Photography FAQs: Black and White

David Präkel

• Editore: Routledge
• Anno: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781000212921
• Edizione: 1
• Argomento: Arte
• Categoria: Técnicas fotográficas

Photography FAQs: Black and White covers every aspect of black & white photography, from capturing the image to filtration, to developing and printing an image and successful presentation.The title offers detailed responses to the key, reader-defined questions drawn from photographic workshops, consumer press and internet forums, and, as such, is an invaluable and handy reference.The Photography FAQs series is a comprehensive, pocket-size reference for the amateur photographer in the field (or the studio). Each title is formulated as an encyclopaedia of 50 questions and answers covering every aspect of the key photography subjects that come up again and again, including genres such as landscape, portraiture and travel and shooting in monochrome. Each topic is supported by lively, accessible text, inspirational images and clear, easy-to-navigate design that makes this series a quick-and easy reference.

SUBJECT INDEX

abstraction 12, 16, 55

acetate sheets 125

Adams, Ansel 12, 76–7, 121

additive primaries 84

Adobe see Lightroom; Photoshop

aesthetics 128, 130–1

ambient light 50–1

aperture changes 43, 44

archival prints 123, 128–9

see also longevity; permanence

artificial light 48–9

artistic effects 40–7, 70

autofocus cameras 87

backlighting 32–3

beauty see aesthetics

bitmaps 17

black, properties of 78, 84

black and white, definition 17

black-only printing 122, 133

bleaching images 117, 130

block-mounted prints 137

blown-out highlights 35, 47, 101–2

blurring 43, 104–5

‘bottom weighting’ prints 136–7

bracketing 42–3, 87

bright conditions 40

brightness 44, 78–9, 94, 101–2

buffered mount boards 138

‘burning’ 104–5, 115–17

C-Pol (circular polarising) filters 87

Camera Raw 98, 100, 132

cameras 18, 87

see also...