Black & white photography field guide : the essential guide to the art of creating black & white images / Michael Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black-and-white photography.

Photography--Digital techniques.

Photography.

Photography, Artistic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Black and white photography field guide

Place of Publication:

Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Photographers everywhere have come to trust Ilex's Field Guides as the ultimate in portable photo expertise. Packed with practical knowledge and all written by specialist professional photographers, these handy titles have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. In this volume, renowned photographer Michael Freeman addresses one of photography's most popular- and challenging- areas: black and white. With advice on lighting, shooting, conversion and post-production, this is know-how that no photographer can afford to be without.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; THE BLACK & WHITE TRADITION; Monochrome in Fine Art; The Photographic Tradition; Wavelength & Sensitivity; Black & White as Normality; Monochrome in Photography vs Painting; The Photographer's Choice; Subtracting Color; Shape; Structure; Tonal Nuance; Form & Volume; Texture; Interpretation; Film; DIGITAL MONOCHROME; The Monochrome Sensor; Linear Capture; The Clipping Problem; Noise, Bit Depth, & Shading; Infrared; Your Processing Workflow; Silver Efex Pro; Basic Processing; Colors into Tones; Default Conversions

Hue AdjustmentReversals of Brightness; Using Hue to Control Contrast; Using Hue for Depth & Atmosphere; Using Hue for Vegetation; Skin Tones; Specific Colors; Handling Opposites; Handling Adjacents; Handling Subtleties; CREATIVE CHOICES; Thinking in Black & White; The Range of Light: Adams & the Westons; The Long Range of Gray: Paul Strand; Mid-tones; Contrast high; Contrast Low; Shadow & Darkness: Brandt & McCullin; Low Key; High Key & Graphic: Callahan & Hosoe; High Key; Digital Zone System; HDR in Black & White; Tone Mapping without HDR; Adding Tints; Old Process Effect; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 28, 2014).

ISBN:

0-203-48676-5

1-135-05266-2

9780203486764

OCLC:

884549174