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Title: Not a book about professional digital photography
Review: This is not a technical resource for professionals. I am a digital imaging specialist that has spent thousands of hours using Photoshop to retouch, color correct and manipulate images in Photoshop.I was very disappointed by this book, as I was hoping that it would teach me about which lights to use with digital cameras and how to use them to achieve pleasing effects.Although a few lights were listed in the photo captions, they were not discussed adequately.The book was written in a very readable style (I read it in less than 2 hours), but is too short (102 p + appendixes). Largely it is a book about Photoshop: basic color correction and sharpening of images, adding noise, and using masks to combine images on different layers.There is nothing wrong with the material presented, it just isn't about "professional digital photography." This is a nice book for hobbyists who want to know a little more about Photoshop.
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