This tutorial takes photographers beyond the quick tips and gimmicky effects of many digital photography books. Author Katrin Eismann -- an internationally acclaimed artist, bestselling author, and gifted educator -- offers high-profile work, including her own, as examples for teaching photographers how to use the digital medium to create, edit, and output images that reflect their true vision. Co-authored by photographer and teacher Sean Duggan, The Creative Digital Darkroom translates skills, concepts, and nomenclature of the traditional darkroom into digital solutions for photographers who sense that, despite the newness of the technologies at hand, there remains a timeless method for learning and practicing photography the right way. This is not a Photoshop book per se, but it does focus on the photographic aspects of Photoshop, something other books claim to do but rarely have the discipline to accomplish. The Creative Digital Darkroom includes:
Four sections that cover the black & white darkroom, the color darkroom, creative techniques, and production essentials
Chapters that begin with a thorough foundation followed by numerous tutorial examples that apply the theory to real-world examples
Examples and a layout that enables readers to find, understand, and apply the featured techniques quickly and easily
The authors are both renowned photographers and Photoshop experts
Clearly, The Creative Digital Darkroom is not your typical digital photography "how to" book. It's ideal for intermediate and advanced photographers, artists, and educators looking for clear, concise, insightful, and inspiring information and techniques on how to make their photographs shine. The language, and techniques will immediately appeal to serious students and professionals, and the original tutorial images and high-profile work will make the book an important visual resource for educators and art appreciators.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Excellent and Friendly Book on Improving Digital Images:
As a university photo professor, I'm fairly familiar with the various texts that deal with digital image workflow and improvements in Photoshop and other programs. I receive several books during a year, each publisher hoping my school will adopt their book as a require text for our many students. Many are good in specific areas, but I've never found one that was perfect for my own needs, and presented the most useful Photoshop methods in such a clear fashion. In the case of this great book, I went online... more info
Getting the best out of your digital darkroom:
Katrin Eismann and Sean Duggan set out in 'The Creative Digital Darkroom' to share some of the creative concepts and techniques they use when working in the digital darkroom. It's " ... more than just a book of Photoshop recipes and quick tips ... [it's about] How to look at the image and 'listen' to it; how changes to the delicate matrix of light and shadow tones can transform the mood and meaning of a photo; how to sculpt with light and contrast; and how to imagine colour and tonal changes that will best... more info
gteat resource:
Great book for those familiar with Photoshop. Not a book for novice users. Well written, good support images.
Excellant book on digital enhancement:
At first glance the title might make you think this s an digital art type book but it is not. Katrin and Sean are experts on how to enhance your photos from RAW to finished print (online bonus chapter). The book is filled with color examples and explanations on how to modify a picture for the best look. While it is centered around Adobe Camera RAW and Lightroom, I find the examples to be quite easily applied to Bibble. If you are trying to upgrade your skills using todays computers and software, this book... more info
