For digital photographers who enjoy creating black and white prints this is an important book to add to your collection. Not only is it a volume that you will read through, it is one that will become a useful reference tool you will find yourself going back to over and over. While some are happy to simply set the camera to shoot monochrome jpegs, pros are only satisfied working with RAW files and completing the conversion after the fact. This book will facilitate you doing that. Not only are you taught about pre-visualization (a technique made famous by Ansel Adams) but you also learn how to use your camera and Photoshop to realize your vision without surrendering to the vagaries of jpeg.

The marriage of today's complex cameras and the indispensable mastery of Photoshop's toolset result in exquisite black and white prints. While there are myriad techniques illustrated in this book, some produce more acceptable results than others but all are useful in one circumstance or another. Regardless of your level of experience, if you will dedicate yourself to learning the practices described in this book, you can become an accomplished creator of black and white prints that rival or surpass traditional methodologies.

Ed

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