The Creative Digital Darkroom
by Katrin Eismann, Sean Duggan
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Author: Katrin Eismann, Sean DugganEdition: Paperback
Format: Illustrated
Published: 2008-01-11
ISBN: 0596100477
Number of pages: 429
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Book Review: The Why and the How
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed this book for what it is, and what it isn't. First, the book IS a great read for the philosophy and background of creating wonderful photographic images as art. The first part of the book takes you through a cursory, though better than average history into how film photography was not only developed but enhanced in the darkroom.
This book IS well laid out into themed chapters on ideas and tools you can use to enhance a photo from something average or good into something great. This IS NOT a recipe book with impressive yet funky and unusable Photoshop tricks. No, you will not learn how to make a page peel or ghost in your image. What you will learn are very practical and useful techniques that I find myself using everyday.
There are those that call themselves "purists" and believe any Photoshop work to an image is wrong. Hogwash I say! Difficult techniques that have been a part of the darkroom for years are now much more accessible to the photo enthusiast and should be used to their fullest. That said, I am very pleased with the efforts this book makes to teach enhancement techniques more than outright modification.
I highly recommend "The Creative Digital Darkroom" for any budding or serious photographer that is looking to learn some of the best ways to bring out the best in their photos. The WHY and the HOW are both covered effectively for each technique taught with full color examples and practical screen shots. This title will get an arsenal of arrows in your quiver when approaching the development stage of your photo workflow.
Summary of The Creative Digital Darkroom
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
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