Keywords: photographers, software, voice, graphics, photos, retail stores, art

 

ALBUM FOR AN AGE, by Art Shay. In forty-five years as one of America's liveliest and most accomplished photographers - for Life, Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and other assignments - Art Shay has established a world-wide reputation for capturing the odd moment with the rich and/or famous. Mr. Shay puts both his words and his pictures to work. The result is a delightful, entertaining, thoughtful, and sometimes wacky sightseeing tour of many of the major personalities and events of the last fifty years. Here is a unconventional book by an unconventional photographer, not a picture book but a book with pictures. ($29.95; ISBN: 1-56663-327-3) Now in his 80's, Art Shay continues to photograph and finds time to play racquet ball three times a week. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm#1566633273 .

"HEAR- LOOK" is software that allows you to e-mail a digital picture along with a voice recording in a matter of seconds. No long download times, no misinterpretation of the written e-mail. In any language, you can now have your actual voice attached to a photo. The file is very small – the sound element is compressed up to 36 times the original voice recording, the photos and graphics compressed up to 80 times their original size. This product ($49) is sold in all major retail stores. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm#B00002S91R .

CREATIVE EXPOSURES: 23 Photographers Discuss Art and Technique, by Eddie Ephraums. Delve into the minds, the methods, and the imaginations of 23 master photographers and realize your own potential. Each chapter features one photographer. The illustrating photographs are discussed, how they came to be, and the techniques that went into creating them. Includes first-person insights on the day-to-day pleasures and difficulties, discoveries and frustrations, of being a photographer. (144 pages, $27.95, ISBN: 1-883403-71-5) Contact: Sterling Publishing Co, 387 Park Ave S, New York NY 10016-8810. Phone: 1 800 367-9692. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm#1883403715 .

THE PHOTO SHOP 5/5.5 WOW! BOOK, by Linnea Dayton & Jack Davis. Dozens of "before" and "after" tutorial files, with all of the layers, masks, layer effects, alpha channels, and clipping groups intact, so you can follow the techniques in the book and examine the numerous Wow! effects. The basic info you need about Photoshop's tools and functions, including layer effects, save for web, image-ready, extract, art history brush, impressionist history brush, adjustment layers, actions, free transform, and lighting effects. ($49.99; ISBN: 0-201-35371-7) Contact: Peachpit Press, 1249 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710. Phone: 1 510 524-2178. Fax: 1 510 524-2221. Web: www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm#0201353717 .

DRAMATIC BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY, Shooting and Darkroom Techniques, by J.D. Hayward. Hayward analyzes over fifty of his top images and explains step-by-step how each was created. For each image, you'll discover the techniques used to develop the concept for the photograph, the principles guiding the composition of the image, and the lighting that was used. Black & white photography allows photographers to process, print and manipulate their own images in their own home darkrooms. Readers will also learn techniques for creating surreal, impressionistic composite images in the darkroom. Contact: Amherst Media, Inc. 155 Rano St, Ste 300, Buffalo NY 14207. Phone: 1 800 622-3278. Fax: 1 800 622-3298. Web: www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm#1584280271 .

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