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Learn how breaking photographic rules can result in stunning black-and-white photos
Black-and-white photography poses unique challenges; without color to guide the eye, contrast, lighting, and composition take on even more importance. Renowned photographer Harold Davis explains these elements and demonstrates the basic rules of black and white photography as well as when and how to break them. He breaks through the complexity of this photographic medium, explores opportunities for black-and-white imagery, and shows how to capitalize on every one.
Richly illustrated with the author's own images, this beautiful guide presents the skills needed for great black-and-white photos while encouraging your confidence and creativity.
- Goes beyond basics to teach photographers how to conquer the challenges posed by black-and-white photography
- Appeals to professionals and serious amateurs who are interested in exploring creative black-and-white imagery
- Presents photography fundamentals and shows how black and white requires some of the rules to be bent
- Encourages creative thinking and confidence
- Lavishly illustrated with Harold Davis's outstanding monochromatic photos
Whether you're a professional just venturing into black and white or a serious amateur, Creative Black & White will both educate and inspire you.
From the Back Cover
In the digital age, presenting a photo in black and white is an intentional aesthetic and creative choice. In this visual guide, renowned photographer Harold Davis introduces you to the fascinating world of black and white photography.
When creating a monochromatic image, a photographer needs to pre-visualize the image in black and white — which can be a daunting task in our vibrantly colored world. How can you recognize an opportunity for a stunning black and white image? And how does taking a monochromatic image differ from capturing a full-color image? This book will teach you.
Using many of his own stunning monochromatic images to illustrate, Davis walks you through the visual ideas that work well with black and white. He shares the technical approaches that you can use to create high quality monochromatic photos.
As you browse through the pages, you'll gain a deeper appreciation for what you can accomplish when taking portraits, landscapes, close-ups, and more. This book provides both inspiration and technical instruction. You may never photograph the world in quite the same way again!
- Learn to see and think in black and white
- Convert RAW files to black and white
- Use full color information to create black and white photos in Lightroom and Photoshop
- Create monochromatic images using multi-RAW processing and HDR
- Learn how to apply tinting, toning, and other special effects
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Creative Black & White Photography Book,
Ce commentaire est de: Creative Black and White: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques (Paperback)
I bought this book to learn how to improve my black & white photos. I thought it was going to be another photography book where they show you the final shot but not the process involved in it. This is a visual guide, where the author not only explains what to look for in a monochromatic image like lighting, contrast, shapes, but the steps to achieve what you were looking for.Works by Ansell Adams and other photographers of the past were improved in the darkroom before becoming the pieces of art we are accustomed to see. Harold Davis clearly explains how to improve them in the digital world using Photoshop or Lightroom, step by step so it's very easy to understand. I would recommend this book to every beginner or advanced photographer with a taste for creating works of art. This book will not only teach you how to improve your black & white photos, it will teach you how to create exceptional images.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
You Should Know Photoshop,
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Ce commentaire est de: Creative Black and White: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques (Paperback)
I am an average photographer who does not do enhancing of my photos on photoshop except for cropping.I do not even own photoshop and that is where this book and I part company. There are many amazing photographs in this book , most of them have been enhanced with photoshop.I would not recommend this book to anyone who does not know photoshop as this is what the athor uses to create better Black and White photos.So how do I rate this book. It is good at what it does but it does not explain what I want which is creating better B&W photos using my camera or finding the proper lighting.If you like enhancing your pictures on the computer then get this book.If you don't then do not buy it.
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4.6 out of 5 stars (33 customer reviews) 49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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Great book! Lots of Digital B/W techniques! Great for Beginners!,
By V. Gulati - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Creative Black and White: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques (Paperback)
I love this book!Since the advent of digital, B/W has become a "choice" rather than a limitation. As a result a lot of creative thought has to go into making great B/W photographs. As a beginner in this area of photography (especially in digital post-processing), I found this book was perfect in two aspects. First, Harold Davis has a great way of explaining the intricacies of this art-form. It is easy to understand and follow things like a) why would a particular picture be best converted to b/w b) why would a particular composition work best in b/w c) what are the various types of b/w compositions and which one would work best for a given object/person to be photographed etc d) how to do HDR in B/W via multi-raw processing It is a sign of a great master of an art that (s)he can convey his/her knowledge in a simple and easy to understand way. Harold accomplishes this in the book. The second great aspect of the book are the photoshop steps. For a photoshop newbie like me, this book is a godsend as far as digital b/w is concerned. Overall, I highly recommend the book for anyone who wants to start their journey in, or enhance their understanding of Digital B/W. 38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, and Edward Weston Made Digital,
By Jack H. Tasoff - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Creative Black and White: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques (Paperback)
If you know beauty of the great black and white photographers of the twentieth century, Mr. Davis has for the first time made their vision available to the digital photographers of the twenty-first. As Weston said, "The camera should be used for ... rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh." As color photography is representational, black and white is "as it is." Mr. Davis knows the difference and explains how their vision might be yours.Digital photography has always suffered in the realm of black and white. The most sophisticated digital sensors do not have the dynamic range of the photographic print. That is, the sensors are unable to detect at the same time the whitest of whites, the blackest of blacks, and the grays between. The classical photographers could tease out those variations with experimental photographic papers, homemade concoctions of chemicals, and innovative lab techniques. Only recently has digital post-processing equaled those same results. In this seminal work, Mr. Davis explains, in a step-by-step, fully illustrated, style how the photographer with basic knowledge of post-processing programs is capable of obtaining those results. From ACR or Lightroom or Photoshop or specialized programs the perfection of the black and white image is explained. From simple procedures to the most sophisticated. As the cherry on top, Mr. Davis finishes with specialized techniques such as high-key, low-key, toning, duotoning, solarization, and much more. Black and white photography, as in those famous words, "try it, you'll like it." 19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A primer on creative black and white - from conception to completion,
By Bradford Kissell - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Creative Black and White: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques (Paperback)
If you've seen some of Harold's long-exposure night images, you know the high level of expertise and creativity this West Coast photographer and educator brings to his work. This book is an extension of all that and a must-have for anyone with a serious interest in black and white digital photography. Beautifully illustrated, well-organized, and clearly presented, it allows the reader to follow a logical progression--from concept to creation to postproduction. I loved (and would even like to see more of) those examples where the reader is allowed to get inside the author's head (and heart) as a scene or challenge presents itself. He talks about creating abstractions out of elements or combinations of commonplace items by seeing behind preconceptions and focusing on things like shape and texture. Technical aspects of shoots are carefully noted, along with step-by-step instructions on how to pull the most out of these images through Photoshop and other specialized software. While he pays his respects here and there to black and white masters such as Adams and Weston, the book is more for converts who have already been mesmerized by the range of tones and singular beauty of classic black and white. One thing I might have wanted to see is at least some discussion about digital printing. High-quality, affordable inkjet printers have made the printing process a key element of the creative process for any serious digital photographer. Paper choices alone can dramatically impact the look and overall feel of an image. But Harold no doubt has all of that on a back burner for another book, which I anxiously look forward to reading.
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