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Welcome to the Fall 2006 issue of Cover Shots!
Cover Shots: Fall 2006

Welcome to the Fall 2006 issue of Cover Shots!

In this photography issue we feature four highly-regarded and very interesting Focal Press authors. Martin Evening is a London-based fashion photographer whose expertise in Photoshop is trusted and respected around the world.

Steve Caplin is a well-known freelance illustrator for major UK publications whose enthusiasm and wit can’t help but capture the attention of his audience.

Glenn Rand is a passionate teacher with 40 years of experience. He overcame dyslexia, earned his doctorate degree, wrote 3 books and discovered that teaching is something that helps learning, it is not the act of presenting subject matter.

Martin Addison is an artistic photographer who shares his expertise in Photoshop and Painter and teaches people how to break out of the standard way of seeing.

If you would like to learn more about the titles by our featured authors, just click on the links below.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers

How to Cheat in Photoshop, 3e

Teaching Photography, Tools for the Imaging Educator

Painter IX for Photographers

Opinions expressed are the opinions of the person being interviewed, and not necessarily those of Elsevier.

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Martin Evening

Martin Evening
Author, Adobe Photoshop CS2 for Photographers

I’ve always been very diligent about making sure that in each new version of the book I filter through the new features to write just about the features that are important to photographers. I have always tried to make sure that there is a really comprehensive update. It’s not just a book with a new name on the front with the same old pictures and the same old techniques.

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Steve Caplin

Steve Caplin
Author, How to Cheat in Photoshop, 3e
Graphic Artist/Illustrator, Contributing Editor for MacUser magazine and author/journalist, London, UK

What I want is a virtual headset, so I can sculpt with 3-D clay on my computer. I’d like to be able to reach out and touch objects and move them around and manipulate them without having this ridiculous mouse / keyboard interface.

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Glenn Rand

Glenn Rand
Author, Teaching Photography, Tools for the Imaging Educator

…as a teacher it isn’t just giving the great assignment. It’s understanding how to make that assignment lead to the next assignment. It is understanding how one assignment relates to the last assignment. It is how you use that assignment to get people to go and find out about other things we may not even be capable of teaching them. It stimulates them to go on.

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Martin Addison

Martin Addison
Author, Painter IX for Photographers

…Photoshop and Painter enable you to do whatever you like. If you can think of it, you can do it. You can teach lots of people how to press buttons and how to do things in Photoshop but it is difficult to get them to break out of the standard way of seeing.

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