Botanical Dreaming : Using Photoshop, your camera, and your heart to create inspiring Images

Welcome to a breathtaking coffee table book featuring over 100 stunning, one-of-a-kind flower photographs. Yet, this ?Seminar in a Book? contains SO much more...In Part One, Mark shares a treasure-trove of timeless secrets designed to help awaken the creativity dormant inside each of us. Through the use of gorgeous illustrations and easy to follow text, Part Two highlights over a dozen techniques to capture unique, luminous, and colorful images of flowers. After you've clicked the shutter, Part Three takes you on an inspiring journey into the world of Photoshop possibilities. If you've ever sought to transform a photograph from something ordinary into a masterpiece, the montaging (image sandwiching), compositing, retouching, and color correction ideas in this chapter promise to give your creativity wings.The tips and techniques in this book are timeless. They transcend any particular version of Adobe Photoshop and dip gracefully into the well of classic imagemaking. Photographers and Photoshop users of all levels are sure to experience a creative harvest from Botanical Dreaming. This book promises to become an indispensable volume in every photographer's library.Johnson, Mark S. is the author of 'Botanical Dreaming : Using Photoshop, your camera, and your heart to create inspiring Images', published 2007 under ISBN 9780979255106 and ISBN 0979255104.