It's a book about RAW image processing procedural concepts, a feature
study in the Adobe tools to deal with that, and workflow ideas to
become efficient, not photography. Just like a book on photofinishing
is not about photography, it's about installing, calibrating and
operating photofinishing machinery, not photography.
For Bruce to take on the notion of addressing Photography would have
been pretentious, imo.
Godfrey
On Apr 7, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Yes, I've dozed off a few times while reading it, but I've also
learned a
few things as well. Speaking for myself, I've found the best way
for the
book to hold my interest is to read about what I want to know, or
to find
an answer to a question or a problem. Trying to read it straight
through
became a snooze real fast.
One of the things that annoyed me was that in the first two
chapters or so,
the only mention of "photography" was peripheral. The focus was on
"digital imaging" and "digital capture." Looks like photography is
dead,
or at least in it's death throes. I don't recall any mention of
photographs, just images.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: William Robb
Hey, I think it's a great book, but it's not necessarily a
panacea for
all
photographers in all situations.
I haven't managed to read more than a paragraph of it without
being put
to
sleep.
William Robb
