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The Power of Black and White in Nature and Landscape Photography
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The Power of Black and White in Nature and Landscape Photography

by Rob Sheppard
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced
65 pages
1h 30m
English
Peachpit Press
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What is Good Black-and-White Photography?

First, some things good black-and-white photography is not about:

• Removing color from a color photo

• Special effects from software (such as sepia toning, dramatic contrasts, and so forth)

• Images that are ill-defined for the viewer

Remember that most viewers of your photos really don’t care if an image is in black and white if they cannot see the subject or understand the scene in that photo.

Good photography is about connecting with a viewer, about sharing your vision of the world in such a way that the viewer actually understands and appreciates that vision. Effective black-and-white photos make a viewer think about what is happening in the photo and how elegant the black-and-white approach really ...

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