Foundations of Photography: Black and White

In this Foundations of Photography, Ben Long shows photographers how to develop a black and white vocabulary and explains the considerations to take into account when shooting for this medium. The course follows Ben as he goes on location and explains what makes good black and white subject matter and how to visualize the scene in terms of tonal values and contrast rather than color. Along the way, he demonstrates some exposure strategies for getting the best images. Back at the computer, Ben demonstrates techniques for converting the resulting photos into black and white using Photoshop and other imaging tools, and offers tips on printing and output.

Topics include:

• Why shoot in black and white
• How to recognize good black-and-white subject matter
• Preparing the camera
• Shooting a tone-based subject
• Exposing for black and white
• Understanding grayscale
• Converting from color to black and white using Photoshop CS4 or CS5
• Converting to black and white in Camera Raw
• Vignetting
• Toning and split-toning
• Comparing high key versus low key images
• Preparing a black and white image for print

Table of content

•  Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Why black and white?
  • Suggested prerequisites
  • Using the exercise files
• What Is Black-and-White Photography?
  • Is it really black and white?
  • How gray corresponds to color
  • The medium of black and white
  • The vocabulary of black and white
  • The physiology of black and white 2
  • How a camera’s image sensor captures an image
• Shooting in Black and White
  • Preparing the camera
  • Light revisited
  • Seeing in black and white
  • Taking a black-and-white expedition
  • Finding and shooting a black-and-white image
  • Shooting a tone-based subject
  • Exposing for black and white
•  Black-and-White Post-Production
  • The nature of grayscale images
  • Converting to black and white using Photoshop CS4 or CS5
  • More about the Black & White dialog box
  • Converting to black and white using Black & White adjustment layers
  • Converting to black and white in Camera Raw
  • Making an advanced tonal correction
  • Doing more tonal corrections
  • Calming down highlights
  • Vignetting
  • The trestle images
  • Handling tricky skies
  • Doing a selective black-and-white conversion
  • Toning 1m 19s
  • Split-toning
  • High-key and low-key images
  • Diffusion
  • Using Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro 2 plug-in
• Printing in Black and White
  • Selecting a printer
  • Preparing the image for print
  • Configuring the Print dialog
  • Evaluating a print
• Conclusion
  • Goodbye

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