Creative Black and White Photography : Advanced Camera and Darkroom Techniques

Creative Black and White Photography: Advanced Camera and Darkroom Techniques Руководство по креативной черно-белой фотографии для фотографов всех уровней. Книга включает в себя более восьмидесяти черно-белых фотографий, где можно проследить эволюцию образов от идеи до окончательной печати. Каждый пример сопровождается подробным объяснением художественных и технических процессов, а также полезно посмотреть, как и почему фотограф решил использовать именно эти приёмы. Creative Black-and-White Photography guides photographers at all levels in producing the aesthetically advanced, carefully crafted images theyve always dreamed of making. In his sequel to Mastering Black-and-White Photography, photographer Bernhard J Suess again makes complex technical and aesthetic problems easy to understand and master. He addresses intricate questions of film exposure and development control, camera filters, creative use of print contrast, dodging and burning, bleaching, and digital imaging. Discussing the many choices he makes in his own photography and why, Suess illustrates the decisions essential to successful black-and-white images. The book includes more than eighty black-and-white photos, tracing the evolution of images from idea to final print. Each example is accompanied by a detailed explanation of the artistic and technical processes involved as well as a helpful look at how and why the photographer decided to use the techniques. Whether choosing a camera format, arranging a background, or composing a portrait, this invaluable resource shows photographers how to balance different elements in a picture and take advanced steps in creating better black-and-white photographs. Annotation. The revised edition of this guide teaches photographers to systematicallye-think the photographic process and take their technique to a new level.he author introduces an array of advanced techniques and concepts andxplains how to use them creatively to solve a wide range of challengingesthetic problems. The uses of sophisticated techniques involving filmxposure and development control, camera filters, innovative uses of printontrasts, dodging and burning, and bleaching are illustrated step-by-stepsing comparative sequences of black-and-white pictures. In addition, a newhapter provides insight into the issue of digital versus traditionallack-and-white photography from an insider's perspective This revised edition offers a guide to creating successful photographs by teaching photographers to systematically re-think the photographic process. Complex techniques are explained and advice is given on the history, choice and use of film, filters, lenses and darkroom equipment When first learning photography, I wanted to simplify by eliminating choices.