Acknowledgments

We often receive emails or are stopped at conferences or at workshops by people saying, “Thank you for your book” or “I use your book as a textbook.” Of course we appreciate this, but these brief encounters are never enough time to explain that writing, designing, producing, and distributing a book is only possible with the help, support, contributions, and inexorable patience of many, many people.

To the photographers and artists whose work we were allowed to feature to enrich these pages—thank you. You inspire us to be better photographers:

Mark Beckelman, Dan Burkholder, Jack Davis, Robert Anthony DeRosa, John Donich, Iuliia Gorbachenko, Greg Gorman, Stephen Johnson, Julieanne Kost, Geoff Scott, Jeff Schewe, Simone Müller, John McIntosh, John Parsekian, Jack Reznicki, Judith Tanzman, Reid Elem, John Shaw, Mike Shipman, Lindsay Silverman, Matthew Smith, and Wayne Palmer

To the many people who answered an email or phone call—usually with a plea for as soon as possible regarding a technical issue—thank you. Your knowledge and real-world insights made this book better:

Tom P. Ashe, Allen Furbeck, Tom Hogarty, Chris Murphy, John Nack, Bryan O’Neil Hughes, Mark Segal, Tom Swan, Seth Resnick, and John Warner

To the team at Peachpit who really stand for patience, support, cajoling (you have another deadline, keep going, you’re almost done)—thank you. We really needed your tough love to finish!

Nikki McDonald, Sara Todd, Anne Marie Walker, Hilal Sala, Liz Welch, and our technical editor, Jeff Greene

Digital photography wouldn’t exist without the engineers, software developers, and manufacturers who listen to honest feedback and continue to make better and better products. Thank you for your support:

Adobe Systems, B&H Photo & Video, Canon USA, Epson America, Gary Fong, Lensbaby, Nik Software, onOne Software, Really Right Stuff, SunBounce, and X-Rite

Finally, to our families who kept the coffee coming and looked the other way as another sunny day was spent alone while we worked on “the book”—thank you! Your willingness to model for illustrations, ability to listen to us ramble about page count, and endless patience were often the only things that kept us going!

To our students and readers, your questions and comments make us better teachers and authors. To let us know your thoughts about the book, please email us at authors@digitalphotobook.net. Note that we do not offer technical support or assist in making purchasing decisions. To notify the publisher of any errors or omissions, please email errata@peachpit.com.

These acknowledgments are our way of saying thank you to everyone. We couldn’t have completed this book without a lot of people who simply make the field of digital photography better. It is an honor to be a part of such a generous and inspiring community. Now get out there and take some pictures!

—Katrin Eismann, Seán Duggan, and Tim Grey