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These are all books we have read and are comfortable saying that they should help your photography.

The links below will take you to Amazon.com to review the books and have the opportunity to purchase them.

Photography Books Digital Instruction

1. John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide:
Revised Edition of the Nature Photographer's 
Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques

By John Shaw

 John Shaw's Nature Photography Field...

 

1.  Photoshop CS2 Workflow

By Tim Grey

Photoshop CS2 Workflow

Starts your digital experience on the right workflow.

2.  John Shaw's Landscape Photography

By John Shaw

 John Shaw's Landscape Photography

2.  Photoshop for Nature Photographers

By Tim Grey

Photoshop ® for Nature Photographer...

Practical ideas for nature photographers.

3.  John Shaw's Focus on Nature

By John Shaw

 John Shaw's Focus on Nature

 

3.  Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Technique

By Ben Willmore

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Technique...

Easy to read, tells the Whys of techniques.

4.  John Shaw's Closeups in Nature

By John Shaw

 John Shaw's Closeups in Nature

 

4. Photoshop CS2 Artistry

By Barry Haynes
Wendy Crumpler

Photoshop CS2 Artistry

Step by step techniques for intermediate to advanced.

5.  John Shaw's Business of Nature Photography: 
A Professional's Guide to Marketing and Managing
a Successful Nature Photography Business

By John Shaw

 John Shaw's Business of Nature...

5.  Real World Adobe Photoshop CS2

By Bruce Fraser

Real World Adobe Photoshop CS2

Takes you further into understanding techniques.

6.  The Art of Photographing Nature

By Art Wolf

 The Art of Photographing Nature

6.  Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book

By Adobe Creative Team

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a B...

 How-to by the creators of Photoshop CS2.

7.  The Art of Bird Photography:  The
Complete Guide to Professional Field Techniques

By Arthur Morris

 The Art of Bird Photography : The...

7.  Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers

By Martin Evening

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographer...

Practical help for common problems encountered in photos.

8.  Bird Photography: Pure and Simple

By Arthur Morris

 Bird Photography : Pure and Simple

 

9.  The Art of Nature Photography: Advanced Techniques and the Creative Process

By Tony Sweet

 Fine Art Nature Photography: Advanced Techniques and the Creative Process

 

10.  Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image

By Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant

 Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image

 

11.  Photography and the Art of Seeing

By Freeman Patterson

 Photography and the Art of Seeing

 

12. Dreamscapes

By Andre Gallant

Dreamscapes

 

Software

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Windows...

 A less expensive and less complicated, but limited, version.

May be a good place to start before taking the plunge into Photoshop CS2.

Nik Multimedia Sharpener Pro 2.0! In...

 

This is the inkjet only version of an excellent sharpening tool, used as a plug in to Photoshop.  Use this version, for about half the price, if you only want to sharpen for your own inkjet prints.  Works on 8 or 16 bit images.

Adobe Photoshop CS2

Full Version.

Nik Multimedia Sharpener Pro 2.0! Co...

 

This is the complete edition of the Nik sharpening tool, used as a plug in to Photoshop.  This allows you to use separate sharpening approached for inkjet printing (by printer brand), offset printing (published articles or books), or the internet, as well as RAW pre-sharpening.  Works on 8 or 16 bit images.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Upgrade

Upgrade from any other version of Photoshop.

Nik Multimedia Color Efex Pro 2.0 Co...

 

This is a complete edition of the famous Nik filters to be applied to photographic images for a multitude of effects.  This tool is a plug in and works with either 8 or 16 bit images.  The effects will applies as if you had used them in the field (e.g., a gold reflector will only show on one side of the subject, as if you had applied the reflector in the field).

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