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Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking | 
 enlarge | Author: Julieanne Kost
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 353578
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10 x 9.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0596100833
Dewey Decimal Number: 775
EAN: 9780596100834
ASIN: 0596100833
Publication Date: February 24, 2006
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Product Description
Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking is a complete view of a creative project from the artist's perspective. Julieanne Kost, a Photoshop and creative thinking expert, has taken her own experience shooting images out of commercial airplane windows to create a unique creative seminar. The first section of the book, The Art of Creative Thinking: The Principles, outlines Julieanne's method for staying creative in an increasingly complicated world. In her personal stories, advice, and philosophies, you'll find inspiration if you're stuck or just can't get started. You may recognize some of your own less-than-productive thought processes as she describes her own struggle to let go of the everyday flotsam of life to find a quiet mental space in which she can think, dream, and create. The second part of the book, Window Seat: The Portfolio, is a collection of images culled from over 3000 photographs Julieanne shot from commercial airplane windows over a period of five years. The photographs are accompanied by brief commentaries addressing various aspects of the process, from the original inspiration to issues of control, subject matter, image selection, and manipulation. The Appendix contains technical information: a discussion of the equipment and media Julieanne used to shoot the photos; how she processed the photographs using Adobe Camera Raw; the Photoshop techniques she employed to correct, retouch, and manipulate the images; her personal file management system; and how she prepares her files for printing. This book is essential reading for photographers and artists looking for ways to stay creatively awake, aware, and alive.
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 The Appendix hit the mark December 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book with two goals in mind: 1) learn how to develop an eye for pleasing photographs, and 2) learn how to shoot pictures through dirty, scratched airline windows. (How does she do that, anyway?)
Goal #1 was not met. The author has dozens of great photos taken from the window seat of an airplane, but no words at all to go along with them. I thought she would discuss why she thinks her pictures are appealing, but she doesn't say a word about that. I was able to analyze her shots for myself and it helped me understand a little bit about lines and color. However, having someone else help me see concepts is why I buy books.
But the most important part of the book (for me) was the Appendix. It contains the details of how she fixed photos taken through dirty, scratched windows...and how I can use this concept to improve any poor photo (incorrect exposure, low-contrast, etc.) by the specific techniques she discusses, along with "before" and "after" photos illustrating how well the technique works. It also gives specific instructions in how to use Photoshop to correct other problems in photos, too.
Mission #2 (shoot through airline windows) was brilliantly accomplished. The appendix is a terrific "Photoshop" book and gets to the point quickly and concisely.
 Wrong book for me. September 20, 2007
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
I love aviation and photography yet lack any professional training in either field. I had hoped this book would be at a level I could gain something from--I was wrong.
 very helpful September 13, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have learned a new consepts in showing what is important in the picture. Great book and learning tool.
I love this book! August 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this book!
I found every image, every page to be filled with breathtaking beauty.
Even the most simple photos of clouds, Julieanne Kost has managed to create images the likes I have never seen before.
She has managed to take something that I had always taken for granted, the view from a plane window, and created a whole new vision for me to enjoy. Maybe that is the best way to describe it, her work is the difference between simply seeing and true vision.
I flip through this book whenever I am in need of inspiration.
I have bought 5 copies now and given 4 as gifts.
Everyone whom I gave these to, genuinely loved them as much as I do.
I suggest you buy your 5 now ;-)
 Lovely to Look At June 23, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Window Seat (The Art of Digital Photography & Creative Thinking) by Julieanne Kost
Reviewed by Diane Williams, member of the Eureka Photoshop Users Group, 6/20/07
Window Seat is 90% coffee table photo book and 10% self-help and imaging techniques work flow book.
This 147 page book is a beautiful visual memory of those sights you see when you gaze out the window of a plane. I know I have tried to capture what I see out the window of a plane and have been very disappointed by the images. I may be able to make something of them now with this work flow.
Kost shows us sample original images captured by her and we see the final image after she has applied image corrections in Photoshop. Her instructions are brief. This is not a step-by-step tutorial giving all the input numbers. It is a general overview of the work flow what may be necessary, how you get there by pointing to the tools, and what they can do for you.
The self-help part of the book lists Julieanne's 18 self help and creative thinking hints. Here they are:
Master your tools.
Listen to what your life is trying to tell you.
Be open to whatever comes your way.
Share what you know and learn from others.
Collaborate with other creative people, especially the quiet ones.
Be flexible. Learn to negotiate.
Fix whatever you complain about most.
View every challenge as a possible discovery.
Take 15 minutes for yourself everyday.
Figure out what you need to do to reach your zero point.
Integrate work and Art; both will benefit.
Take up an interest in something you know nothing about.
Look at new stuff- and what you already know- with fresh perspective.
Keep a journal.
Visualize first, Photoshop second.
Replace your thoughts with intuition
Play! Play! Play!
Know when you're done.
This book is worth a look even if it is just to vicariously have the window seat. It will not teach anyone much about Photoshop.
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