Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Collins & Brown; New title edition September 28, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1843401908
ISBN-13: 978-1843401902
Product Dimensions:
10.7 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
Innovations in digital technology have created an array of new options for photographers. Now, accomplished freelance photographer Les Meehan provides a comprehensive guide to using this technology to produce high-caliber black and white photographs. From basic concepts to advanced techniques, Meehan introduces and explains all of the factors that go into creating great monochrome prints. Topics include proper camera calibration, controlling white balance, choosing the right scanning equipment, simulating traditional darkroom techniques, and working with advanced printing software. Meehan also examines the many exciting new possibilities created by digital technology for both image capture and image enhancement. Focusing on fundamental principles that apply to all digital equipment, this invaluable book features hundreds of photographs demonstrating a wide range of monochrome techniques.
About The Author
Les Meehan is an experienced freelance photographer and photographic teacher. He has written three successful practical photography books, Creative Exposure Control, Digital Image Making and Digital Photography Basics, all published by Collins & Brown. His work has been exhibited in solo shows in the UK and France. He lives in Malaga, Spain.
Customer Reviews & Comments
The sub-title of the book said "creating and manipulating great monochrome images". However comma Chapter one covers really basic info on cameras, scanners, computer, monitors, tablets, external storage, printers, scanning software, editing software, cataloging software, file formats, capture method (camera vs. scanning), lens quality, flare, and color quality. Chapter two (cameras and scanning techniques) covers monitor calibration, camera calibration, scanner calibration, choosing quality settings, exposure control, film speeds, focus /depth of field, and solving depth of field problems, dealing with high contrast, explaining the Zone system (6 pages), and film scanning (another 8 pages). Finally, after 73 pages (of the 128 page book), we get to: Chapter 3 (Enhancing images) where the author tells us how to convert color to mono, make basic corrections, correct chromatic aberrations, how to use the clone tool, do burning and dodging, posterization, bas relief, solorization, make lith prints, texture effects, how to simulate traditional films, creating infrared, image coloring, basic photomontage, multi-image techniques, panoramas, and using sharpening techniques (all in PS). Then in Chapter 4 (Outputting images), we learn how to calibrate our printer and print an image. Although the book is well written (1 mistake on p.12 where he should've said megahertz instead of GB in describing what type of computer you should buy) and the author does present a couple of great ideas on B&W photos later in the book. However, one is left with the impression that the author tried to fill up a 128 page book the best he knew how by adding a bunch of really basic digital photo stuff and a whole lot of scanning stuff. Otherwise, nobody would ever buy a 50-page book. Unfortunately, I did (sucked in by a title again).
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Black and White Digital Photography: Creating and Manipulating Great Monochrome Images
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