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Many photographers take pictures in color but don’t think in terms of color when they assemble elements within the frame. This new eBook tries to get the puzzle right. And when buying it you are entered into a draw for an iPad 2.

Captivating Color – A Guide to Dramatic Color Photography, by Mitchell Kanashkevich is another eBook in a world that is getting lots of eBooks everyday. So, why should you buy this one? Well, there’s a good reason, besides this being an interesting reading: the price is affordable, something that these “books” have made possible, and you may actually learn something from this eBook.

I could point you to many others eBooks about color – and I probably will if I get a chance to read them, like them and review them – but what interests me into this new generation of eBooks is the chance to read different takes into the same matter. I mean, with traditional books authors  are many times bound to do an approach more “to the market”, as editors like to be assured that books will sell.  I know this because I’ve written three printed books on photography and … there were rules, from cover image decisions to the inside themes. In an eBook, although the aim is to sell it, it seems that authors are more free to express theri feelings and also explore new ways of writting and thinking.

New authors looking for a publisher will find it hard to get a printed book nowadays, but it’s easy to make an eBook and sell it... if it's any good. And you’re more free to do your own approach in terms of content, and that’s something that I think has helped us to see photography from different points of view. So, there’s an evident benefit for the public, that has more choices, at a better price. And besides that, the time frame from making the book (eBook, really) to getting it to the market is much shorter. This means that eBooks are easier to update and as they don’t represent an investment in the printing process, are cheaper for everybody. Great news.

It’s within that scenery that Captivating Color – A Guide to Dramatic Color Photography‘ exists. As a book it is a reference to the way the author works color in his own photographs, and that’s something that always has to be understood. Besides the essential knowledge that everybody needs to have, you’re then taken into the ways Mitchell Kanashkevich works his images, from the field to post-processing.

Understand how color affects visual weight and influences attention.Use color hierarchy to tell stories and convey mood. Combine subjects and colors to intensify emotion. Learn how light and color work together, and how you can use them to their greatest effect. Manipulate the shoot—and your images—for maximum visual impact. Read and practice, because this eBook also has exercises to test your proficiency at understanding what you read.

For just $19.99, ‘Captivating Color – A Guide to Dramatic Color Photography‘ will help you look differently at color the next time you go out shooting. And if you’re quick at buying, you get the eBook for only $14.99 and you even get an extra offer, Seeing the Light, a $12 eBook on using natural and artificial light in your photographs. And the chance to win an iPad 2 Give it a try!