The Photograph – Composition and Color Design 2nd Edition is a beautiful new book by Harald Mante, German photographer, artist and designer who has had great influence on German color photography. The new book is not just a rework of the first edition but a complete new work with new photographs and new textual contents …
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AKVIS Releases ArtSuite Version 9.0
AKVIS ArtSuite Version 9.0 is a collection of versatile effects for decorating photos like framing your photos, creating personalized greeting cards and posters, and jazzing up your family album.
16GB Eye-Fi Pro X2 SD Card Gets Speed Boost
The new 16GB Eye-Fi Pro X2 wireless SD card is now Class 10, meaning its read/write speed is now a blazingly fast 10 Megabits per second. Wi-Fi transfer speed of course will depend on network speed. This card reads and writes faster; this speed boost has nothing to do with Wi-Fi transfer speed. The new …
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Final Versions of Lightroom 4.2, ACR 7.2 Now Available
Adobe has rolled out the new versions of Lightroom and Camera Raw, weeks after the release candidates were farmed out to a community of testers. Lightroom 4.2 and Adobe Camera Raw 7.2 now support 21 additional new cameras including the Sony A99 and RX100, the Fujifilm X-E1 and the Canon EOS M. Tentatively, it also …
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Book Review: Tabletop Photography by Cyrill Harnischmacher
This is one pretty little book – hard cover, well crafted, good layout, high quality paper, tasteful images and illustrations, and it’s only 8½ x 8½ inches in size. Its thickness, with 135 numbered pages inside, is only 5/8″ – very easy to hold and read anywhere. The title says Tabletop Photography, but let’s just emphasize its …
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Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4: A Photographer’s Handbook
This new book from Rocky Nook is a comprehensive guidebook for the photographer who uses Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 4 in his workflow. In this new book, author Stephen Laskevitch directs the user to the most significant aspects of the program in a way that reflects a real workflow for the photographer. Photoshop CS6 and …
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The Sony SLT-A77: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide
Rocky Nook has released a new book, The Sony SLT-A77: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide by Carol F. Roullard and Brian Matsumoto, Ph.D., detailing the use of the Sony Alpha-77 single-lens translucent (SLT) mirror camera, one of two cameras Sony is doing right in the industry; the other is the $700 soon-to-be released (tomorrow!) compact RX-100. …
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Book Review: Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual by Lesa Snider
An 800-pound gorilla deserves an 800-page book, and I mean that in a good way. Photoshop CS6 is no bloat ware; it is big because it packs so much power with tons of features that are really useful for various types of imaging people – photographers, graphics artists, illustrators, etc. If you have to work with …
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Free Canon Photography Workshops in US Parks
Canon USA is holding free summer photography workshops for visitors of several US National Parks. The “Canon Photography in the Parks” program provides participants with free equipment loans and professional photography instruction as they take part in a guided walking photo tour. Following the tour, participants may be able to print their images for free …
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New from Rocky Nook: Create Your Own Photo Book by Petra Vogt
Create Your Own Photo Book by Petra Vogt will guide you through the process of creating a printed and bound collection of photos to share with friends and family, a professional portfolio of your photographs, or even a bookstore-quality coffee table book. Learn about every step of the process, from selecting a book publishing service …
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