books: arts & photography - top sellers ...     books:       Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop ...15 reviews Martin Evening Focal Press, 2010 Growing complexity met with clarity we can understand Martin Evening may be the last best hope of comprehending the infinite complexity of Adobe products. There are those of us who are giving up on use of all the things Photoshop can do. Adobe doesn't seem able to manage them very well, either, so an early and unusual update on CS5 was sent out to cool the nerves of many jangled users. Because of his very close relationship to Adobe Mr. Evening ...             Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures29 reviews Crown, 2010 This Is Non-fiction...Isn't It? "Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures" is one of those non-fiction books written like a novel, a great suspense novel. An FBI Agent goes undercover to find and recover the world's great stolen art treasures by setting up sting operations the world over. I would love to see this book made into a movie. As an artist and art lover I just can't get enough of true ...             Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes (Adam Hughes Cover to Cover)8 reviews DC Comics, 2010 Curse you, Adam Hughes! Adam Hughes is a better artist than you. Adam Hughes is a better artist than me. Adam Hughes is depressingly, embarrassingly good, and he's making everyone else look bad. Adam Hughes must be stopped. So don't any of you buy this book! If you buy this book, Adam Hughes might know how good he is. He might keep drawing, and he might even, (through some dastardly witchcraft,) become EVEN ...             The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) Scott Kelby New Riders Press, 2010 Since Lightroom first launched, Scott Kelby's The Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers has been the world's #1 best-selling Lightroom book. In this latest version for Lightroom 3, Scott uses his same step-by-step, plain-English style and layout to make learning Lightroom easy and fun. Scott doesn't just show you which sliders do what. Instead, by using the following three simple, yet brilliant, techniques that make it just an incredible ...             The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos123 reviews Focal Press, 2007 Best book on photo composition, PERIOD I've been a professional photographer for 40 years and even though I graduated from photography school and still have my books, I have purchased literally hundreds of books on photography since 1970... yet I have NEVER seen a book on artistic composition that even pretends to approach this fine book! Okay, you already know about the Rule of Thirds, using leading lines, using color, framing, etc. ...             Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun (Lab Series)10 reviews Carla Sonheim Quarry Books, 2010 Worth the wait! I have waited all spring for this to be released. Was getting ready to order it from Amazon and walked into B&N yesterday and there it was...what a surprise! It is fabulous...and if you want to awaken your drawing abilities or get started on developing them...this is a great book. Carla is fun, the drawings inspirational and the format is user friendly. I would highly recommend the book...it was ...             The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers2 reviews Martin Evening Adobe Press, 2010 THE Lightroom 3 Bible: ultimate reference resource Martin Evening - a professional photographer - has been on the Lightroom team since its very start as 'Shadowland'. That expertise, presented with smooth writing and a light touch of humor, lifts the LR3 book to king-of-the-hill reference source status. Want to understand the CR-cache and its optimal size for speedy workflow? Do you wish to squeeze the last drop from the expanded tone curve? Here ...             The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1695 reviews Peachpit Press, 2006 Every Beginner Should Own This I first grabbed this book as a complete amateur who only knew that taking a picture required me to click a button. Kelby's writing style and easy going nature made it easy for me to understand what he was talking about and enjoy reading his instructions. I'm not very technical when it comes to photography so I was thankful that he made it possible for me to understand and execute his tips. I ...             Awkward Family Photos64 reviews Mike Bender, Doug Chernack Three Rivers Press, 2010 Awkward Family Photos Great book in great condition; arrived timely. Interesting to know people actually submittted their family photos for this book; very funny! My family photos do not look so bad after looking at these photos!             Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)759 reviews Bryan Peterson Amphoto Books, 2004 Direct to the point I am a beginner and I try to get my hands on as many photography books as I can. Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson is not the first photography book I have read but this book is where I really learned! It doesn't use complicated terms and is direct to the point.             Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual8 reviews Lesa Snider Pogue Press, 2010 The manual aerobe should have included The first thing I noticed that about lesa's book on "photoshop cs5 the missing manual" is that in the very beginning she talks about it being dedicated to the god of wine bacchus, which kind of sets the whole tone for the book. She has a very light style, but the book is extremely informative and for those of you more familiar with Photoshop CS4 already the first chapter talks about the ...             Creative Black and White: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques14 reviews Harold Davis Wiley, 2010 Journey I've Been Waiting to Take Harold Davis takes a subject that is extremely broad in range and puts it into an understandable topic without leaving anything out. He says that we need to learn to see and to think in Black and White. He then gives guidelines for training the eye to search for areas of high contrast or if the subject is a landscape, we need to look for different textures and forms. He suggests subjects that ...             Beowulf55 reviews Public Domain Books, 2006 delivery took too long; condition of book was as stated by seller Book was sent from Washington State and took forever to get to the East Coast. Book was in the condition as outlined by seller.             Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home That Makes You Happy79 reviews Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello, ... Simon & Schuster, 2008 Fabulous DOMINO! Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home That Makes You Happy             Take Ivy Shosuke Ishizu, Toshiyuki Kurosu, ... powerHouse Books, 2010 Described by The New York Times as, ?a treasure of fashion insiders,? Take Ivy was originally published in Japan in 1965, setting off an explosion of American-influenced ?Ivy Style? fashion among students in the trendy Ginza shopping district of Tokyo. The product of four sartorial style enthusiasts, Take Ivy is a collection of candid photographs shot on the campuses of America?s elite, Ivy League universities. The series focuses on ...             Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: The Missing Manual35 reviews Pogue Press, 2009 excellent book this is my second copy, first one went into the swimming pool. this was the only publication i found to answer my questions straight forward and so i could understand the.             Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera48 reviews Bryan Peterson Amphoto Books, 2009 Worth Every Penny The book may be smallish, but its 400 pages are packed full of knowledge and inspiration for every imaginable situation. Mr. Peterson's books are imaginative and some of his photos are are breathtakingly beautiful. This time he's outdone himself. I'm downsizing and getting rid of many books. This one's a keeper!             Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Art of the Animated Series)13 reviews Bryan Konietzko, Michael DiMartino Dark Horse, 2010 Beyond expectations The book is excellent! The quality is top-notch. The pages are nice and thick, the printing brings the amazing drawings to life, and the coffee table size of it is perfect for the content, which is incredible. I've never seen a single source that gives more in-depth, behind the scenes information on the series than this book. And it's narrated by the creators themselves! If you're a fan of the ...             Downtown Chic: Designing Your Dream Home: From Wreck to Ravishing31 reviews Robert Novogratz, Cortney Novogratz Rizzoli, 2009 Definetly out of the box Love the book, Love their show Love their OUT OF THE BOX style. Each chapter is a small story on each project. I totally get these two. Flair, flavor and fun, refrshing book from the other design "coffee table books" I have. Enjoyed it cover to cover!!             Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood197 reviews Marjane Satrapi Pantheon, 2004 A powerful and gripping graphic novel I was amazed by the power of this graphic novel. I finished it within one afternoon; I was completely hooked after the first page. The style of the illustrations and the storyline surrounding major historical events happening to one family unit reminded me a lot of Art Spiegelman's "Maus I" and "Maus II" (also excellent and powerful reads). But this novel has its own message and voice, that are ...              search for books airbender, animated, childhood, complete, composition, creating, creative, decorating, designing, downtown, elements, exercises, exposure, lightroom, macintosh, mixed-media, persepolis, photographer, photographers, photographs, photography, photoshop, priceless, professional, ravishing, room-by-room, techniques, treasures, undercover, understanding books:    randomly chosen book: Spravochnik po pravopisaniyu i literaturnoi pravke home  impressum - about us