Digital Black & White Photography (Expanded Guide Techniques)

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The Expanded Guide > Techniques :  Digital Black & White Photography This new series of Expanded Guides focuses on photographic techniques not only to give you a comprehensive grounding in the subject but also takes you a step further to enable you to get much more from your photography. Expert advice, with useful hints & tips, is given by professional photographers, using practical examples of techniques for clarity, illustrated in full colour with the aid of clear diagrams & charts. Digital Black & White Photography gives advice on how to shoot black & white images on today's sophisticated digital SLR & compact digital cameras, & even mobile phones. Aimed at the novice or more experienced amateur photographer, jargon-free text explains the theory behind digital photography, along with a guide to the equipment & software needed to take outstanding images. From the basics of exposure & good composition, file types, manipulating captured images using popular software, & applying special effects (such as split toning, simulating film grain, lith prints & using cyanotypes) a number of projects are described for photographing, for example, people, landscapes, architecture, & animals. A chapter on printing gives invaluable advice on outputting & displaying images.

Includes:: Quick Reference Card