Classroom in a Book or The Complete Guide to Light Lighting in Digital Photography

Classroom in a Book: Adobe Photoshop Elements 6/Adobe Premier Elements (Classroom in a Book Series)

Author: Adobe Press

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and Adobe Premiere Elements 4

Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does &mash; an official training series from Adobe Systems, Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 Classroom in a Book Collection contains two whole books in one, with 23 lessons in all! The book covers the basics of learning both applications. You can follow the book from start to finish, or choose only those lessons that interest you.

What you need to use this book:Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for Windows. (Software not included.)

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The Complete Guide to Light & Lighting in Digital Photography

Author: Michael Freeman

Michael Freeman, the author of more than 20 books on various aspects of photography, now helps digital photographers see (and understand) the light! Because good lighting is key to a picture’s success, it’s a topic of interest to anyone who picks up a digital camera…and Freeman’s comprehensive manual gives readers an essential toolbox of techniques and creative ideas. Find out how to create and manipulate lighting scenarios for professional-looking photos. Examine the many varieties of natural light, from blazing sunlight to gentle twilight, as well as incandescent and fluorescent lights. Make the most of your camera’s flash and lighting equipment, including diffusers, shades, and reflectors.

From shooting techniques to imaging tricks, this provides photographers with a solid groundwork for producing top-quality pictures.

Daniel Lombardo - Library Journal

Most experts agree that the most important element in photography (and in painting, for that matter) is the use of light. Digital photography provides a level of control over the capture and manipulation of light that is far beyond the limits of film photography. Freeman (The Complete Guide to Digital Photography) here offers the most comprehensive manual on how to interpret and alter light through digital means. He begins with exposure strategies that are unique to the digital camera—the histogram (a graph of the distribution of tones in an image), the measurement of light, white balance, and hue. The next four chapters deal with daylight, artificial light, photographic lighting, and digital lighting. The final section takes a detailed look at studio lighting, fill lights, reflectors, etc. Highly recommended for all collections.