Book Signing Events for my book – The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure

In 2009, I’ll be holding a number of book signing events in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington, as well as other possible US locations for my book, The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure (Random House/ Amphoto/ Watson-Guptill).

I’ll talk a bit about photographic exposure, share some experiences from various assignments around the world, take a few questions, catch everyone off-guard with a pop-quiz (just kidding), and sign books. It’s always a nice intimate settings where people can feel comfortable meeting the author to find out more about a book or a topic.

Bookstore locations will include Clayton Books (Clayton, CA – Feb 15th), Borders Books (Pleasanton CA – Feb 28th, and possibly in NV, NM, or WA), Barnes & Noble (Walnut Creek CA – April 2nd, NV, WA) and possibly at the Book Passage (Mill Valley, CA). I’ll also be in Las Vegas at Casey’s Cameras on March 26th or 27th.

Here’s a link on my main site to all book signing dates, locations, times and venues: http://www.seanarbabi.com/workshops_lecture.html

More dates will be added soon!

I’m very proud of the book, believe it will help many with their image-making skills, and it’s already getting great reviews on Amazon.com.

So mark your calendars, come out and join us, pick up a book to improve your photography (less than $30 – cheap!), and have me sign a copy for you!

Photoshop CS4 continued and my book on Amazon.com

Here’s a link to my book on Amazon.com – it’s out January 6th, 2009, and sellin’ like hot cakes.  If you want to learn all about photographic exposure, which includes many aspects of photography that will help you improve your skills, pre-order it today.  It’s less than $20 and with over 225 pages, 200 photos, diagrams, and lessons, it’s worth every dollar!

And if you live outside the United States, there are over 30 sites carrying the book, in places like Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom.

Moving back to Photoshop CS4, as I began to

 get up-to-speed on the recent release, my new favorite toy is the clone tool with now offers a preview of the clone before you ever click on an area in a photo – it’s fantastic!  Not only does it save you a step of cloning if the clone is wrong (in tone, color, subject matter, etc), but it also helps a ton with lines and patterns of any kind (branches, building, power lines, road markings, and so on).

More to come on all the new Adobe’s Photoshop CS4 features, as well as the rest of Adobe’s Master Collection!

Photoshop CS4 continued and my book on Amazon.com

Here’s a link to my book on Amazon.com – it’s out January 6th, 2009, and sellin’ like hot cakes.  If you want to learn all about photographic exposure, which includes many aspects of photography that will help you improve your skills, pre-order it today.  It’s less than $20 and with over 225 pages, 200 photos, diagrams, and lessons, it’s worth every dollar!

And if you live outside the United States, there are over 30 sites carrying the book, in places like Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom.

Moving back to Photoshop CS4, as I began to

 get up-to-speed on the recent release, my new favorite toy is the clone tool with now offers a preview of the clone before you ever click on an area in a photo – it’s fantastic!  Not only does it save you a step of cloning if the clone is wrong (in tone, color, subject matter, etc), but it also helps a ton with lines and patterns of any kind (branches, building, power lines, road markings, and so on).

More to come on all the new Adobe’s Photoshop CS4 features, as well as the rest of Adobe’s Master Collection!

Self Portrait via Photoshop’s artist tools

I’m rarely pleased with shots of myself these days…who is when you’re 40?!  And although I’m gettin’ back into better shape (that always helps with portraits), I still look at images from my 20s and think that same ol’ thing, “hey, I was thin and wasn’t bad looking back then!”.  

But every so often when I get a nice shot, I like to take it into Photoshop CS3 and trick it out a bit for fun, using Adobe’s artist filter tools like “Cut Out”, “Palette Knife” and “Dry Brush”.  I know what you’re thinkin’, “hey Sean, you should be using the Blur tool with the radius on 100 dude!”

(By the way, Adobe Photoshop CS4 is on the way and I’m sure it’s only going to get better- CS3 advancements with exposure, ACR, and HDR were amazing, so I’m eager to see what they’ve added and improved!).

But when you go into the filters, there’s a variety of options in each giving you tons of different outcomes depending on the shot itself, the lighting, the contrast, the detail and the color.  It’s a blast to mess around with, and the results can be cool lookin’. 

Here’s one to check out – a recent shot of me in Vegas, digitally altered in Photoshop using the Cut Out artistic filter to give me a “Reservoir Dog” feel….I’m Mr. Brown.

Self Portrait via Photoshop’s artist tools

I’m rarely pleased with shots of myself these days…who is when you’re 40?!  And although I’m gettin’ back into better shape (that always helps with portraits), I still look at images from my 20s and think that same ol’ thing, “hey, I was thin and wasn’t bad looking back then!”.  

But every so often when I get a nice shot, I like to take it into Photoshop CS3 and trick it out a bit for fun, using Adobe’s artist filter tools like “Cut Out”, “Palette Knife” and “Dry Brush”.  I know what you’re thinkin’, “hey Sean, you should be using the Blur tool with the radius on 100 dude!”

(By the way, Adobe Photoshop CS4 is on the way and I’m sure it’s only going to get better- CS3 advancements with exposure, ACR, and HDR were amazing, so I’m eager to see what they’ve added and improved!).

But when you go into the filters, there’s a variety of options in each giving you tons of different outcomes depending on the shot itself, the lighting, the contrast, the detail and the color.  It’s a blast to mess around with, and the results can be cool lookin’. 

Here’s one to check out – a recent shot of me in Vegas, digitally altered in Photoshop using the Cut Out artistic filter to give me a “Reservoir Dog” feel….I’m Mr. Brown.

My book, "The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure", will be out soon!

Hey photo-dudes and dudettes, just wanted to share info on my book, coming out this October 2008- here’s a description with links for orders and more…

Description: Exposure. It’s essential to producing high-quality photographs, but mastering exposure is difficult. At last there’s the BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure, packed with Sean’s experience & knowledge, assignments, diagrams, tips, & illustrations, this 225-page book will put you on the right track towards photographic creativity & expertise. It’s like a full-scale photo course between the covers of the book–all taught the BetterPhoto way, just like photographers learn at the top photo-instruction website. There’s plenty of info on both digital & film photography, discussing how different file formats affect exposure, how to adjust digital files, dealing with difficult lighting, color correction, combining digital exposures, & much more. Hundreds of the author’s stunning full-color images make this hardworking guide as inspiring as it is instructive.

About the Author: Sean’s images have been featured in 250 publications & by 150 companies, including National Geographic & Microsoft. A commercial travel photographer & BetterPhoto instructor, he travels the globe & makes his home base in California.

My comments: I’m very proud of this book and believe it will help improve your photography by understanding so many aspects of exposure. Exposure is the basis of all great images, yet most are lost when it comes to knowing how to meter light. Once you read my book, you’ll have a great base to work from as well as a wonderful reference. Your images will improve & your post-capture Photoshop work will take considerably less time & look more realistic.

ORDERING MY BOOK:

Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

Target: www.target.com/Sean_Arbabi

Yahoo!: www.yahoo.com/Sean_Arbabi

Amazon.de (Denmark): www.amazon.de/BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

Borders: www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0817435549

Tower Books/ Tower.com: www.tower.com/details/details.cfm?wapi=111693950

Buy.com: www.buy.com/prod/the-betterphoto-guide-to-exposure/

AllBookStores.com: www.allbookstores.com/book/link/0817435549

PriceGrabber.com: www.pricegrabber.com/search.id=12228420

eCampus.com: www.ecampus.com/book/Sean_Arbabi

BAMM.com/ Books a Million: www.booksamillion.com/author&find=Arbabi,+Sean

Chapters.Indigo.ca (Canada): www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/The-BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

HeadHouse Books: www.headhousebooks.com/ISBN=0817435549

Blackwell: bookshop.blackwells.com/jsp/id/The_Betterphoto_Guide_to_Exposure

Munro’s Books (Canada): www.munrobooks.com/author.ARBABI_SEAN

Railroad Book Store: www.railroadbookstore.com/photography/Sean+Arbabi_Author

My book, "The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure", will be out soon!

Hey photo-dudes and dudettes, just wanted to share info on my book, coming out this October 2008- here’s a description with links for orders and more…

Description: Exposure. It’s essential to producing high-quality photographs, but mastering exposure is difficult. At last there’s the BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure, packed with Sean’s experience & knowledge, assignments, diagrams, tips, & illustrations, this 225-page book will put you on the right track towards photographic creativity & expertise. It’s like a full-scale photo course between the covers of the book–all taught the BetterPhoto way, just like photographers learn at the top photo-instruction website. There’s plenty of info on both digital & film photography, discussing how different file formats affect exposure, how to adjust digital files, dealing with difficult lighting, color correction, combining digital exposures, & much more. Hundreds of the author’s stunning full-color images make this hardworking guide as inspiring as it is instructive.

About the Author: Sean’s images have been featured in 250 publications & by 150 companies, including National Geographic & Microsoft. A commercial travel photographer & BetterPhoto instructor, he travels the globe & makes his home base in California.

My comments: I’m very proud of this book and believe it will help improve your photography by understanding so many aspects of exposure. Exposure is the basis of all great images, yet most are lost when it comes to knowing how to meter light. Once you read my book, you’ll have a great base to work from as well as a wonderful reference. Your images will improve & your post-capture Photoshop work will take considerably less time & look more realistic.

ORDERING MY BOOK:

Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

Target: www.target.com/Sean_Arbabi

Yahoo!: www.yahoo.com/Sean_Arbabi

Amazon.de (Denmark): www.amazon.de/BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

Borders: www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0817435549

Tower Books/ Tower.com: www.tower.com/details/details.cfm?wapi=111693950

Buy.com: www.buy.com/prod/the-betterphoto-guide-to-exposure/

AllBookStores.com: www.allbookstores.com/book/link/0817435549

PriceGrabber.com: www.pricegrabber.com/search.id=12228420

eCampus.com: www.ecampus.com/book/Sean_Arbabi

BAMM.com/ Books a Million: www.booksamillion.com/author&find=Arbabi,+Sean

Chapters.Indigo.ca (Canada): www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/The-BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

HeadHouse Books: www.headhousebooks.com/ISBN=0817435549

Blackwell: bookshop.blackwells.com/jsp/id/The_Betterphoto_Guide_to_Exposure

Munro’s Books (Canada): www.munrobooks.com/author.ARBABI_SEAN

Railroad Book Store: www.railroadbookstore.com/photography/Sean+Arbabi_Author

My book, "The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure", will be out soon!

Hey photo-dudes and dudettes, just wanted to share info on my book, coming out this October 2008- here’s a description with links for orders and more…

Description: Exposure. It’s essential to producing high-quality photographs, but mastering exposure is difficult. At last there’s the BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure, packed with Sean’s experience & knowledge, assignments, diagrams, tips, & illustrations, this 225-page book will put you on the right track towards photographic creativity & expertise. It’s like a full-scale photo course between the covers of the book–all taught the BetterPhoto way, just like photographers learn at the top photo-instruction website. There’s plenty of info on both digital & film photography, discussing how different file formats affect exposure, how to adjust digital files, dealing with difficult lighting, color correction, combining digital exposures, & much more. Hundreds of the author’s stunning full-color images make this hardworking guide as inspiring as it is instructive.

About the Author: Sean’s images have been featured in 250 publications & by 150 companies, including National Geographic & Microsoft. A commercial travel photographer & BetterPhoto instructor, he travels the globe & makes his home base in California.

My comments: I’m very proud of this book and believe it will help improve your photography by understanding so many aspects of exposure. Exposure is the basis of all great images, yet most are lost when it comes to knowing how to meter light. Once you read my book, you’ll have a great base to work from as well as a wonderful reference. Your images will improve & your post-capture Photoshop work will take considerably less time & look more realistic.

ORDERING MY BOOK:

Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

Target: www.target.com/Sean_Arbabi

Yahoo!: www.yahoo.com/Sean_Arbabi

Amazon.de (Denmark): www.amazon.de/BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

Borders: www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0817435549

Tower Books/ Tower.com: www.tower.com/details/details.cfm?wapi=111693950

Buy.com: www.buy.com/prod/the-betterphoto-guide-to-exposure/

AllBookStores.com: www.allbookstores.com/book/link/0817435549

PriceGrabber.com: www.pricegrabber.com/search.id=12228420

eCampus.com: www.ecampus.com/book/Sean_Arbabi

BAMM.com/ Books a Million: www.booksamillion.com/author&find=Arbabi,+Sean

Chapters.Indigo.ca (Canada): www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/The-BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

HeadHouse Books: www.headhousebooks.com/ISBN=0817435549

Blackwell: bookshop.blackwells.com/jsp/id/The_Betterphoto_Guide_to_Exposure

Munro’s Books (Canada): www.munrobooks.com/author.ARBABI_SEAN

Railroad Book Store: www.railroadbookstore.com/photography/Sean+Arbabi_Author

My book, "The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure", will be out soon!

Hey photo-dudes and dudettes, just wanted to share info on my book, coming out this October 2008- here’s a description with links for orders and more…

Description: Exposure. It’s essential to producing high-quality photographs, but mastering exposure is difficult. At last there’s the BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure, packed with Sean’s experience & knowledge, assignments, diagrams, tips, & illustrations, this 225-page book will put you on the right track towards photographic creativity & expertise. It’s like a full-scale photo course between the covers of the book–all taught the BetterPhoto way, just like photographers learn at the top photo-instruction website. There’s plenty of info on both digital & film photography, discussing how different file formats affect exposure, how to adjust digital files, dealing with difficult lighting, color correction, combining digital exposures, & much more. Hundreds of the author’s stunning full-color images make this hardworking guide as inspiring as it is instructive.

About the Author: Sean’s images have been featured in 250 publications & by 150 companies, including National Geographic & Microsoft. A commercial travel photographer & BetterPhoto instructor, he travels the globe & makes his home base in California.

My comments: I’m very proud of this book and believe it will help improve your photography by understanding so many aspects of exposure. Exposure is the basis of all great images, yet most are lost when it comes to knowing how to meter light. Once you read my book, you’ll have a great base to work from as well as a wonderful reference. Your images will improve & your post-capture Photoshop work will take considerably less time & look more realistic.

ORDERING MY BOOK:

Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

Target: www.target.com/Sean_Arbabi

Yahoo!: www.yahoo.com/Sean_Arbabi

Amazon.de (Denmark): www.amazon.de/BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

Borders: www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0817435549

Tower Books/ Tower.com: www.tower.com/details/details.cfm?wapi=111693950

Buy.com: www.buy.com/prod/the-betterphoto-guide-to-exposure/

AllBookStores.com: www.allbookstores.com/book/link/0817435549

PriceGrabber.com: www.pricegrabber.com/search.id=12228420

eCampus.com: www.ecampus.com/book/Sean_Arbabi

BAMM.com/ Books a Million: www.booksamillion.com/author&find=Arbabi,+Sean

Chapters.Indigo.ca (Canada): www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/The-BetterPhoto-Guide-Sean-Arbabi/

HeadHouse Books: www.headhousebooks.com/ISBN=0817435549

Blackwell: bookshop.blackwells.com/jsp/id/The_Betterphoto_Guide_to_Exposure

Munro’s Books (Canada): www.munrobooks.com/author.ARBABI_SEAN

Railroad Book Store: www.railroadbookstore.com/photography/Sean+Arbabi_Author