Posts Tagged ‘book reviews’

Antique Trader Pottery & Porcelain Ceramics by Kyle Husfloen

Antique Trader Pottery & Porcelain Ceramics Price Guide 6th Edition by Kyle Husfloen, softback published by KP in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 978-0-89689-933-9, price 16.99 from www.davidandcharles.co.uk
This is a hefty volume of over 10,000 listings with over 4,000 colour photos. It is a price guide to the current value of ceramics. Unfortunately [...]

Font. The Sourcebook

Font. the Sourcebook by Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9061-5541-4, price 24.95 from www.blackdogonline.com
I was excited about this, having once been married to a typographer. I found it a little bit disappointing as it did not match what was in my imagination. I guess I was thinking beautiful type, lovingly caressing the page. However, Black Dog [...]

Landscape photography by Tom Till

Landscape Photography by Tom Till, softback published by PIP. ISBN 978-1-86108-535-1, price 16.99 available from www.thegmcgroup.com
Another fantastic photography book from the Photographers’ Institute Press. One in a series of Success with…this book covers the ever-popular subject of photographing landscapes. It offers professional tips to improve your landscapes and how to plan a shoot. Wonderful photographs [...]

Raw Pipeline by Ted Dillard

Raw Pipeline by Ted Dillard, softback published by Lark/Sterling in the USA. Available in the UK, ISBN 978-1-60059-279-9, price 17.99 from www.thegmcgroup.com
Raw Pieline is all about getting the best form your digital images. If you shoot in RAW far more information is captured that you can return to time and time again. Images are then [...]

Photoshop in a Weekend by Mark Cleghorn

Photoshop in a Weekend by Mark Cleghorn, softback published by Pip. ISBN 978-1-86108-557-3, priceĀ 16.99 available through www.thegmcgroup.com
I am familiar with Photoshop, so I was interested to see what this book would teach me. Anyone who takes photographs, eventually succumbs to Photoshop. Whilst other software exists, it is hard to find as good an overall package. [...]