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“Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking” Review
Go into any bookstore and you’ll find hundreds of Photoshop manuals and hundreds of conventional photography books, but very few titles that bring these two genres together. “Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking” by Adobe evangelist Julieanne Kost is just such a book; part photo essay, part Photoshop techniques, part self-improvement. Based upon some great photos taken from commercial airplane windows, does “Window Seat” succeed in bringing together these disparate elements? Find out in my review.
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#1 David Mantripp
I agree with the review, but I'd have given 3 stars.
I expected a lot from this book, but I ended up disappointed. On the photos side, there are far too many cloudscapes - some are outstanding, but most are dull as photos. I'm also a bit puzzled as to why the author for the most part leaves out human traces.
The best part of the book is the introduction, which discusses the background to the creative process. Most of it is in the free extract available on line. The photoshop part is useless - a major disappointment, as clearly the author could say a lot about the particular challenges of color correcting and enhancing these photos, but she restricts it to a few generalities.
Finally, I don't understand why the "digital" part is in the title. Some of photography was film based, but anyway, the book is about photography and creativity, not "digital". But that is something the geeks at O'Reilly will never get their heads around.
The book is not really worth buying. This is sad, because it certainly should be. There was a great concept, and a great book waiting to come out, but this isn't it.
1:52 pm - Sunday, April 2, 2006