Comments on: The Complete Guide to Black & White Digital Photography http://digitalinfraredphotography.info/479/the-complete-guide-to-black-white-digital-photography/ BEST DEALS ON DIGITAL INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:53:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: cortlander http://digitalinfraredphotography.info/479/the-complete-guide-to-black-white-digital-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-804 cortlander Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:15:24 +0000 http://digitalinfraredphotography.info/479/the-complete-guide-to-black-white-digital-photography/#comment-804 I have several of Mr Freeman's books: <br /> <br />The Photographer's Eye <br />Perfect Exposure <br />Top Digital Photography Tips <br /> <br />The Complete Guide to Black and White Digital Photography is just as good as the others. The layout and quality of prints is pleasing. More importantly the author not only displays a deep knowledge of the topic but supplements each one with detailed pictures. Mr Freeman writes well and I find his explanations well reasoned and easy to understand. <br /> <br />Post processing is a big part of digital Black and White photography. Photoshop/Camera Raw curves and color sliders are used to explain many of the processing steps, but these are common in most photo processing software. I like the way the author discusses a topic, shows an original color photo, its default transformation to black and white, followed by several steps showing effects of changing one or two hues. <br /> <br />Digital processing is just one of the four sections in the book: <br /> <br />1. The Black and White Tradition <br />2. Digital Monochrome <br />3. Creative Choices <br />4. Printing and Display <br /> <br />The two hundred plus large size pages are quite absorbing. Rating: 5 / 5 I have several of Mr Freeman’s books:

The Photographer’s Eye

Perfect Exposure

Top Digital Photography Tips

The Complete Guide to Black and White Digital Photography is just as good as the others. The layout and quality of prints is pleasing. More importantly the author not only displays a deep knowledge of the topic but supplements each one with detailed pictures. Mr Freeman writes well and I find his explanations well reasoned and easy to understand.

Post processing is a big part of digital Black and White photography. Photoshop/Camera Raw curves and color sliders are used to explain many of the processing steps, but these are common in most photo processing software. I like the way the author discusses a topic, shows an original color photo, its default transformation to black and white, followed by several steps showing effects of changing one or two hues.

Digital processing is just one of the four sections in the book:

1. The Black and White Tradition

2. Digital Monochrome

3. Creative Choices

4. Printing and Display

The two hundred plus large size pages are quite absorbing.
Rating: 5 / 5

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