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Low Budget Shooting: Do It Yourself Solutions to Professional Photo Gear
Cyrill Harnischmacher
Rocky Nook, 2007
Good advice if you have more time than money
For the person with more time than money this book provides specific low-cost methods to make your own ancillary photography equipment. That being said, I should point out that the projects focus almost entirely on lighting and include softboxes, reflectors, and ...
Mastering Landscape Photography: The Luminous Landscape Essays
Alain Briot
Rocky Nook, 2006
A refreshing perspective that may change your life
I own probably 40 books on photography. All were well researched before purchase, so all are good books. Of the 40, 10 were very valuable, 10 more were worth reading, the the other half were not. This is the first that I read cover to cover in just a couple of days. ...
Take Your Photography to the Next Level: From Inspiration to Image
George Barr
Rocky Nook, 2007
Outstanding
Take Your Photography to the Next Level: From Inspiration to Image, by George Barr, is a collection of the most helpful postings from his blog over the past few years. I rank this book right up there with the works of Bryan Peterson in terms of it's importance to ...
Digital Infrared Photography
Cyrill Harnischmacher
Rocky Nook, 2008
Photography in the Infrared
The digital photography revolution has changed the approach to all aspects of photography for everyone on the planet. If you're not using digital devices, you're using a smaller and smaller selection of equipment, and if you are, there are many interesting areas now ...
Practical HDRI: High Dynamic Range Imaging for Photographers
Jack Howard
Rocky Nook, 2008
All you ever wanted to know about HDRi
In this book Jack Howard gives you all the tips and tricks you will need to make stunning, true to life, HDRi images. Whether you just picked up a digital SLR for the first time, or you are an advanced shooter, you will learn some great techniques, and discover ...
Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers, 2nd Edition
Uwe Steinmueller
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Juergen Gulbins
Rocky Nook, 2008
Fine Art Printing, The Sophisticated Inkjet!
This is a title on digital printing by Rockynook, a recently established publishing house specializing in books on computers, digital photography and image production. They distribute their titles through O'Reilly here in the US. They have strong ties to a German ...
Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives
Sascha Steinhoff
Rocky Nook, 2007
Scanning Negatives and Slides by Sascha Steinhoff
As this book is comparing the subtle differences in scanned images the paper and print qualities are paramount to the books success in conveying the desired message. The physical quality of this book is EXCELLENT. The primary objective of the author is to take the ...
The HDRIHandbook: High Dynamic Range Imaging for Photographers and CG Artists +DVD
Christian Bloch
Rocky Nook, 2007
Very enlightening
HDR (high dynamic range) images are starting to take the photography world by storm (at the time of this writing, the HDR Flickr group has over 18,000 members). If you ask a room full of people what HDR is, you get a wide range of answers, and typically they are all ...
Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography
Cyrill Harnischmacher
Rocky Nook, 2007
Inspiring and practical
Some guides simply brag of the authors experience, others throw technical terms, shutter speeds and f-stops at the reader. A good guide should be wonderfully assembled to teach and inspire without arrogance. This book does that, providing a wonderful resource that even ...
The Art of Black and White Photography: Techniques for Creating Superb Images in a Digital Workflow
Torsten Andreas Hoffmann
Rocky Nook, 2008
A Hearty Welcome to Another Top German Photographer/Author
This is a welcome volume for B&W photogs and a useful read for color photographers from another fine German photographer/author. This is Hoffmann's first instructional book to be published in English, although he has had numerous articles on image design/composition ...
Mastering the Nikon D300
Darrell Young
Rocky Nook, 2008
Mastering the Nikon D300 by Nikonian Darrell Young provides a wealth of information and professional insights for owners of this powerful new camera. Each chapter explores the features and capabilities of the D300 in detail, surpassing basic user manuals by providing step-by-step menu setting adjustments coupled with illustrations and logical ...
The Software Test Engineer's Handbook: A Study Guide for the ISTQB Test Analyst and Technical Analyst ...
Graham Bath
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Judy McKay
Rocky Nook, 2008
Review for Book by Graham Bath
A good book for any one planning to go for Advanced level of ISTQB Functional and Technical Tester levels. The book has very basic examples given which are easy to understand and clears the concepts. Overall, a Thumps Up to the Book!
Software Testing Foundations: A Study Guide for the Certified Tester Exam, 2nd Edition
Andreas Spillner; Tilo Linz; Hans Schaefer
Rocky Nook, 2007
VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Are you a software tester? If you are, then this book is definitely for you. Authors Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz and Hans Schaefer, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that offers basic knowledge that helps to achieve structured ad systematic evaluation and ...
Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop
Brad Hinkel
Rocky Nook, 2006
Great basic overview of digital color management & printing on inkjet
My color experience is from being a long time film photographer. Digital color management principals were new to me before this book. Having completed it, I feel that I understand the fundamentals and have made some excellent color prints using Photoshop CS3 on my ...
The Photograph: Composition & Color Design
Harald Mante
Rocky Nook, 2008
Thoght-provoking challenge to conventional approaches
Mante's "The Photograph" joins Freeman's "The Photographer's Eye" as a must read for anyone who takes a serious interest in photographic composition. Though it probably won't be an easy read -- Mante does occasionally make considerable demands on the brain and the eye ...
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