About
Reviews (2)
27 September 2008
Total digital photography workflos
When I first saw the title with the word “Total” I had a real concern when dealing with the vast world of Digital Photography. But the subtitle focus is on, Digital Workflow. Once you get into this in-depth book you realize why work flow in the digital age becomes so critical. In the film days you had a roll of 36 exposures and that was roll one and on you went from there. With digital one can shoot more than a 100 frames or 300 frames at a single event. The author takes us on an actual shoot of a professional fencing match that took place in Cuba and talks you through many problems and his solutions. He deals with having enough out lets all the way to being able to back up all the work to CD’s or DVD’s if something goes wrong. He takes us through the entire process from working with models, lighting, and composition to communicating with art directors. The author outlines some of the strategies for naming digital files that are very useful. He is an advocator of shooting RAW, because the images are uncompressed and have absolutely no loss of data at any point during their processing. I gave this book excellent only because I realized that with all the digital books I have, I keep referring to this one on a wide variety of topics. When I was color balancing my new monitor I referred to his digital photos chapter on processing. The extensive references and resource section, as well as the appendix, puts this book the on the center of my bookcase.
Tomred
27 September 2008
Photographing Children
This is one of the first books in the digital area that I think would make a great gift for new parents. It is really a guide and work shop (that means you have assignments to do) that clearly shows how to capture kids. It is directed to professional and mentions how to deal with parents but it is not weighed down with complex charts and graphs. The author talks about NIK and Photoshop but avoids RAW files. On page 28 there is a neat chart and explanation of the symbols that are found on most point and shoot cameras. The explanations are direct and make sense. Following the explanations are assignments with good photographic examples. Lighting, posing and composition are all covered with easy explanations. However if you were to go into a book store and thumb through this book and happened to stop at page 65 fig 4-2 you might just put the book down. Overexposed and washed out with a title of using soft setting sun. But, if you put it back, you would be missing an excellent workshop book. There are lots of really excellent photographs that capture the innocence and beauty of children in a book designed to be read without all the technical gobbledygook.
Tom Red