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The Wackers' Digital CookbookTM & CD v. 4.0
by Dave, Jean, J.D. Wacker, & Steve Poole

• Six years in development, including six updates, The Wackers Digital Cookbook TM has become THE HOW-TO GUIDE for professional photographers! Studios and labs worldwide say it is their best reference, because it’s full of common sense methods that made and saved them money and helped them to GET THEIR LIFE BACK! It could be your Studio Survival 101 Guide to More $$$ and More Life!!!
  

  20 ACTIONS/SCRIPT SET! (Reg. $99) Included on the Cookbook CD are 20 time-saving actions ready to load into Adobe Photoshop® and ready to start making you money (including suntan, soft touch, black & white, toning, sandstone, pseudo infrared, templates, web prep, and even an 8-UP Multi-Action Special Effects Sell Sheet)! Plus, there’s a bonus script for adding filenames and your studio name and copyright on your images. See opposite side for examples.

• Over 85 Projects/Topics, most illustrated with “before and after” images and screen captures showing tools, their settings, and necessary dialog boxes and palettes. Topics include everything from Marketing to Capture to Retouching & Enhancement to Sales, Etc. (i.e. Skin Blending, Basic Skin Retouching & Enhancement, Artistic Image Painting, Reducing Weight, Digital Capture Tricks, Sales & Printing Workflows, Color Correction, Head Swaps, Adding Text, Changing Backgrounds & Clothing Color, Templates, Converting to B&W, Frames, Effects, Toning & Texturizing, Colorizing, Digital Sales Tools, Management, etc. etc.). New in Version 4.0: New Promotional Ideas, New CS2 Tool Techniques including Camera Raw/Bridge Workflow, DVD & Website Development Workflows, and More Great Portrait Enhancement Tricks.

• Image CD with over 125 Tutorial and Project Images.

• Jean’s Digital Makeup Kit TM (Reg. $25): An essential portrait enhancement kit composed of several skin tones (for use with Adobe Photoshop®).

Specs: Over 85 Projects, most with illustrations showing "before" and "after", Image CD, 8.5"x11".

Price: $143 (including shipping and handling within continental U.S.) (Visa & MC accepted, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax) To receive notification of future updates, please provide your name and email address with your order.
Upgrade Price: $93 (including shipping and handling within continental U.S.) If you purchased v. 2.0 of the Cookbook or later, send in the cover of your book to save $40! Limit one upgrade per cover submitted. (Visa & MC accepted, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax) To receive notification of future updates, please provide your name and email address with your order.

To order, CLICK HERE to download an order form and send check with Name, Studio Name, Address, Phone Number, and e-mail address to: Photography by J.D., 250 N. Main St., Clintonville, WI 54929-1104 or call (715) 823-2422.

Master Posing Guide for Portrait Photographers
by J. D. Wacker
Full Color! ISBN: 1584280573

SUMMARY: A GREAT POSE STARTS with a thorough consultation and an understanding of the psychology of posing. Learn to build confidence, shift poses naturally and seamlessly and cultivate a great relationship with clients that will keep them coming back for more. This book will teach you to pose the eight sections of the body, utilize the geometry of posing, and employ corrective posing techniques. From tips on posing high school seniors to athletic teams to pets, this informative book covers a vast number of concerns, providing photographers with the creative and technical skills they need to master both on location and studio shots.
Specs: 8.5 X 11, paperback, 100 full color photos, 128 pgs

Price: $27 (personally signed by author and shipped within continental U.S.) (Visa & MC accepted, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax)

To order, call (715) 823-2422 or send check with Name, Studio Name, Address, Phone Number, and e-mail address to: Photography by J.D., 250 N. Main St., Clintonville, WI 54929-1104

Jean's Digital Makeup KitTM CD

Are you disappointed with skin colors from scanned or digital capture images? Do you see colorcasts that affect skin areas only and cannot be corrected by overall color adjustments? Jean's Digital Makeup KitTM will save you time and your frustration. The kit contains a number of different skin tones which, when applied with the airbrush tool in the hue, screen, and multiply modes will give the skin tones you and your clients desire. These colors can be used to neutralize a problem area and/or enhance a flat, lackluster skin area. It will also help you create highlights and shadows on a flatly lit face. (on CD-Rom, PC and Mac compatible, for use with Adobe Photoshop).

Price: $27 (including shipping and handling within continental U.S.) (Visa & MC accepted, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax)

To order, call (715) 823-2422 or send check with Name, Studio Name, Address, Phone Number, and e-mail address to: Photography by J.D., 250 N. Main St., Clintonville, WI 54929-1104

Photographing High School Seniors Outdoors, Live & Digital:

PhotoParks Turn Small Lots into Big Bucks Video

Photography by J.D. is a 100% digital capture senior portrait studio, not only for indoors, but outdoors, as well. Follow J.D. as he photographs a high school senior in Photography by J.D.'s adjacent PhotoPark using digital capture. The video shows the very important techniques necessary to use digital outdoors. You'll see the ways J.D. poses his subject in a variety of outdoor settings. Use of the "Mobile Cloud" is shown in several clips and how it allows photography in all areas of the PhotoPark, regardless of the light conditions. You'll see how the outdoor PhotoPark is designed and used to photograph high school seniors rain or shine. Each video comes with a PhotoPark guide and map. (2001, Third Edition, 31 minutes)

Price: $54 (including shipping and handling within continental U.S.) (Visa & MC accepted, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax)

To order, call (715) 823-2422 or send check with Name, Studio Name, Address, Phone Number, and e-mail address to: Photography by J.D., 250 N. Main St., Clintonville, WI 54929-1104

Mobile Cloud Plans

Follow these simple plans to build your own Mobile Cloud!

Price: $23 (including shipping and handling within continental U.S.) (Visa & MC accepted, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax)

To order, call (715) 823-2422 or send check with Name, Studio Name, Address, Phone Number, and e-mail address to: Photography by J.D., 250 N. Main St., Clintonville, WI 54929-1104

High School Senior Pre-Session Consultation Video

Do you get tired of repeating the same information to every senior inquiring about his or her senior portraiture? Have you found that mass consultation parties are not cost effective? Wish you could be fresh, upbeat, and never forget a detail? Use this video as a guide to planning your own pre-session presentation. The money and time saved alone in staff salaries make this video a must for all studios. (2001, First Edition, 22 minutes)
Learn how to plant the seeds for bigger orders.
Give the senior ideas about what to wear and bring and how to prepare for their session.
Increase multiple session bookings.
Introduce new product lines.
Show off your offerings of sets and backgrounds.
Discretely explain your ordering system, payment plans, and studio policies.

Price: $44 (including shipping and handling within continental U.S.) (Visa & MC accepted, WI residents add 5.5% sales tax)

To order, call (715) 823-2422 or send check with Name, Studio Name, Address, Phone Number, and e-mail address to: Photography by J.D., 250 N. Main St., Clintonville, WI 54929-1104