INTRODUCTIONvi
Bryan O’Neil Hughes and Julieanne Kost, and previous product evangelist George
Jardine for the support and help they have given me. I would especially like to
thank Ian Lyons, who tech-edited the book. Thank you, Ian, for clarifying all the
many technical points and providing additional insights. Thanks, too, go to Sean
McCormack, who provided me with valuable feedback and assistance.
A number of photographic shoots have been carried out specifically for this book.
I would like to thank the models, Lucy at Bookings, Sofia at MOT, Sylvia at Nevs,
and Kelly from Zone; Camilla Pascucci for makeup; Terry Calvert, James Pearce
and Nadia Foster for hair; Harriet Cotterill for the clothes styling; Stuart Weston
and Neil Soni for the use of their studios; and Harry Dutton and Rob Cadman
for assisting me. Also a big thank-you to Jeff Schewe and George Jardine for
documenting the shoots with stills and video.
It has been an interesting experience to see a new program emerge from scratch
and has been a pleasure to share the development process in the company of a
great group of alpha testers and fellow authors, who were all willing to share their
knowledge about the program with one another. You will notice that this book
is dedicated to the memory of Bruce Fraser, who sadly passed away in December
2006. Bruce was one of the original core group of Lightroom alpha testers who
helped shaped the program. The Lightroom capture and output sharpening
are both based on Bruce’s original work on Photoshop sharpening techniques.
Bruce was a true genius and is deeply missed by all those who knew and worked
with him.
A book like this would be rather boring to read through without having some
decent photographs to illustrate it with. To supplement my own photography, I
would, therefore, like to thank Peter Andreas, Sean McCormack, Eric Richmond,
and Jeff Schewe, all of whom are individually credited throughout this book. And
lastly, I would like to
thank my wife Camilla and daughter Angelica for yet again
being so understanding and patient while I was glued to the computer!
