In photography, images can be well crafted photographs, or snapshots. Joshua Bradley works with Moose Peterson, an accomplished wildlife photographer. Josh is an instructor for the Digital Landscape series and a co-instructor at Wildlife Photographer’s Base Camp. Consequently, I am sure Josh’s images are not snapshots. This book, sad to say, is an out-of-focus snapshot.

Just For Digital Images Photoshop Elements 8 offers far more than expected for photo editing, yet it’s format and function keys are pretty easy to figure out. And the software offers beginners to advanced users a wide range of uses. The Photoshop Elements 8 Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski focuses [...]

Show and Tell With HDR In the book A World in HDR by Trey Ratcliff, the author takes time to share the experience of creating and capturing each image in high dynamic range (HDR). This book not only provides vivid pictures, but describes the experience and how to create opportunities to capture stunning imagery. This [...]

Beyond Color Control – Color Efects The image color is great, but if an image fails to convey the mood or emotion, the story behind the image falls flat. One of the filters in Color EfexPro 3.0 may be just the tool for adding just the right effect to enhance the image’s story power. Nik [...]

Easy as 1-2-3 There are several books available to learn Adobe Photoshop Elements 8. One of the better ones I’m reviewing is Teach Yourself Visually: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 by Mike Wooldridge, and published by Wiley.

Consider Black and White Not every photo looks its best in color.  Some images just look better in black and white.  Similarly, some stories demand dramatic black and white images.  The drama and contrast of a snow or desert scene is often highlighted in black and white. Nik Software’s U Point® control points in Silver [...]