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Photo Book Reviews

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All Reviews are by Paul W Faust unless otherwise noted as Michael Fulks (MF) and Elizabeth Powis (EP).

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Archipelago
by David Liittschwager & Susan Middleton

Archipelago is a magnificent photographic record of this chain of islands that stretches more than 1,200 miles beginning northwest of the Hawaiian Islands, and goes past the Midway Atoll. Large areas of this region are set aside as wildlife refuges for seabirds and marine life, and managed by researchers. This book is a collection of the images taken during this research, and one look at the cover image will let you know just how magnificent those images are. Besides the photos of the animals, there is a ton of information about the islands and their animal citizens.  In the back of the book, there is a section with animal profiles for each one. Every photographer, and nature lover, will love this book, as will anyone who is lucky enough to get it as a family heirloom.

This hardback book is about 12x12 inches, with 280 pages, and retails for US$65.00 and if your local bookstore does not have a copy you can order it from the NG web site at:   www.nationalgeographic.com     
I Rate it:  A++++ 
(Reviewed March 2006)

 
  Arnold Newman
by Philip Brookman

Arnold Newman was a giant among photographers. In his lifetime, he photographed for the most famous magazines including Life, Look, Fortune, and the New Yorker. This superb new book is filled with his images of people, places, and things - from painters to a Watusi king, and from a stone wall to Picasso in shorts. Most of the images are well-published portraits of people like Georgia O’Keefe and other well-known artists, but there are also many of his documentary images of city life from back in the 1940s. No matter what the image though, they all show that they were made by a master photographer. If you have a photo library, you do not want to be without this book in it!!!  (And take a look at this unbelievable low price. It is worth twice that, if not more!)

This hardback book is about 9x12 inches, with 280 pages, retails for US$24.99 – and is published by Taschen at:   www.taschen.com      

I Rate it:  A+++ 
(Reviewed Dec. 2006)


 
Artistic Techniques with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter 
by Deborah Lynn Ferro

This book is a new guide for photographers who want to turn their images into fine-art masterpieces using digital tools, which now gives everyone more total control than ever before. With 17 chapters filled with how-to info on turning even a poor image into a great one, this new book will be worn out real fast with constant use. Every technique is full illustrated and explained in easy to understand directions. You will learn a lot with this book in your library!

This soft cover book is about 9x11 inch, with 127 pages and retails for only US$34.95.  Distributed by Amherst Media at: www.amherstmedia.com      
I Rate it:  A+ 
(Reviewed Oct. 2005)


 

The Art of Digital Photography
by  John Hedgecoe

Anyone who has been around photography very long knows the name John Hedgecoe, and for good reason. He is one of the more experienced photographers and authors around, and now he has used all of that knowledge and incorporated it in a new book for digital photography. The cover of this book alone will give you an idea of the quality of his images, and the rest of the book will teach you how you can create your own great images. One of the BEST parts of this book is that the entire thing, from cover to cover, deals with the "HOW-TO” of creating the best images. Unlike so many (too many) other books, there are NO sections in this with those things other authors use to fill space with, such as what camera you should choose, and what lenses to go with it. ALL of that is gone from this book, and it is NOT missed by me one bit.  This is not only a book full of beautiful images, but also the information you will need to make ones like them. And it’s even a steal for the price!

This hardback book is about 9x11 inches, with 288 pages, retails for US$30.00 – and is distributed by DK Publishing at www.dk.com       

Rate it:  A++ 
(Reviewed Jan. 2007)

 

The Art of Digital Photography,
by Tom Ang

Here is another a step-by-step guide to creating and manipulating great images. This 8.5x11 inch, soft cover book is designed for the truly creative photographer. It covers all areas of digital work from what equipment is needed to outputting the final image. Many of the photo illustrations in it are also by other artists, and it has a variety and quality that is outstanding.  Subject matter ranges from regular PhotoShop filter effects to very involved montages. This AMPHOTO book has a wealth of ideas and information, and is well worth its retail price of US$29.95. It can be checked out at www.watsonguptill.com      
I Rate it:  A++ 
(Reviewed March 2005)

 

The Art of Digital Wedding Photography
Professional Techniques with Style

By Bambi Cantrell & Skip Cohen

This is a very nice new book for both learning the business, and/or adding to an already established wedding photography business.  It is filled with many fresh new ideas, especially for digital photographers, as well as all of the old standards of wedding poses. It is not a technical how-to book with lighting and all of the other matters, but instead concerns itself with the “Eye” rather than the tools used to make the images.

This soft cover book is about 9x9 inches, with 160 pages, retails for US$29.95 – and is published by AMPHOTO BOOKS at   www.watsonguptill.com      
 

I Rate it:  A 

(Reviewed Aug. 2006)

 

 

 

The Art of Outdoor Photography,
by Boyd Norton

The Art of Outdoor Photography is a great collection of techniques for advanced amateur and pro photographers. I wish the image that is on the title page been put on the cover so you could see how excellent the images are in this book. I am used to seeing better than average photography, but this book contains many images even better than average, and the rest of the book shows you how you, too, can make them. Unlike most photo how-to books that have more images than useful information, this one is just the opposite. Most pages are full of just information so get ready to learn a lot! This one is also bigger than most 8.5x11 inch soft cover books its size. With 192 pages, it is twice as thick as many I get. There are also chapters that cover how to use your work after you have captured those great new images of your own. All of this and with only a retail price of US$21.95.  Published by Voyageur Press and can be ordered at  www.voyageurpress.com      
I Rate it:  A+ 

(Reviewed March 2005)

 

The Art of People Photography:
Inspiring Techniques for Creative Results

by  Bambi Cantrell & Skip Cohen

If people are your thing, and you want to get more creative, here is an excellent new book for you. It is all about going beyond the normal people/portrait type pictures, and into how to create images that “really” stand out and grab you. Just looking at the illustrations in the book is enough to inspire “almost” anyone to grab the first person they pass, haul them off to a good lighting location and start shooting pictures of them. This is another rare book that inspires you to actually do something with your work.

This soft cover book is about 8x10 inches, with 176 pages, retails for US$24.95 – and is published by AMPHOTO BOOKS at   www.watsonguptill.com  
I Rate it:  A 
(Reviewed July 2007)

 

 

The Art of Photo Manipulation, Photoshop for Right-Brainers
by Al Ward

This is not just another Photoshop book. This one is for all of the creative artists who need to use Photoshop to do a lot more than just “fix”  their images. This is your personal guide to advanced photo manipulation and special effects, and it even comes with a cross-platform CD that contains all of the files you need to do the book’s lessons. This is one of the better how-to books on Photoshop. It doesn’t just tell you what to do, but shows you the tools and their settings used to do them. (A major plus in my view!) This 8x10 inch book has 336 pages, and retails for US$49.99.       
I Rate it:  A+ 
(Reviewed April 2005)

 

The Art of PhotoshopCS2 edition,
by Daniel Giordan

This is a great, new how-to book that will take you far beyond creating everyday images and into the world of great, digital fine art. There are 19 chapters that cover everything you will need to know to create great artwork, but the lessons take you far beyond what you get from most other Photoshop how-to books. It is full of step-by-step illustrations, including screen shots of the tools used and their settings. This book will show you how to create gallery quality images, and it also includes a bonus CD that has the author’s source files for all of the lessons in the book. This is one book you will keep right at your workstation to use all of the time.

This soft cover book is about 10x10 inches, with 303 pages, retails for US$49.99, and is published by SAMS Publishing at:  www.samspublishing.com       
I Rate it:  A++ 

(Reviewed April 2006)


 
The Art of Photoshop for Digital Photographers
by Daniel Giordan

This new book was inspired by, and is illustrated with, images from the areas around Tuscany. It is both an instructional and inspirational book that covers how to take better images and then how to make them even better in your computer by using techniques from simple painterly effects to alternative ones. It has a lot of “why” and “how-to” info for every subject.

This soft cover book is about 8x8 inches, with 280 pages, retails for US$39.99 – and is published by SAMS Publishing at   www.samspublishing.com       
I Rate it:  A 
(Reviewed March 2006)

 
The Art of the SNOWFLAKE,
A Photographic Album

By Kenneth Libbrecht

With each one as uniquely different as a fingerprint, snowflakes have to be thee most beautiful crystal forms in nature, and just one look at the cover of this new book will show you why.  I have seen snowflake photography done many times in the past, but never to this extent and with this dedication.  I also did not know that snowflakes are grouped in categories by their shape, such as, Plates, Prisms, Needles, Columns, and others, again each one-of-a-kind.  There are even ones that look like film reels and bullets. Their detail is even more amazing when you see it blown up to a full page, as many of the shots are.  This is also the first time I have ever seen shots of snowflakes on top of other snowflakes.  This would make another super holiday gift and children will absolutely love it!

This hardback book is about 11x12 inches, with 156 pages, retails for US-$30.00 - and is published by Voyageur Press at:   www.voyageurpress.com       
I Rate it:  A++
(Reviewed December 2007)


 
Assembling PANORAMIC Photos, A Designer’s Notebook,
translated by William Rodarmor
 

The O'Reilly Media offering is a collection of the panoramic images of eight French artists, and the details of how they did each one. This is a very good new book on how-to make these great pan images, whether they are simple or very complex. If you really think you already know how to stitch together a pan image, see how well you do with a full 360-degree “circular” scene. Yes, I mean ROUND. When you can do that, you can do any pan image, and one of the eight examples in this book shows you how.
    This soft cover book is 8.5x9.5 inches, with 96 pages, and retails for only US$19.95.  This book is published by O’Reilly Media and can be checked out at   www.oreilly.com      
I Rate it:  A+ 
(Reviewed Sept. 2005)


 

 

 

Atget – Paris in Detail is a collection of close ups and detail images around the city of Paris by one of the pioneers of photography, Eugene Atget. Every image in this book came from collections, many of which were lost on back shelves for decades. These published images are outstanding considering that they were created over 100 years ago in the “pre-historic” days of photography. The subjects include everything from doorknockers to cathedral interiors, almost all of which are long gone, even to the memory of most. To know where photography is today and where it may go to, you have to know where it came from, and this book is a perfect collection from its past.

This hardback book is about 11x11 inch, with 231 pages and retails for only US$60.00. Distributed by Rizzoli at   www.rizzoliusa.com          
I Rate it:  A 
(Reviewed Nov. 2005)

 

AUTUMN
by Jean Mulatier

Here is a power packed new book filled from front to back with 211 of the most beautiful fall color images I have ever seen. Added in with those are “quotes of life” from many of the best known writers from ancient to modern times. This is one of the smallest picture books I have seen, but it is also one of the best. Great things do come in small packages, at least between these covers it does. This is one of the few books that I will take and sit under a tree with a big glass of ice tea and read from cover to cover.

This hardback book is about 7x5 inch, over 200 pages and retails for only US$16.95.  Distributed by Rizzoli at www.rizzoliusa.com         
I Rate it:  A++ 
(Reviewed Nov. 2005)

 

   
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