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It’s copiously illustrated with detailed step-by-step examples of techniques that when applied to your own work will turn you from zero to hero. The fact that he’s a heck of a photographer means the book is stunningly illustrated, but it’s also been well designed. It has become a cliché to say that a book could change your life, but this one could.\" -- Joe Farace, December, 2007 , Shutterbug,  Top Digital Books Of 2007; More \u0026amp; Better Digital Imaging Books   Creating memorable photographs is a process that starts before you edit an image in Photoshop, before you capture the image, even before you pick up the camera. You must first approach the subject with the proper sense of perception, with the ability to visualize the finished print before you commit a scene to pixels, but still be flexible and spontaneous. Master Fine Art photographer Vincent Versace has spent his career learning and teaching the art of perception and how to translate it into stunning images. In Welcome to Oz,  he delves into what it means to approach digital photography cinematically, to use your perception, your camera, and Photoshop to capture the movement of life in a still image.     Adapt your workflow to the image so you always know how best to use your tools   Turn a seemingly impossible photographic scenario into a successful image   Practice “image harvesting” to combine the best parts of  many captures to create an optimum final result   Create black and white prints that have the look, feel and “richness” of traditional silver prints without ever leaving the RGB color space","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49612634685713,"sku":"GOR008947631","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49926170116369,"sku":"GOR007328987","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50360541937937,"sku":"CIN0735714002G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51578856866065,"sku":"CIN0735714002VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51721212657937,"sku":"CIN0735714002A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0735714002.jpg?v=1750848469"},{"product_id":"welcome-to-oz-2-0-book-vincent-versace-9780321714763","title":"Welcome to Oz 2.0","description":"Creating memorable photographs is a process that starts before you edit an image in Photoshop, before you capture the image, even before you pick up the camera. 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Adapt your workflow to the image so you always know how best to use your tools  Turn a seemingly impossible photograph scenario into a successful image  Practice “image harvesting” to combine the best parts of many captures to create an optimum final result  Discover the importance of bokeh — not only how to use it in order to control how the eye travels and sees an image, but also how to realistically create it in post-processing  Foreword by Bert Monroy Afterwords by Jay Maisel and David duChemin  Includes free software downloads from onOne and Nik worth $250, as well as customized presets for the Wacom Cintiq and Intuos tablets!","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49654162161937,"sku":"GOR007065376","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50349758939409,"sku":"CIN0321714768G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50885936349457,"sku":"GOR007096352","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51333311332625,"sku":"CIN0321714768VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0321714768.jpg?v=1750813599"},{"product_id":"from-oz-to-kansas-book-vincent-versace-9780321794024","title":"From Oz to Kansas","description":"The ability to create a stunning black and white image remains one of photography’s greatest and most aspirational skills. 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Foreword by Dr. Richard Zakia, Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology  Afterword by John Fraser, Chef and Proprietor, Dovetail Restaurant, New York","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50333437231377,"sku":"GOR008278402","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50348237947153,"sku":"CIN0321794028G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50348276744465,"sku":"CIN0321794028A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0321794028.jpg?v=1751389729"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-vincent-versace.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}