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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 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.
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 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.
- GenresPhotographyNonfiction
429 pages, Paperback
First published January 11, 2007
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About the author
Katrin Eismann
33 books5 followersKatrin is 1/3 artist, 1/3 author, and 1/3 educator. She received her BFA degree in Photographic Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her MFA degree in Design from the School of Visual Arts. She has co-authored: Web Design Studio Secrets, Adobe Photoshop Studio Secrets, Real World Digital Photography, and authored Photoshop Restoration and Retouching and Photoshop Masking & Compositing.
Her clients include Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, Eastman Kodak, Nikon USA, Fuji Film, and the US Navy. She spends a great deal of time in airports waiting for flights to domestic and international destinations where she teaches and presents on a wide variety of digital imaging topics.
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Her clients include Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, Eastman Kodak, Nikon USA, Fuji Film, and the US Navy. She spends a great deal of time in airports waiting for flights to domestic and international destinations where she teaches and presents on a wide variety of digital imaging topics.
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May 18, 2019
The Creative Digital Darkroom promises to be a book about photographic post processing, instead of a Photoshop tutorial. And while that book is hidden somewhere in there, the majority of the book is in fact a Photoshop tutorial.
As Photoshop changes with every version, as YouTube is flooded with ever more photographers looking for a side business in teaching, and as different tools cater for different workflows, the value of Photoshop tutorials is getting lower and lower. Personally, I am not interested in Photoshop.
Still, many of the lessons in this book were valuable, and could be easily translated to my tool of choice. I just wish it focused more on photography than on Photoshop.
As Photoshop changes with every version, as YouTube is flooded with ever more photographers looking for a side business in teaching, and as different tools cater for different workflows, the value of Photoshop tutorials is getting lower and lower. Personally, I am not interested in Photoshop.
Still, many of the lessons in this book were valuable, and could be easily translated to my tool of choice. I just wish it focused more on photography than on Photoshop.
October 30, 2009
Another one for the Recommended List. Not as in-depth in certain areas, but it covers all the core issues for a photographer who won't be compositing or retouching. Highly recommended as a first 'Photoshop for Photographers' guide.
September 17, 2012
Rather than an instruction book of how to use Photoshop. this book details why to retouch a photo in a certain way. It provides deep knowledge of what consists of a great photo. After reading this book, you will be able to see what should be retouched given a photo.
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January 5, 2010
An excellent way to learn the basics of post-processing through photoshop. Very well written, easy to follow.
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