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The DAM Book

April 18th, 2006

I promised you a review of The DAM Book by Peter Krogh. I’ve read it over Eastern and it was the best damn DAM thing I’ve ever read. This book is an absolute must for anyone that takes more than a few thousand digital pictures a year and that intents to keep them around. It answers every single question I’ve been struggling with over the past few years.

It is mainly written for high-volume professionals (100+ frames a day), but a solid workflow is just as essential for a guy like me that cherishes his family snap shots. Being targeted at pro’s the book does assume you own a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS2 (which I do) and being a DAM book, it assumes you are willing to invest in DAM software (which I am). If that is the case, you do want to buy this book. It teaches you everything you need to know about handling your pictures from the minute they come out of your camera, until they are properly archived and backed-up. It’s well written, nicely illustrated and although it handles about technology and software, a lot of the content is timeless. It’s a book you will be browsing through for years to come. Peter even goes out of his way to not offend us Windows users too much. So go and buy this book and read the forums in the mean time.

Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with Adobe or Peter Krogh and don’t make a penny out of this review.

Note: Peter Krogh is associated with Adobe as an alfa-tester. He is also a very fine photographer.

Entry Filed under: Photography, Photoshop, Workflow