-motivated artist in the powerful age of digital imaging.
Rick begins the book with advice on seeing creatively and outlines his winning artistic process to help you learn to visualize the end-result before taking a picture. He then turns to the technical aspects of taking photographs, including his philosophy of using features like Camera Raw in Photoshop and how it is a must to obtain the best possible images. Step-by-step lessons follow, each showing how Rick transforms his digital photographs into compelling images. Detailed screenshots of the process accompany Rick's stunning photography and amusing anecdotes of photo shoots from around the world.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkeley
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 189 mm
Width: 231 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-42918-6 (9780321429186)
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Rick Sammon has published 25 books, his latest: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Digital Photography, Rick Sammon's Digital Imaging Workshops and Flying Flowers - the beauty of the butterfly. In 2006, Rick Sammon's Travel and Nature Photography will be published. Rick is the host of the Digital Photography Workshop on the Do It Yourself (DIY) network and the guest host of the Canon Photo Safari on the Outdoor Life Network. In his TV workshops, as well as in his live workshops, Rick covers the basics of digital imaging: shooting, scanning, saving, enhancing, sharing and printing. He has produced a DVD for Photoshop Elements users: 3-Minute Digital Makeover, and a DVD for Photoshop CS user: Awaken the Artist Within. Rick's has also produced two interactive CDs for Software-cinema, Photoshop for the Outdoor and Travel Photographer and Photoshop Makeovers. Rick gives more than a dozen photography workshops and presentations around the world each year. Rick is also the author of the Canon Digital Rebel lessons on the Canon Digital Learning Center. See www.ricksammon.com for more information.