Advanced Digital Black & White Photography

by Beardsworth, John

Edition: Revised

ISBN13: 9781454704195

ISBN10: 1454704195

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2012-05-01

Publisher(s): Pixiq

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Summary

Fans of black-and-white photography can bring their skills up-to-date with this revised and richly illustrated guide! Extremely popular in its first edition, it now includes information about the latest cameras and photographic technology, as well as new filters and software tools such as Adobe Photoshop 5.5. John Beardsworth explains how to think in monochrome, creatively convert pictures to B&W, fine-tune the monochrome image, and record expressive, eye-catching black-and-white interpretations.

Author Biography

John Beardsworth is a London-based photographer and bestselling writer who has authored nearly a dozen books about black-and-white digital photography and about using digital processing programs such as Photoshop and Lightroom.

Introduction	p. 6
Camera Work: Capturing the Black-and-White Image	p. 10
Black-and-white modes	p. 12
Shoot RAW and in color	p. 14
What works in black and white	p. 16
Tone and contrast	p. 18
Digital black-and-white exposure	p. 20
Exposing to the right	p. 22
The shadows	p. 24
Drawn to the bright lights	p. 26
Increasing dynamic range	p. 28
Colored filters: Not forgotten	p. 30
Filters for digital black and white	p. 32
Digital infrared capture	p. 34
The Digital Darkroom 1: Converting to Black and White	p. 38
Destructive techniques	p. 40
Destructive techniques: Calculations	p. 44
The tools of the trade	p. 46
The Channel Mixer	p. 48
"Film and filter"	p. 50
Black-and-white adjustment layer	p. 52
Painting black and white	p. 54
Black-and-white presets	p. 56
Camera Raw and Smart Objects	p. 58
Converting selected image areas	p. 62
Creative conversion: People	p. 66
Creative conversion: Landscapes	p. 70
Tonal separation	p. 72
Using Lightroom	p. 74
Using Silver Efex Pro	p. 82
Black and white on the move	p. 90
The Digital Darkroom 2: Fine-tuning the' Photograph	p. 92
Setting the black-and-white points	p. 94
Oyerall brightness and contrast	p. 96
Fine contrast control	p. 98
Adding contrast selectively	p. 100
Local contrast	p. 102
Creative clipping	p. 104
Shadows and highlights	p. 106
Dodging and burning: The tools	p. 108
Adjustment layers	p. 110
Dodging and burning: Landscapes	p. 112
Dodging and burning: Portraits	p. 114
Black-and-white Lightroom presets	p. 116
General sharpening	p. 118
High Pass and Smart Sharpening	p. 120
Selective Sharpening	p. 122
Edge sharpening	p. 124
Creative Effects: Digital Image Workflows	p. 126
Toning	p. 128
Split toning	p. 130
Duotones	p. 132
A measured tone	p. 134
Classic tones	p. 136
Hand coloring	p. 138
Infrared effects	p. 142
Wide-area sharpening	p. 146
Simulating lith	p. 148
Grain and noise	p. 152
Split toning with Lightroom	p. 154
Soft focus	p. 156
Presentation and Output	p. 160
Borders	p. 162
Edge burning	p. 164
Print or output sharpening	p. 166
Printers	p. 168
Neutral black and white	p. 170
CMYK output	p. 172
Black and white in bulk	p. 176
HDR for black and white	p. 180
Output for the web	p. 182
Glossary	p. 186
Index	p. 188
Acknowledgments	p. 192
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