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Rick Sammon’s Evolution of an Image:
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Creative Photographic Process
By Rick Sammon
At last, a couple of new non-eBooks to review! And a cou- ple of great ones at that. In this book, Rick Sammon walks you through his image capture and development process using Lightroom and various third-party plug-ins. His final chapters are entitled “The Photoshop Advantage,” focus- ing on adjustment layers and smart filters. (As a bonus, the photos themselves are inspirational as well.) He shares “Behind-the-Scenes” stories about many of the images. Don’t skip the Preface in which he shares his “Sammon- isms.” There’s both a short version, in which he explains important concepts in a single sentence, and a long version, in which he explains in more depth (and using different images). The Introduction is also an important part of the book. The author discusses the sequential steps required to produce a great image: seeing, thinking, photograph- ing, and processing. (Rick doesn’t discuss printing—it’s not among his specialties.)
Taming your Photo Library with Adobe Lightroom
By Rob Sylvan
My colleague Rob Sylvan comes through again with another great book on working with Lightroom. If you’re new to Lightroom, the first chapter, “Getting in a Lightroom Frame of Mind,” will be especially valuable. Other chapters cover the Library module and importing image files; the Folders panel, creating and deleting folders, deleting and renaming photos, and how to deal with missing folders and files; organizing with Collections; working with image metadata; taking care of your catalog; becoming more efficient in Lightroom; common and advanced workflows; integrating with Lightroom Mobile (an important chapter for today’s mobile world); and trouble- shooting. While the title focuses on the Lightroom Library, as you can see, no stone goes untouched when it comes to this program. You’ll find this book easy to read and understand, and well documented with appropriate photos and screen- shots. Even experienced Lightroom users will find this book has much to offer.
Publisher: Adobe Press Pages: 256 Price: 39.99 (paperback)
Publisher: Focal Press
Price: $34.95 (paperback)
Pages: 268
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