Photography to Digital Fine Art

Zen and the Magic of Photography … Learning to See and to Be through Photography

Author: 
Wayne Rowe
Publisher: 
Rocky Nook
Published Date: 
March 2010
ISBN: 
9781933952543
Pages: 
104
Rating: 
4

Last month at our monthly DMAG meeting, my name was selected to choose a book from an array of topics.  When I picked up the book titled: Zen and Magic of Photography by Wayne Rowe; I was immediately attracted to the titled then later the images inside. I selected the book because I was curious what the author might share about how the state of ZEN could be achieved in the creation of art in any form.

One might ask, exactly what is ZEN?  Well, even after reading Wayne Rowe's book, I am still not certain I know ... but I will attempt to translate.  However, for a better definition of ZEN click here: http://www.logoi.com/notes/whatis_zen.html

Beyond Digital Photography: Transforming Photos into Fine Art with Photoshop and Painter

Author: 
Cher Threinen-Pendarvis and Donal Jolley
Publisher: 
Peachpit Press
Published Date: 
2009
ISBN: 
13: 978-0-321-41021-4 and ISBN 10: 0-321-41021-1
Pages: 
239
Rating: 
5

This is an inviting, entertaining, well written, well designed and easy to follow book. The authors say they have written this book for professional photographers, commercial illustrators and artists of all levels.  Having a working knowledge of Photoshop and Painter is definitely advisable for working with the exercises. The authors have written the book for Photoshop CS2 thru CS4 users and Painter 9-11 users. 

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