Amphoto Books/Watson-Guptill.

Amphoto Books/Watson-Guptill

770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003

www.watsonguptill.com

Ever wonder how professional photographers achieve such dramatic results from portrait work? Lighting has a lot to do with it, and Jack Neubart's STUDIO LIGHTING SOLUTIONS: EXPERT PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR ARTISTIC AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS (0817459073, 29.95) holds many of the keys to understanding just how pros achieve fine lighting. It's more than another coverage of techniques: STUDIO LIGHTING SOLUTIONS tackles common challenges and shows how photographers may creatively overcome issues and use lighting to best advantage. Jack Neubart's been a professional photographer for over 25 years, so STUDIO LIGHTING SOLUTIONS comes packed not just with his color photo examples of techniques, but discussions of achieving special effects--sometimes simply by juxtaposing colors or objects. Tim Daly's THE DIGITAL COLOR PRINTING HANDBOOK: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S GUIDE TO CREATIVE COLOR MANAGEMENT AND PRINTING TECHNIQUES (0817471553, $24.95) tells how to get better results from a digital image and the software and printer. New color management tools enable photographers to achieve more from both hardware and software: Tim Daly provides techniques which discuss the most practical applications of solutions to common problems, surveying all aspects of image capture from camera shot to printer.

Diane C. Donovan

West Coast Editor