Dramatic Black and White Photography in the Digital Age

The Ultimate Guide to Creating Black & White Fine Art Photography in Photoshop

What you'll learn:

• The core principles behind black & white conversion, so you can successfully apply them to your own artwork using a whole range of the most powerful and flexible black & white conversion techniques
• How to evaluate tonal range in your images with the Histogram tool and use it as a basic reference in your workflow
• Master the most effective and flexible photo editing Photoshop tool: Curves
• The best ways to fix common issues in black & white photographs, such as "flat" images, washed-out sky, eyes obscured by shadows, low contrast, lack of definition and lack of details and texture
• Pro tips to blend multiple adjustments in a seamless way in one image with help of masking techniques
• Insights into how to work in non-destructive way with Adjustment Layers — and massively speed up your workflow in the process
• How RGB additive color model works and advice on how to apply this knowledge to your work
• Useful techniques to pick out details and, in an intelligent way, sharpen selected areas within the frame
• Easy and intuitive ways to improve your images by applying targeted adjustments in a few simple steps

Black and white photography is an art — not just a click of a button that changes a colour image to monochrome. The creative process is a fun and exciting journey that this course, “Dramatic Black & White Photography in the Digital Age,” helps you confidently and efficiently create cinematic, timeless images. Packed with high quality, downloadable supporting materials (14 high resolution TIFF files), this hands-on tutorial provides you with step-by-step edits necessary for you to work effectively, in a non-destructive way, make intelligent creative decisions and get the artistic and dramatic black & white results you desire.

Sharpen Your Skills

• Simple Monochrome Conversion

Get results fast working with simple “one step” methods of black & white conversion such as Desaturate, Hue/Saturation and Grayscale.

• RGB Model & Photoshop Channels

You’ll learn how to evaluate your images with dedicated Photoshop tools. And you’ll also develop a deep understanding of RGB color mode, its relation to photographic filters and how to use sophisticated methods to perform stunning black & white conversions.

• Advanced Black & White Conversion

Explore the range of advanced black & white conversion methods: LAB Color, Hue/Saturation with Adjustment Layer, Twin Hue/Saturation Method, Gradient Map, Channel Mixer, Black & White tool and Adobe Camera RAW Plugin.

• Master Black & White Artwork

Discover the most important components of powerful monochrome artwork: tonal separation between key elements in your image and strong contrast and wide tonal range, including rich shadow and highlight detail.

• The Histogram & Levels Tools

Learn how to extend tonal range in your images with the Levels tool. Reference the luminosity adjustments with the Histogram to avoid clipping shadows or highlights in your photos.

• Non-Destructive Workflow

You’ll explore combining masks and adjustment layers to achieve your creative vision and maintain great flexibility. Together we’ll create alternative versions of one photo in no time. This also allows you to revisit your artwork in the future and bring new ideas to life with just a few easy adjustments.