Wiley Publishing 2010, softcover, 304 pages, color illustrations
How to create stunning black and white photos in a digital format
Shooting pictures in black and white presents unique challenges for beginners and experienced digital photographers alike. A strong understanding of photography’s fundamentals is crucial to capturing great black and white images, and factors such as contrast and lighting are much more integral to black and white photography than to color. Black and White Digital Photography Photo Workshop teaches digital photographers the skills they need to master black and white photography.
Focuses on the rules of photography and how they apply differently to black and white photography
Offers guidance for properly uploading digital images to a computer
Explains insider tips and tricks for using Photoshop and Lightroom to successfully enhance black and white images
Black and white photography presents different challenges than color photography. In Black and White Digital Photography Photo Workshop, photographers learn how to identify great opportunities for black and white photographs and how to turn those opportunities into stunning monochrome images they can be proud to display.
Table of Contents:
- CHAPTER 1 Black-and-white Vision.
Why Black and White?
Creating Black-and-white Images
Visualizing in Monochrome
Selecting Your Images
Timing the Moment
When Should You Use Black and White?
Finding Photos Wherever You Are
- CHAPTER 2 Photography Fundamentals
Exposure
Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO
White Balance
Composition
Your Unique Point of View
- CHAPTER 3 Getting the Most Out of Your Camera
Read the Manual
Knowing the Controls
Using the Exposure Modes
File Settings
Adjusting Tone and Contrast in Camera
White Balance Questions
Using Filters
Settings to Start with
- CHAPTER 4 Working With Light
Metering and Exposure for Black and White
Zone System Basics
Learning Your Metering Systems
Light Direction
Light Quality
Looking for Landscape Lighting
Great Light for People and Portraits
Dealing with Tones at Twilight
Black and White After Dark
- CHAPTER 5 Tools and Toys
Infrared Digital Photography
Lensbaby
Black and White by Your Side
Strobes
Tripods
- CHAPTER 6 Tonal Quality in Black and White
Colors in Black and White
Tones and Contrast
Working with Shadows and Contrast
Light Quality
Dealing with Weather
Looking for Highlights
Building Depth in the Shadows
- CHAPTER 7 The Black-and-white Digital File
Converting to Monochrome
Learning from Film Filters
RAW or JPEG?
Digital RAW Black-and-white Conversions
- CHAPTER 8 Working in the Digital Darkroom
Understanding Local and Global Changes
Multiple RAW Processing
Working with Adjustment Layers
Dodging and Burning
Layer Masks
Shadow and Highlight Tool
Additional Filters and Tools
Selective Effects
Film Simulations
Create Your Own Workflow
- CHAPTER 9 Toning, Coloring, and Special effects
Old-process Effects
Adding Tints and Tones
Split Toning
Coloring Monochrome Images
Infrared Effects
High Dynamic Range
Compositing New Images
- CHAPTER 10 Output: Printing and Presentation
Inkjet Printers and Papers
Calibrating your Equipment
Creating Black-and-white Prints
Digital Output Options and Ideas
Glossary
Index
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