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Lightroom 5 Up to Speed Everything You Need to Know About the Adobe Lightroom 5 Upgrade Piet Van den Eynde Lightroom 5 Up to Speed is written by an Adobe Certified Expert who shows you all the new features and how to get started using the new tools. This 77-page eBook, and the companion videos (50+ minutes), will help you get up to speed with what's new in your favorite digital darkroom software. Learn more.
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Vision is Better 3 Become a Better Photographer, Make Better Photographs David duChemin Curating the best from his blog, David has put together a 50 articles, including tutorials and photographic essays–including larger images and two brand new articles–that make this 145-page eBook an amazing addition to every photographer's digital library. Learn more.
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PHOTOGRAPH: ISSUE THREE A Digital Quarterly Magazine for Creative Photographers Issue 3 is packed with incredible portfolios and Q+As—this time from: Hengki Koentjoro, Dave Delnea, and Kevin Clark. And there are the usual great columns from David duChemin, Nicole S. Young, John Paul Caponigro, Martin Bailey, Al Smith, Jay Goodrich, Piet Van den Eynde, Younes Bounhar, and Chris Orwig. Learn more.
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LR Develop Presets (Delnea) 46 Adobe Lightroom Presets Dave Delnea This Lightroom Develop Preset Package is 46 of Dave Delnea's most used presets and an 28-page PDF guide, which includes a How-to installation process, and complete Before & After photographs of each preset to give you a sense of what these presets do. Presets as extremely helpful in making one's workflow more efficient. Learn more.
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LR Develop Presets (duChemin) 36 Adobe Lightroom Presets David duChemin This Lightroom Develop Preset Package is 36 of David duChemin's most used presets and an 18-page PDF guide, which includes a How-to installation process, and complete Before & After photographs of each preset to give you a sense of what these presets do. Presets as extremely helpful in making one's workflow more efficient. Learn more.
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Craft & Vision 2 More Great Ways to Make Stronger Photographs This 45-page PDF eBook is completely free, consider it a random act of kindness to the photography community we so passionately serve. Inside you'll find articles by 6 Craft & Vision authors, and 9 unique ways to improve your photography. You'll also discover an exclusive promotional offer, we call it the C&V Starter Kit, where you can save USD $16 and get four amazing products. Learn more.
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Timelapse An Introduction to Still Photographs in Motion Dave Delnea Timelapse takes a step-by-step approach to the important aspects of creating moving photographs. Dave discusses the following key areas: cameras and lenses, tripods and support gear, intervalometers, tethering, filters, and of course the settings and techniques to pull it all together. Dave also walks you through Lightroom so you can successfully tackle the editing process, flicker, and output options. Learn more.
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PHOTOGRAPH: ISSUE TWO A Digital Quarterly Magazine for Creative Photographers Issue Two includes featured portfolios and interviews with Martin Bailey, Andy Biggs, and Chris Orwig, as well as articles from David duChemin, Nicole S. Young, John Paul Caponigro, Martin Bailey, Al Smith, Jay Goodrich, Piet Van den Eynde, Younes Bounhar, Kevin Clark, and Chris Orwig. Learn more.
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Growing the VisionMonger 2 A Kick-Ass Guide for the Photographic Entrepreneur Corwin Hiebert This is a business management and marketing eBook for photographers of all levels and at any stage of growing their business. This eBook takes a candid and no-holds-barred eBook about freelance work, business ownership and self-promotion. It is focused on 20 business topics that can help you make better decisions about your photography business. Each section includes a “Take Action” task—a jump-start to change your thinking, get you out of a rut, or get you moving in the right direction. Learn more.
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A Sense of Place Finding Your Eye at Home and Abroad Younes Bounhar This travel photography workbook is geared towards helping you learn to experience a place more fully, see it with wider eyes, and photograph it more intentionally. Photography, for many of us, is all about: learning to see. A Sense of Place is a 42-spread eBook that can help you make stronger photographs, whether at home or elsewhere, by honing your ability to see and express, not just point the camera. Learn more.
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Lightroom 4 Unmasked A Complete Guidebook to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Piet Van den Eynde This is a complete guide to Adobe Lightroom 4 and we know you'll love diving into this beefy book. At 312 spreads this PDF is full of high-resolution screenshots, step-by-step instructions, and the tips, tricks and ideas that make digital darkroom work productive and more enjoyable. A BigBook is like an eBook but bigger. A lot bigger! This PDF file is very big (216MB). Please keep this in mind when initiating your download. Learn more.
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Slow The Magic of Long-Exposure Photography Andrew S. Gibson Get the inspiration and the technical insight you need to explore the aesthetics of slow shutter speeds and long-exposure. Andrew's SLOW is a powerful primer on intentional camera motion, panning, long exposure techniques, and the equipment to help you make it happen? Through case studies and his own portfolio, Andrew provides amazing examples and instructions on making the stunning long-exposure photographs. Learn more.
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PHOTOGRAPH: ISSUE ONE A Digital Quarterly Magazine for Creative Photographers Issue One is the inaugural issue and includes featured portfolios and interviews with Art Wolfe, Bruce Percy, and Nate Parker, as well as articles from David duChemin, Andrew Gibson, Nicole S. Young, John Paul Caponigro, Martin Bailey, Al Smith, Jay Goodrich, Piet Van den Eynde, Younes Bounhar, Kevin Clark, and Chris Orwig. Learn more.
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Essential Development 20 Great Techniques for Lightroom 4 Sean McCormack Take your Lightroom workflow to a new level! This eBook is an amazing resource for any photographer who wants to get the most out of Lightroom's Develop Module without all the guesswork. Dive into the Develop module, with topics like: Understanding The Histogram, Making White White, Beauty Retouching, Dodge & Burn for Beauty, Cross Processing, Achieving a Filmic Look, Image Toning, Tilt Shift, Effective Sharpening, and Correcting Lens Issues. PDF only. Learn more.
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Great Light, Easy Light Strobe Techniques That Don’t Look Lit Kevin Clark This 64-page (32-spread PDF) eBook is about creating beautiful light regardless of which tools you use. Kevin is a veteran commercial photographer who knows how to cut to the chase and provide photographers of all levels with the practical advice they need to create and manipulate light in order to produce the best aesthetic. With diagrams showing one, two, and three-light setups, as well as case studies, you’ll be able to set aside the formulas and recipes for lighting and learn how Kevin plays, tweaks and experiments with the subtleties of light. Learn more.
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Portraits of Earth An Introduction to Landscape Photography David duChemin This is a landscape eBook for all levels, photographers will find the education and inspiration to make beautiful photographs of their own, no matter what adventure awaits them. It features sections on Gear, Composition, Light, Land, Water, Snow, and Detail Shots, and is accompanied by large, beautiful photographs, all with complete EXIF data, many of them previously unseen, from travels on all seven continents. There's also Behind the Shot sections that discuss topics like exposure blending, maximizing sharpness, using ND and polarizer filters, and shooting in weather, like fog. Learn more.
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Finding Focus Understanding the Camera's Eye Nicole S. Young This ebook merges together the best of both worlds: the Artist and the Geek. Nicole's insights and hands-on advice zeros you in on the advanced focusing techniques you need to photograph subjects of all kinds (people, groups, animals, still life, macro, landscapes) while at the same time leveraging the element of focus to further develop your visual storytelling. You'll love the illustrations and in-depth analysis of aperture, depth of field, camera settings, lenses and lens compression and post-production editing. Learn more.
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Dodge & Burn Leading the Eye with Lightroom and Photoshop Piet Van den Eynde Lite Version: Add life and depth to your photographs and make the most out of your digital darkroom. This amazing 91-spread eBook package (.zip file) will guide you through the post-processing steps of dodging and burning, producing that gentle push or pull of the eye so your viewer can zero in on everything your creative vision intended. This comprehensive eBook is all about the tools and the techniques you need to quickly make editing your image files in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop easier and more fun. Learn more.
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Up Close A Guide to Macro & Up Close Photography Andrew S. Gibson This massive 88-spread eBook is a must-have guidebook for photographers who want to create fresh and stunning photographs of things often overlooked. He covers crop factoring and magnification, testing your lenses, focal length, focusing techniques, depth-of-field, lighting, image stabilization, single/double-element lenses, reverse lens macro, extension tubes and more! Learn more.
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eyePhone Making Stronger Photographs with your Camera Phone Al Smith This stunning 45-page PDF eBook is full of inspired insights, invaluable tips, creative considerations, and must-have resources to help you take your photography, and creative life, to the next level. Whether you shoot and process hundred of images each month or you just take the casual snapshot, you'll discover exciting ideas and concepts that are sure to turn your camera phone image gallery into a portfolio you're proud of. Learn more.
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Shoot + Share Getting Your Photographs Out Into the World Stuart Sipahigil This inspiring and insightful eBook will help the amateur and vocational photographer formulate a sharing strategy that includes websites, social media, self-published books, prints, canvases and more. Learn more.
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Forget Mugshots 10 Steps To Better Portraits David duChemin This 35-spread PDF eBook is for every photographer who's ever wanted to make stronger photographs of people. David shares invaluable insights that are guaranteed to help you make the most of your next portrait shoot. Forget Mugshots takes you behind the scenes so you can learn about the techniques and best practices that have made David's portraits known around the world. Learn more.
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Exposure For Outdoor Photography Michael Frye This 50-spread PDF ebook, tackles the basics, and goes on to discuss the different ways of accomplishing different exposures to bring about different aesthetics. Learn about metering modes, exposure modes, histograms, high-contrast scenes, depth of field, shutter speeds, exposure blending, and more! Learn more.
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Making the Print Printing Techniques For the Digital Photographer (A Masterclass) Martin Bailey In this in-depth eBook, Martin covers it all from choosing a printer and papers, to profiling and sharpening, to calibrations, fine-tuning, adding borders, to creating your own canvas gallery wraps and printing for an exhibition. He unpacks the workflow and provides the detailed explanations, step-by-step instructions, and screenshots you need to make your next printing project exciting and successful. Learn more.
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Vision is Better II Free The Mind, Free the Camera. Again. David duChemin This massive eBook is a collection of 44 of the most recent essays about the photographic life and craft from David duChemin's wildly popular PixelatedImage Blog. His insights on the how and why of photography, visual story telling, and life-lessons learned along the way make for a compelling and inspiring eBook that will captivate you from beginning to end. Learn more.
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Craft & Vision 11 Ways to Improve Your Photography This 67-spread PDF eBook is completely free, a gift to the photography community we love so much. Inside you'll find articles by 8 Craft & Vision authors, and solid ways to improve your photography. It's free but that doesn't mean we didn't put our heart and soul into it. Learn more.
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Beyond Thirds A Photographer's Introduction to Creative Composition Andrew S. Gibson Learn how to build better photographs using leading lines, balance, and thoughtful composition. This ebook gives the conventional rule a major overhaul. Learn more.
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Making Light II Advanced Use of Off-Camera Flash Piet Van den Eynde Gain the theory and practical insights you need to rock multiple flashes, modifiers, and triggering systems for both Canon and Nikon. Learn more.
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The Inspired Eye III Notes on Creativity for Photographers, Vol.III David duChemin Jumpstart your creative fires and learn to understand, trust, and hone your photographic process. This eBook leaves technical proficiency at the door and helps you gain new insights about what inspires you and how to make creative decisions that take your photography to the next level. Learn more.
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Making Light An Introduction to Off-Camera Flash Piet Van den Eynde Learn how to fill in harsh shadows, balance ambient light, rescue fading evening light, or substitute for a complete lack of light. Learn more.
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Andes The Print & The Process Series Andrew S. Gibson An inspiring journey and the photographs made along the way. Experience an exciting adventure in the mist-shrouded Andes mountains captured both on film and through DSLR. Learn more.
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Your Creative Mix Growing Your Photography Business Through Creativity & Collaboration Corwin Hiebert Gain new insights and ideas on how to generate demand for your photographs, your creative services, and attract new fans, followers, and clients by leveraging your creative vision. Learn more.
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A Deeper Frame Creating Deeper Photographs & More Engaging Experiences David duChemin An introduction regarding the illusion, or perception, of depth that is removed when the camera flattens the three-dimensional world into two. Learn more.
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(micro)STOCK From Passion to Paycheck Nicole S. Young A jam-packed guide to producing, managing, and marketing your photographs for digital distribution. Learn more.
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The Power of Black & White In Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A MASTER CLASS) Piet Van den Eynde Learn the workflow and post-production skills you need to create exceptional black and white images through post-production editing. Learn more.
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The Vision-Driven Photographer Notes on Discovering & Refining Your Vision David duChemin Make stronger photographs by identifying or re-discovering your photographic vision through practical insights and exercises. Learn more.
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Iceland, A Monograph The Print & The Process Series David duChemin ICELAND, A Monograph is a showcase of exceptional photographs which holds nothing back with respect to how the images came to look the way they do. Learn more.
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The Magic of Black and White Part I - Vision Andrew S. Gibson Learn to begin seeing in monochrome and create great black and white photographs. Learn more.
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The Magic of Black and White Part II - Craft Andrew S. Gibson Part Two looks at the tools needed to turn a colour digital negative into a spectacular-looking black and white image using the software of the digital darkroom, specifically Adobe Photoshop. Learn more.
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The Magic of Black and White Part III - Nine Photos Andrew S. Gibson Part Three teaches advanced techniques to give your images more subtlety and power. Learn more.
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The Evocative Image A Photographer's Guide to Capturing Mood Andrew S. Gibson Inspired insights and creative exercises on how to inject mood and atmosphere into your photographs. Learn more.
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Winter in the Canadian Rockies The Print & The Process Series Darwin Wiggett Learn more about taking abstract and artistic photographs of winter landscapes. Learn more.
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Chasing Reflections The Print & The Process Series Eli Reinholdtsen Learn the techniques to capture movement, timing, and contrast to get the sophisticated and artistic reflection photographs you've always dreamed of. Learn more.
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Venice, A Monograph The Print & The Process Series David duChemin A collection 30 of David's Venice photographs, accompanied by a discussion of how & why the images were created. Learn more.
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SAFARI, A Monograph The Print & The Process Series David duChemin The gear used, the techniques employed, and the lessons learned while on a 10-day safari in Kenya. Learn more.
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Close To Home Finding Great Photographs in Your Own Backyard Stuart Sipahigil Learn how to find extraordinary photographs in familiar territory. Taking great photographs does not require traveling to exotic places. Learn more.
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The Inspired Eye I Notes on Creativity for Photographers, Vol.I David duChemin Understanding and nurturing our creativity is the first step in breaking out of our ruts. Learn more.
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The Inspired Eye II Notes on Creativity for Photographers, Vol.II David duChemin Get out of your funk and chase your muse. Learn more.
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Drawing The Eye Creating Stronger Images Through Visual Mass David duChemin Learn how to lead the eye of the viewer to create more powerful images. Learn more.
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Chasing The Look 10 Ways to Improve The Aesthetics of Your Photographs David duChemin Learn more.
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TEN Ten Ways To Improve Your Craft. None of Them Involves Buying Gear. David duChemin Improve your craft with the ebook that started it all. The title says it all but the link below will give you more info. Learn more.
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TEN MORE Ten More Ways To Improve Your Craft David duChemin This is the follow-up to TEN. It’s just ten more. Learn more.
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Below the Horizon Understanding Light at the Edges of Day Dave Delnea Equally inspiring as it is instructional, Below The Horizon will change the way you look at, and photograph, light. Learn more.
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Extreme Perspectives An Introduction to Mountain Photography Alexandre Buisse An adventure-packed behind-the-scenes look into the gear and the vision required to make awe-inspiring photographs. Learn more.
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Light and Land Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom Michael Frye Take your post-processing to the next level and clarify your own unique vision of the natural world Learn more.
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Vision is Better Free the Mind, Free the Camera David duChemin A compilation of 50 articles, originally published on the Pixelated Image blog. Become a better photographer by developing your most important asset – your mind. 50 articles about the photographic craft and life. Learn more.
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Growing The VisionMonger 10 Things a Manager Can Teach You About Running & Growing Your Business Corwin Hiebert Learn to manage your business from a manager, not a photographer. Learn more.
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Journey Through Java The Print & The Process Series Mitchell Kanashkevich Learn to tell a unique story through capturing photogenic subjects in iconic and remote places. Gain tips on how to create stunning images in challenging circumstances. Learn more.
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VISION IN MOTION A Photographer's Introduction to Digital Video Trevor Meier An introduction to the unique needs and process of digital video for photographers. Learn more.
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