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Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition) by Bryan Peterson
Buy new: $17.11 / Used from: $12.25
You NEED this book.Photoshop is no substitute for good solid technique. This is the bible of exposure basics.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PCAdobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC by Martin Evening
Buy new: $30.99 / Used from: $25.99
The best introductory Photoshop book I have found, start with a good base.
The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) by Scott Kelby
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $25.49
Kelby is one of the best, his books never disappoint.
Welcome to Oz: A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography with Photoshop (VOICES)Welcome to Oz: A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography with Photoshop (VOICES) by Vincent Versace
Buy new: $29.69 / Used from: $35.99
Advanced techniques don't get any better than this, Vincent Versace is a legend.
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for PhotographersThe Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers by Martin Evening
Buy new: $39.20 / Used from: $7.58
If you are serious about photography you need to be shooting RAW, if you're shooting RAW you need Lightroom.The best software in existence next to Photoshop.
Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter)Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) by Katrin Eismann
Buy new: $32.99 / Used from: $21.90
Awesome book.THE book to have on photo restoration,I just wonder if an update is on the way.
Photoshop Masking & Compositing (VOICES)Photoshop Masking & Compositing (VOICES) by Katrin Eismann
Buy new: $37.79 / Used from: $24.01
Like her other book this is THE book on selections and masking.
Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and BodiesSkin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies by Lee Varis
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $16.69
A good general retouching book. Has some nice color correcting techniques.
Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Celebrity and Editorial PhotographyLighting and the Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Celebrity and Editorial Photography by Michael Grecco
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $13.95
Very good stuff in here.