Announcements

Last Day For Discount on eBooks

by Michael Frye | Dec 19, 2010 | Announcements, Digital Darkroom

Today is the last chance to get a discount on Craft & Vision eBooks, including my new one, Light & Land: Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom.

Use the code LAND4 at checkout to get my book for only $4, or buy any five Craft & Vision eBooks and get 20 percent off by using the code LAND20. The offer expires at midnight tonight Pacific time.

There are lots of great titles in the C&V collection, so even if you’ve already bought Light & Land you can still easily find five other titles to inspire you to greater creative heights. I haven’t read them all, but really like David duChemin’s two-part series The Inspired Eye, and Andrew Gibson’s three-part series on The Magic of Black and White.

Click here to see all the titles.

Light & Land eBook Available Today!

by Michael Frye | Dec 16, 2010 | Announcements, Digital Darkroom

It’s easy to find information about Photoshop, Lightroom, or just about any other aspect of the digital darkroom. But too often this information consists of random tips and tricks.

So I asked myself how I could help people put it all together. How could I help photographers develop a simple, powerful workflow, learn to make good decisions about how their photographs should look, and convey their original inspiration?

And that’s when I had the idea for this book.

In Light & Land: Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom I’ll take you step-by-step through each decision as I process five different images in Adobe Lightroom. You’ll see my workflow in action, and I’ll explain why I use particular techniques in a particular order. But more importantly, you’ll come to understand the esthetic judgements behind each decision—how a certain amount of contrast conveyed my vision, or why too much saturation muddied the color rather than enhanced it. As you look over my shoulder you’ll gain insights about how to convey your own unique vision, and how to squeeze every ounce of beauty, emotion, and inspiration out of your photographs.

While I use Lightroom for these examples, the basic principles apply to any software. Learning how to make good decisions and find the right balance is more important than learning any particular tool or technique.

This eBook is published in conjunction with Craft & Vision, David duChemin’s great photography eBook site. Like all their eBooks, Light & Land is normally only five dollars. But for the next four days you can get it for only four dollars. Just use the code LAND4 at checkout. Or use the code LAND20 to get 20 percent off if you buy five or more Craft & Vision eBooks.

Click here to order your copy!

New eBook!

by Michael Frye | Dec 9, 2010 | Announcements, Digital Darkroom

My first eBook, Light & Land: Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom, will be released next week on December 15th.

Light & Land is a natural successor to my last book, Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Great Masters. In the last chapter of that volume I talk about the fundamental tenets of the digital darkroom, like workflow, creating a master file, curves, and dodging and burning. In Light & Land I delve into more detail, discussing every decision about processing five different images, demonstrating the workflow from beginning to end, and, most importantly, showing you how you can use your original idea, your inspiration for pressing the shutter, to guide you as you work in the digital darkroom.

It’s published in conjunction with Craft & Vision, David duChemin’s great photography eBook site. Like all their eBooks, Light & Land will be only five dollars.

Stay tuned for more details!