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Creative Black & White (2nd Edition): Digital Photography Tips and Techniques from Rocky Nook addresses the unique challenges of black and white photography in a digital world. Without color to guide the eye, contrast, lighting, and composition become the integral parts of a photograph, and renowned photographer Harold Davis explains these elements, explaining the basic rules of black and white photography as well as how and when to break them. In unlocking the complexity of this artistic medium, Harold Davis explores the opportunities for black and white imagery and shows you how to capitalize on each and every one of them.This newly revised and expanded edition features extended sections relating to monochrome and black and white photography and addresses recent tools, plug-ins, and editing applications as they relate to Lightroom and Photoshop.

Table of Contents

THE MONOCHROMATIC VISION
 

Past, Present, and Future
Thinking in Black and White
Contrast
Color Implied
The Tonal Landscape
Visual Implication
Seeing in Black and White
Pre-Visualization Techniques
Black and White Composition
Framing
Patterns and Lines
Shape and Form
High Key
Low Key
Shades of Gray
Finding Monochromatic Subjects
Black and White at Night
Photographing People
Portraiture in Black and White

BLACK AND WHITE IN THE DIGITAL ERA

Digital Black and White Roadmap
The RAW Advantage
Black and White in Adobe Camera RAW
Black and White in Lightroom
Grayscale Conversion Using Presets
HSL Conversion
Exposure Gradients and Adjustments
Exporting Virtual Copies into Photoshop as Layers
Multiple Layers and Masking in Photoshop
Multi-RAW Processing in Photoshop
Black and White in Photoshop
Blending with Black
Using the Channel Mixer
Black & White Adjustment Layers
Topaz B&W Effects
On One Perfect B&W
The Digital Analog to the Analog Zone System
Combining Conversions in Photoshop

CREATIVE BLACK AND WHITE OPPORTUNITIES

Lighting and Monochromatic Photos
Creating High-Key Effects
Creating Low-Key Effects
HDR in Black and White
Shooting for HDR
Using HDR Software
Toning and Tinting
Tinting with a Black & White Adjustment Layer
Split Toning
The Ansel Adam's Effect
Selective Color
Hand Coloring
Using LAB Color
Inverting the L Channel
Equalizing LAB Channels
Swapping Tonalities
Using Blending Modes
LAB Inversions
Soft Focus
Adding Soft Focus
Pinhole Effect
Solarization
Using Curves to Solarize an Image
Simulating the Blossfeldt Effect
Duotone and Tritone Effects
Adding and Reducing Noise
Film Effects
Infrared Camera Conversions
Infrared Conversion without an IR Camera
Creating X-Ray Images

MOBILE BLACK AND WHITE

Black and White Using a Cell Phone Camera
Working with Snapseed
Toward a Monochromatic Mobile Workflow

Notes and Resources
Glossary
Index

In the Box

Harold Davis Creative Black & White (2nd Edition): Digital Photography Tips and Techniques
Brand:Rocky NookCategory:* RETAIL - Accessories - Books & VideoSKU:9781681984964