The Art of Black & White Photography is a new book that highlights the creative aspects of black and white photography. Author Torsten Andreas Hoffmann focuses on image composition and image capture, as well as on the digital workflow. Topics include overcoming clichéd photos , pictorial tension between elements and conversion to black and white from color. The Art of Black and White Photography costs $44.95 USD / £27.99 GBP.

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The Art of Black & White Photography
—New from Rocky Nook
Techniques for Creating Superb Images in a Digital Workflow

Santa Barbara, CA — Over the last few years, most books on photography emphasized explaining the new breed of cameras and how to master the digital imaging workflow. In The Art of Black and White Photography, Torsten Andreas Hoffmann takes a different approach, as he focuses on image composition and image capture, with an emphasis on the creative aspects of black and white photography, as well as on the digital workflow.

After introducing the ground rules of composition, the author illustrates their applications with various photographic genres such as architecture, street photography, portraiture, and surreal photography with his own stunning black and white images. In the second part of the book, Hoffmann illustrates the elements of a “photographic language”, which distinguishes creative photography from random shooting. The final part of the book is dedicated to post-processing techniques, mostly in Photoshop (CS3), emphasizing the functions that are necessary for creating outstanding black and white images.

Topics include:
Why you should shoot in RAW mode
Overcoming clichéd photos
Why moods are so important
What is pictorial composition
Balance in a photo
Unusual perspectives
Pictorial tension between elements
The play of forms
Conversion to black and white from color
New features of Photoshop CS3

Torsten Andreas Hoffmann is mostly known as the photographer and author of illustrated books on New York, Paris, Rome, and the Himalayas. He regularly teaches workshops on photography with an emphasis on composition and black and white photography. Hoffmann is a regular contributor to LFI, the highly acclaimed international journal published by Leica.

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For more information about the book, see: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781933952277

The Art of Black and White Photography
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Torsten Andreas Hoffmann
ISBN: 9781933952277, 272 pages, $44.95 USD, £27.99 GBP
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