The Photographer's Black And White Handbook: Making and Processing Stunning Digital Black and White Photos

Description

The Photographer's Black and White Handbook is an authoritative and comprehensive high-level guide to digital black and white photography. The subject matter covered ranges from seeing and pre-visualizing in black and white, through camera techniques, and extends to the nuts and bolts of post-production. Special sections demystify fine-art black and white digital printmaking, and creatin Photography, and particularly black and white photography, is a form of applied design. The design of The Photographer's Black and White Handbook, and the meticulous reproductions of the widely acclaimed black and white photos of the author, add weight and authority to the text. Today's readers want to enjoy their learning experience, and it is a proven fact that having fun enhances learning retention. Therefore, the technical information in The Photographer's Black and White Handbook-some of which is rather ohard coreo-is encased in travel narratives, with field locations and destinations ranging from France to Japan, to Spain and Morocco, New England, and the American West.

Harold Davis is an award-winning professional photographer and the author of many bestselling books on photography and image processing. His images are widely collected and commissioned, and his popular photo workshops are often sold out. In addition to his activity as an author, Davis is an Adobe Influencer, a Moab Master printmaker, and a Zeiss Lens Ambassador. Davis's work has been exhibited in venues including Photokina in Cologne, Germany, PhotoPlus Expo in New York, the Gallery Photo in Oakland, California, the Arts & Friends Gallery in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Awagami Gallery in Japan. Harold's popular online course on Craftsy has thousands of students. His workshops in partnership with institutions and other venues such as Point Reyes Field Seminars, the Center for Photographic Art in Carmel, CA, Maine Media Workshops, the Heidelberg Summer School of Photography, and B&H Camera, are continually in demand.

"Harold Davis wrote the book on digital black-and-white. Literally. His new volume, The Photographer's Black & White Handbook, is a roadmap to creating intricate and beautiful b&w images." -Popular Photography Completely up to date, the book covers camera types from smartphones to DSLRs (digital single-lens reflex) and software products including Adobe Camera Raw, Lightroom, and Photoshop; Nik Silver Efex Pro; and Topaz. Narrative text explaining context, creative choices, and technical processes used accompanies each of the numerous, lushly reproduced photographs in this guide. VERDICT Ably balancing technical information with creative concerns, Davis's guide will help readers make better black-and-white photos. -Library Journal