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Processing pointers
One from the publishing house where our very own Eddie Ephraums is commissioning editor, and written by an author who has featured in Ag since its very earliest days, Tom Ang. Although the book is designed to suit photographers whether they shoot on film or with a digital camera, it approaches its subject from a traditional photography standpoint – the digital darkroom, if you like. It also assumes no previous experience of image processing. The title is apt and accurate and the information provided is spot-on for the photographer wanting to try his or her hand with digital. In four sections, the book opens with an overview of the digital image and associated technology, and moves on to a guided tour of the relevant bits of the Photoshop program (most users never need more than a fraction of its facilities). The main section of the book does exactly what it says on the pack: Ang takes the reader through digital techniques to mimic traditional darkroom tricks of the trade. Dodging and burning, tonal control, retouching, recreating old processes, split-toning… you name it, there’s a way to do it in daylight without getting your hands wet and it is described here. Throughout the controls described have been chosen as being common to many image editing packages, not just the de facto industry standard. Altogether a much better starting point for the photographer than the manual you get with the software.
Photoshop for Photography: The Art of Pixel Processing, by Tom Ang, published by Argentum, £16.99, ISBN 1 902538 22 6.
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