Black and White Photography in the Digital Age

By David Bigwood

How to convert colour images to black and white using Photoshop, how to use Photoshop's duotone, processing a black and white image, simulate processes such as split toning, sepia toning, lith printing, selenium toning.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Bigwood
• Release date: May 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476328645

David Bigwood

I am originally from the UK and am now a resident of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. I have been a regularly published writer and photographer for many years with many articles published in Australian Photography, Australian Camera and Better Photography (Australia). My work has appeared in well over sixty publications, mainly in Australia and the UK. I also founded and edited The Black and White Enthusiast magazine when I represented the UK publisher Creative Monochrome in Australia. This magazine was eventually sold and has since become Silvershotz. I also wrote a column on freelancing for the UK magazine F2 Freelance + Digital and have interviewed a number of leading photographers including Charlie Waite, considered the doyen of landscape photographers in the UK. I have qualified as a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society (LRPS) with a panel of black and white prints and am a former member of the Australian Society of Authors. My photographs are licensed through Alamy for use in publications. I am a former editor of the Journal of the Australian Photographic Society. I am happy to do my best to answer reader's questions ([e-mail]).

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Black and White Photography

in the Digital Age

David Bigwood, LRPS

formerly Editor The Black and White Enthusiast

Published by Bigwoodpublishing.com at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 David Bigwood

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Table of Contents

About the Author

Introduction

Basic Conversion from Colour to Black and White

Colour or Black and White

Add Some Snap with Photoshop’s Duotone

Black and White Variations

Magic with Photoshop

About the Author

David Bigwood is a regularly published writer and photographer with his work having been used in well over fifty publications, mainly in Australia and the United Kingdom.

He is a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Australian Society of Authors.

For three years he was a columnist on freelancing for the UK magazine F2 Freelance and Digital. He writes regularly for Australian Photography and has written for Australian Camera and Better Photography.

He founded and edited The Black and White Enthusiast magazine (later Silvershotz) and was sometime editor of the Journal of the Australian Photography Society.

He has images with Alamy, the on-line photography library.

Other photography e-books by David Bigwood at Smashwords.com:

Starting Freelance Photography — The basic steps needed to start freelance photography.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/116339

Images that SELL — Over 30 images that have been published. A useful handbook for freelance photographers.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/124178

Starting Nature Photography — Introduction to nature photography including wildflowers, birds on the wing, snow, with photos of animals, insects, flowers, and demonstration of processing with Photoshop.