Focal Press, a division of Elsevier, has published "The Photoshop Darkroom" by Harold and Phyllis Davis. This guide includes information on understanding Photoshop darkroom workflow and working with RAW files, enhanced editing skills and new coloring effects.

Using large, colorful images and step-by-step instructions, the Davises help photographers learn how to do masterly...

Landscape photographer Elizabeth Carmel has published her second book on California's Sierra Nevada region, titled "Changing Range of Light — Portraits of the Sierra Nevada." Created as a testament to previous generations who have helped preserve the Sierra Nevada, Carmel's book focuses on how climate change affects our natural landscapes. The book’s 136 pages include vignettes from...

Amherst Media has released a revised second edition of “The Freelance Photographer’s Handbook: Success in Professional Digital Photography” by ad and travel photographers Cliff and Nancy Hollenbeck.
The 112-page book is significantly updated, packed with information about the world of freelance photography, and illustrated with images covering a wide variety of photographic specialties...

Writer and photographer James Martin has published "Planet Ice: A Climate for Change," a compilation of 120 color photos that capture an in-depth study of glaciers and ice fields and how they relate to our modern-day climate.

To create this book, Martin worked with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, polar bear expert Ian Stirling, ice scientist Richard Alley, glaciologist Gino Casassa, and noted writers Gretel Ehrlich, Nick Jans and Broughton Coburn.

His images were taken in more than...

American history teacher and photographer Joseph Sohm has released "Visions of America," his collection of 1,300 images taken over the past 30 years. Accompanying these portraits are 21 essays Sohm has written to help answer the question "How do you photograph democracy?"

Winner of a gold medal at the 2009 Independent Publisher Book Awards at Book Expo America, "Visions of America"examines presidential politics and captures striking panoramas that depict the effects of global warming and urban decay.

In addition to this book, Sohm wrote, photographed and produced the...

Eastman Kodak now offers Ektar 100 film in 120 format, in addition to the 35mm format that is currently available. Ektar 100 film proclaims to offer the finest, smoothest grain for color negative film.
Ektar 100 film offers high saturation and ultra-vivid color for medium-format nature, travel, fashion and product photography...

W.W. Norton & Co. has republished André Kertész’s classic “On Reading,” with an introduction by Robert Gurbo. Thirty-four years after its initial publication, readers can again visit 68 of Kertész’s images taken between 1912 and 1970.

The book was conceived in 1963, when Kertész discovered an early photograph of his from 1912, depicting three little boys hunched over a book. “On Reading” celebrates people...

Chronicle Books has released a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Brian Lanker called “Shall We Dance?” The book includes 150 color images and features a foreword by Maya Angelou.

“Shall We Dance?” documents Lanker’s year-long cross-country trip through America to capture all aspects and manifestations of dance, from waltz and square dance to hip-hop, swing and...