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tonymidd
14th June 2006, 11:00 AM
Quite frankly there is so much to Photoshop that it?s impossible for all the variations of even one aspect to be covered in an evenings talk; this is my reference book list. All of these books are kept on a shelf above my workstation and are referred to daily.
Basic bibles that tell you what does what.
?Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers? Martin Evening Focal Press £28.00
?The Photoshop CS2 book for digital photographers? Scott Kelby New Riders £31.00
?A-Z Adobe Photoshop CS2? Philip Andrews Focal Press £17.00
?Photoshop CS2? Weinman & Lourekas Visual Quick Start £17.00
Tricks and usage books
?Secrets of the digital darkroom? Peter Cope Ilex Press £18.00
?How to cheat in Photoshop CS2? Steve Caplin Focal Press £ 25.00
For the more arty approach
?The Art of Photoshop? Daniel Giordan Sams Publishing £36.50
?Erotique Digitale? MacDonald & Cook Ilex Press £ 18.00 ( adult content)


And a book that?s not about digital imaging but it will teach you what makes a superb mono print. Remember if it can be done in the darkroom you can do it in Photoshop, you just have to work out how.
?Black & White Workshop? John Blakemore David & Charles £22.50

and a couple to make you think about your photography
'On Photography' Susan Sontag Penguin books £ 4.99
'The Ongoing Moment' Geoff Dyer Little Brown

This list is by no means difinative, if anyone has any additions please let me have tham and I'll add them to the list.

Stemmy
14th June 2006, 11:08 AM
A great slection of reading there Tony - I have a couple of these.

Or you could try

"The George Riddell book on PSP"

Chapter 1 - CLARIFY FOR BEGINNERS

Chapter 2 - CLARIFY AGAIN !!

Chapter 3 - CLARIFY A BIT MORE !!

Chapter 4 - ADVANCED CLARIFY !!

Chapter 5 - WHEN NOT TO CLARIFY (this section is empty !)

StagePhotography.co.uk
14th June 2006, 11:22 AM
I know where I'm going to sitck it... *glares at Stemmy*

:)

I've only got 2 or 3 books, and reading isn't my thing,
I only buy them to look at the pictures...

One I do return to when I was trying out studio type stuff was

"Ditigal Photography for Graphic Designers"... Lee Varis (Rockport) $40.00 (Dollars)

Some really nice ideas in there..

tonymidd
17th June 2006, 11:43 AM
Most of the books previously listed are 'how' here are a few inspirational books. Some are out of print but you can find them on e-bay or Amazon.

The Art of Photography 1839-1989 Ed Mike Weaver Yale Uni Press
chronicles the development of the first 150 years of photography
The Stilled Gaze John Blakemore Zelda Cheatle press
Inscape John Blakemore Zelda Cheatle press
two truley inspirational books with mono images from the master printer
In my mind's eye Charlie Waite photographers institute press
mono landscapes
American Images 1945-1980 Ed Peter Turner Penquin books
The Art of Photography 1839-1989 Ed Mike Weaver Yale Uni Press
chronicles the development of american photography after WWII
Let Truth be the Prejudice W. Eugene Smith Aperture press
WES was IMHO the finest documentry photographer
Our Forbidden Land Fay Godwin Jonathan Cape
Land Fay Godwin Jonathan Cape
superb landscapes by this sadly missed fine photographer
Dialogue with photography Paul Hill Cornerhouse publishing
enlightening interviews with great photographers
White Peak Dark Peak Paul Hill Cornerhouse publishing
paul's images of the land he walks on
Trouble and Strife David Bailey Thames & Hudson
how to do domestic photography, given a top model for a wife
Open Skies Don McCullin Jonathan Cape
moody somerset landscapes and still life studies
Magnum Landscape Ed Henri Peretz Phaidon press
landscapes from the members
Hana Ishomoto Chronicle books
fantastic mono images of flowers
Young Meteors Martin Harrison Jonathan Cape
the heyday of british photojournalism 1957-1965
Ghosts in the Wilderness Tony & Eva Worobiec AAPL
superb hand tinted mono images of abandoned america
In Focus National Geographic
one of the NG's excelent 'greatest' series, this deals with location portraiture

PaulChubb
24th February 2007, 11:47 AM
Iv managed to get a few, which I often use for insparation if nothing else..

5000+ Days: Press Photography in a Changing World (British Press Photographers As)

Through the Lens: "National Geographic" Greatest Photographs (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Through-Lens-National-Geographic-Photographs/dp/079226164X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b/203-2631350-0570319) by Leah Bendavid-Val

And just recently got for my birthday

Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive (Hardcover)
by Joel Meyerowitz (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/203-2631350-0570319?%5Fencoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Joel%20Meyerowitz)

Which is breath takeing to say the least (must be said that Meyerwitz is my fave at the moment)

Iv also got
Bystander: A History of Street Photography (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bystander-History-Photography-Joel-Meyerowitz/dp/0500541906/sr=1-13/qid=1172314024/ref=sr_1_13/203-2631350-0570319?ie=UTF8&s=books) by Joel Meyerowitz and Colin Westerbeck on order from Amazon at the moment.