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      • The Arts

        Absolutely Analog

        Rediscover photography: in 35mm, medium and large format

        by Monika Andrae, Chris Marquardt

        Working with film and manual cameras opens up creative scope and makes the craft of photography understandable from scratch. In this 3rd, expanded and completely updated edition of their standard work, Monika Andrae and Chris Marquardt of absolutanalog.de share their knowledge and experience and give you an intensive and creative introduction to the world of analog photography.   They have written this book for all curious people who enjoy rediscovering photography in 35mm, medium or even large format. The authors explain different films and their uses (including instant film), what to consider when buying a used camera, how to develop B&W, color, and slide film at home, how to photograph or scan the negatives, how to print them as photos, and how to present them appropriately. They will also teach you everything you need to know about manual exposure metering, the imaging behavior of film, different developing methods, proper archiving, and playful, creative work with pinhole and toy cameras and expired film.   Whether you want to get rid of digital ballast and concentrate more on photography itself, whether you want to further develop your manual skills or are looking for new impulses for your photographic work - with this book you will get deeply and practically involved in analog photography.

      • Photography & photographs
        January 2019

        Learn to take photographs like a professional

        by Martí Sans

        Behind product photography lies a world of infinite possibilities, a world beyond that of those bland catalogue photographs taken against a white background. This book brings together all the main techniques used in product photography – from basic to advanced – showing readers all the tools that are available to them, helping both amateurs andprofessionals improve their craft in the studio.A complete guide on product photography written in simple language that will help you learn about and perfect your photographic technique.

      • Photographic equipment & techniques
        March 2014

        Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs

        by Henry Carroll

        Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of digital cameras. Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for this new wave of snapshooters using DSLR, compact system and bridge cameras. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy, packed with hands-on tips. Split into five sections, the book covers composition, exposure, light, lenses and the art of seeing. Masterpieces by acclaimed photographers – including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Fay Godwin, Nadav Kander, Daido Moriyama and Martin Parr – serve to illustrate points and encourage readers to try out new ideas. Today’s aspiring photographers want immediacy and see photography as an affordable way of expressing themselves quickly and creatively. This handbook meets their needs, teaching them how to take photographs using professional techniques.

      • Photographic equipment & techniques
        September 2015

        Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People

        by Henry Carroll

        No clichés. No cheese. No camera-club jargon. This straight talking introduction to photographing people is the hotly anticipated follow up to the bestselling Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs. Ideal for users of any camera with a basic knowledge of a few photo-fundamentals, this book walks you through the essential techniques of photographing people, whether it’s on the street, at home or in the studio. Packed with iconic images by acclaimed photographers, you’ll have the inspiration and knowhow needed to get out there and take great photographs of friends, family and everyone else. 50 master photographers including: Richard Avedon, William Klein, Cindy Sherman, Garry Winogrand, Richard Renaldi, William Eggleston, Sebastião Salgado and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

      • Photographic equipment & techniques

        Life And Land

        The Farm Security Administration Photographers in Utah, 1936-1941

        by Dorothea Lange

      • The Arts

        DxO PhotoLab 5

        RAW development, retouching and image optimisation

        by Michael Moltenbrey

        Learn how to use DxO PhotoLab 5, a software for RAW conversion, image editing, retouching and image management that stands out from the competition in many ways. Michael Moltenbrey shows you how to realise your complete workflow from image optimisation to image selection and tagging with PhotoLab 5. DxO PhotoLab offers you a complete alternative to Lightroom or Luminar and allows efficient RAW development, JPEG optimisation and management of your images. Both beginners and those switching from a different software will learn to understand and use PhotoLab's tools with the help of step-by-step instructions.   You will learn how to create brilliant images with tools such as DxO ClearView Plus or SmartLighting, or how to get the last bit of quality out of your images with DeepPrime noise reduction, which has been significantly improved with the use of artificial intelligence in version 5. From the first installation to the editing and management techniques, all relevant applications of both the ELITE and ESSENTIAL editions are explained with the help of sample photos and menu illustrations.   In this book: - Differences between ELITE and ESSENTIAL editions - The "Photo library" and the "Edit" tabs - Using and adjusting metadata - Dealing with light and exposure - Selectively modifying and editing tonal values - Removing haze and highlighting structures - Editing colours - Sharpening and de-noising images - Correcting horizon, distortion and perspective - Watermarks and effects - Local adjustments - Printing and exporting photos - Practical example projects

      • The Arts

        Monochrome

        See, photograph, edit, and print in black and white

        by Jürgen Gulbins, Andreas Zachmann

        Black-and-white photographs - or monochrome images in general - have their own charm, a special impression. Such photographs work with reduced means, foregoing the sometimes "garrulous" color. Instead, shapes, gradients, contrast and brightness nuances come more into focus.   It is therefore important to pay increased attention to these factors as early as at the shooting stage. Since most cameras initially capture the digital images as color images - and there is much to be said for leaving it at that - it is important to perform an optimal conversion to black and white in digital post-processing. There are numerous solutions for this, which the book describes in detail, because not every process is suitable for every image. Further processing after conversion is essential, such as increasing contrast or selective post-processing such as regionally limited lowering and raising of tonal values. Finally, once converted, optimal black-and-white or monochrome printing requires sophisticated know-how, which the authors comprehensively explain.   The book is aimed at the ambitious photo amateur with basic knowledge of image processing. Adobe Lightroom and (optionally) Photoshop are used as tools. The techniques shown can also be easily transferred to other tools.   The third updated edition takes into account the advancements of Photoshop CC and Lightroom Classic since the second edition and adds more working sessions.

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