Black & White Photography: The Timeless Art Of Monochrome In The Post-digital Age

Download Black & White Photography: The Timeless Art Of Monochrome In The Post-digital Age

Beautifully illustrated and far-reaching in scope, this guide is destined to be a standard reference for years to come. Alongside the work of author Michael Freeman, you'll find the classic photography of renowned black and white photographers such as Ansel Adams, Ian Berry, Bill Brandt, Edward Curtis, Brett Weston and Edward Weston.

Freeman covers all aspects of black-and-white digital photography: the fine art tradition as well as the techniques. Learn how to see and expose in black and white, digitally convert colour to monochrome and develop a black and white digital workflow using the latest software.

The Photographer's Black And White Handbook: Making And Processing Stunning Digital Black And White Photos

Download The Photographer's Black And White Handbook: Making And Processing Stunning Digital Black And White Photos

The Photographer’s Black & White Handbook is your complete guide to making and processing stunning black and white photos in the digital era. You’ll find inspiration, ideas, techniques, and tools to use in your black and white photography, along with a soup-to-nuts workflow to take you from black and white pre-visualization through capture and post-production. Along the way you will lean over Harold’s shoulder as he travels to exciting photo destinations and creates stunning black and white imagery, explaining his creative and technical processes as he goes.

This definitive guide includes:

■ How to see in black and white

■ Pre-visualization in digital photography

■ Understanding black and white composition

■ How to create your own black and white workflow

■ Black and white in ACR, Lightroom, and Photoshop

■ Using black and white plug-ins including Nik Silver Efex Pro and Topaz B&W Effects

■ Extending tonal range with multi-RAW processing and monochromatic HDR ■ Post-production techniques for working with dynamic range

■ Creative black and white special effects

■ Find out how to tone, tint, colorize, solarize, and simulate IR

■ Work with LAB to create unique black and white effects ■ Great tools for unleashing your photographic imagination

■ Beautiful photographs by Harold Davis chosen to inspire and guide you