Photoshop Layers Book Reviewed

Layers by Matt Kloskowski

There are certain areas of Photoshop that require books unto themselves. Channels was expertly covered by my buddy Scott Kelby, Lab Color was demystified by Dan Margulis, and now Layers will no longer perplex the masses thanks to Matt Kloskowski’s newest book, Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature. The book begins by [...]

ImagingUSA Mini Round-Up and Review

Tampa Convention Center

What I really liked most about this show is that it was all about the photographer.  It is smaller than PMA and PhotoPlus but it had a nice feel to it.  It wasn’t about selling to the suits where the back meeting rooms are more important than what is on the show floor.  This is [...]

Getting my Photoshop Power Fix

Scott signing autographs at the CS3 Power Tour in Washington DC

I had the pleasure of spending the day with a few hundred  of my fellow Washingtonians at the Photoshop CS3 Power Tour seminar with instructor and author extraordinaire,  Scott Kelby.  Actually I spent yesterday afternoon with him too, shooting some images for his upcoming book.  But today was all about Photoshop.  Scott manages to squeeze [...]

Make some room on your bookshelf

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Shutterbug as just released their: Top Digital Books Of 2007; More & Better Digital Imaging Books. The list covers different topics such as Digital Photography, Techniques, and Elements, Lightroom, and Photoshop. It is a very broad list and includes several books that I had not yet seen but am now placing high on my must [...]

Photography Code of Ethics – The issue is older than you think

Original Photograph by Bob Jackson, Adapted by George E. Mahlberg

On Monday, Scott Kelby discussed his personal code of ethics for image enhancement and manipulation. The discussion pulled in many different opinions of what is and is not acceptable when creating an image. I found this story over at the PBS site called American Photography: A Century of Images. The story discusses the history of [...]