| Advanced Digital Black & White Photography (A Lark Photography Book) |  | Author: John Beardsworth
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 1600592104
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.3
EAN: 9781600592102
ASIN: 1600592104
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
Digital photographers can now attain the enduring beauty of black-and-white photography in their own work! There’s more to monochrome than just discarding the color in Photoshop, but many books simply treat it as an afterthought. Not this one! John Beardsworth teaches every major method of making a color picture black and white, and explains what kind of images are best, and why. Both ambitious newcomers and advanced enthusiasts will learn how to achieve the richest tonal depth and balance, use black and white to interpret the subject for the viewer, reproduce historic and darkroom processes, add creative and special effects, and produce exhibition-quality prints.
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an impressive book (for the rich?) March 30, 2010
Timbus (Bloomington, IN USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an impressive book despite some editorial flaws. While many other digital photography books focus on the "colorfulness", this book shows to how to create black and white photos. It shows you how to use tools (i.e. software) to post-process the photos so they look professional. Sure some pros such as Ken Rockwell hate post-processing and even go as far as shooting JPEG only, and I respect that. But as a beginner, I think post-processing is a necessary learning step. Another good thing about the book is that it not only shows you the final publishable photo, but also the original and intermediate versions as well, so you know how to go from an "okay" picture to a "wow" picture.
But the book is not without flaws, of course. Aside from the minor editorial errors, the book is tightly coupled to Adobe Photoshop, which is an expensive software package not everyone could afford. Not only that, it is also coupled to Adobe Photoshop on a Mac, which again, is an expensive piece of hardware. Many times, the author shows you how to do certain things in photoshop by showing you only the shortcut keys - now that, is a bit annoying, because unless you are a photoshop guru, most people would prefer going through the menu instead, and if you need to read this book, chances are, you are probably not a photoshop guru yet. And for windows users like me, I will have to look for the same features and functions from the shortcut key for Mac.
A useful addition to your digital photography library March 17, 2010
Ian May (North Charleston, South Carolina United States)
I have enjoyed Black & White Photography since film days. I used to enjoy shooting with Black & White Transparency film with colored filters.
This book teaches me the best way to achieve a similar effect in Photoshop.
I guess the only criticism is that the book now needs updating for CS4.
 Excellent photoshop guide to B&W techniques November 5, 2009
A. Steinberga (Latvia)
Excellent book - all you must to know for creating good B&W photos! The instructions for creating different techniques within photoshop is well illustrated in step by step fashion.
Satisfied September 10, 2009
M. D. smith
I will be an upcoming student at GTC in Ga. and I am looking foward to use these techniques in class.
Down to Basics June 13, 2009
Photographic Reflections by Joleene (Calif.)
This book is awesome for it really gets down to the basics as to how to start. Actually it starts with capture, then refining the color before turning it in to a black and white creation.
I bought several books on this subject to get differing opinions. Instead it tuned me in to different avenues. I would highly recommend it.
Will use the information in my Travel Photography books, whiich I hope to have listed on Amazon in the future.
Photogrqphic Reflections by Joleene
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