50 Fast Digital Photo Projects

Offers step-by-step techniques for a wide range of creative digital photography projects, from greeting cards, recipe pages, invitations, and illustrated books to panoramas, collages, bound photo albums, DVD slide shows, and Web galleries Perfect for the exploding digital photography market, which has grown from 6.7 million cameras sold in 2000 to a projected 42 million in 2005 Released to hit stores right after the 2004 gift-giving season, it's the perfect companion to the author's previous bestsellers, which include 50 Fast Digital Camera Techniques

Build your portfolio—or just have fun—with dozens of inventive and inspiring ideas. Whether you want to get more from your DSLR or are simply looking for new creative avenues to explore, 50 Photo Projects shows you how to break out of your comfort zone and try something new. Packed with invaluable tips on how to create stunning photographs, this book provides the bright ideas that will reinvigorate your photography, from inspiration on finding subjects to inventive projects with vintage, pinhole, and toy cameras.

* In the perfect companion to the bestselling 50 Fast Digital Photo Techniques (0-7645-3578-1), three highly acclaimed professional photographers share 50 all-new fast, easy, and powerful camera tricks both professionals and creative amateurs can learn to use almost instantly * Where the first book focused on digital editing techniques, this one explores using digital cameras, lighting, filters, and concepts to produce professional results with "wow!" * Lavishly illustrated with stunning professional photos * Cross-platform for Windows and Mac, and tailor-made for the exploding digital photography market * Companion Web site and CD-ROM are both packed with all images from the book as well as valuable utilities

Aimed at people over the age of 50 and written by an expert in the field, John Skeoch, this book covers the topic of digital photography.

50 Fast Digital Photo Techniques is an immensely useful book for anyone wanting to take advantage of photo-quality printers, digital cameras, Web technologies, Adobe's Photoshop, and other top photo editing apps. The techniques are valuable to those with artistic skills as well as those without -- they enable everyone to enjoy successful creation of fine art images and prints! The step-by-step and richly illustrated collection of awesome techniques are easily accessible and understandable to users on every level. This is a new kind of Photoshop book -- one that can help both casual users and professional users create and enjoy fine art prints without having to become an expert in Photoshop.

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* This update features fifty fast and impressive digital photo techniques-eighty percent of which are new since the previous edition * The CD-ROM includes a bonus e-book of the entire first edition-giving readers two books for the price of one * Developed by professional photographer and eDigital Photo contributing writer Gregory Georges, the techniques are valuable to both pros and hobbyists alike * Uses the latest version of Adobe Photoshop Elements in the examples, but the techniques are readily adaptable to most image-editing programs * Includes techniques for traditional photo effects, combining photos, artistic effects, animations, digital photo blends, and much more * Step-by-step details, in-depth instructions, and plenty of illustrations-including a full color insert-make it easy for people to apply the techniques to their own photos

#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, we explore photographic practice and follow up with inventive exercises and demonstrations that challenge you to engage with your tools—all with the goal of helping you work more creatively. Along the way are conversations with our guest photographers that address each topic, from how the professionals work with clients and models to what they think about as they look through the viewfinder. Here’s what you’ll find inside: Advice and insights from professionals working in a variety of fields, from photojournalism and portraiture to fine-art, landscape and commercial photography Technical explanations about how photographic tools work—so you can connect knowledge to your practice and work more instinctively and creatively Key steps for improving digital workflow Innovative exercises at the end of each chapter as well as on our companion website that encourage you to experiment with and understand the photographic process—from learning how far you can push your camera’s sensor to exploring the effects of neutral vs. creative color Interviews with technical and creative experts about developing skills and making images that matter This book is part of The Digital Imaging Masters Series, which features cutting-edge information from the most sought-after and qualified professionals and instructors in the photography field. Based on the progressive curriculum of the Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography (MPS DP) program created by Katrin Eismann at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City, these books are the next best thing to being in the classroom with the Digital Photography Masters themselves.