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Monochromatic HDR Photography: Shooting and Processing Black & White High Dynamic Range Photos
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Monochromatic HDR Photography: Shooting and Processing Black & White High Dynamic Range Photos

by Harold Davis
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
208 pages
5h 10m
English
Routledge
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Digital Black and White Photography

The Appeal of Black and White

Before the widespread adoption of color photography in the 1950s, there was of course no question about why photographers worked in black and white—for most folks there was no other option. As time and technology progressed, in the second half of the twentieth century, when color photography predominated, black and white became a more specialized medium. Creating a monochromatic image was a statement that the image was special, and perhaps should be perceived as “art.” Practitioners of black and white film photography were often able crafts people, who could develop and print their ...

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ISBN: 9780415831451