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Black and White in Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Lightroom
Leslie Alsheimer, Bryan O'Neal Hughes
Thank you for choosing Black and White in Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Lightroom. From the highest quality capture to practical workflow practices, black and white conversion methodologies, non-destructive digital darkroom image processing, creative adjustments, to the latest printing techniques; this book is a fully integrated color managed workflow designed for the black and white photographer. Utilizing the power of both Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom, we have attempted to make this text both informative and fun by technically filtering the technology as much as possible with the creative user in mind. Software and digital imaging techniques can present a seemingly overwhelming amount of information to take on through text books alone, especially if the subject matter is not our full-time job. Most text books focused on digital photography and Photoshop, have historically taken either an extremely technical or all-encompassing approach to the subject matter.
As creative users ourselves with extensive experience as workshop educators in the field, our approach with this text is to address the material more like a workshop, condensing and directing content specifically toward practical photographic application of the materials for the black and white enthusiast. When teaching many of our workshops, we ask our students two questions: first, how many text books have they purchased on Photoshop? Second, how many of those text books have actually been read? The overwhelming majority own an average of three to four texts, most of which have never been extensively read. For the average user, professional or hobbyist, the interest in digital technology is practical. Most users know photography already and enjoy making images. How to apply this new technology to existing knowledge and skills tend to be the question of the day.
In this text, we go to great lengths to present concepts as simply as possible. We use metaphor extensively and sometimes even a few silly made up terms to describe more complex topics in order to help make the material more accessible and easier to understand. Most importantly, however, we have also weeded through the vast amount of information available in this digital domain, and eliminated a great deal of it in order to assist practitioners in gaining more practical and digestible information specific to black and white processes utilizing Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom. After all, any book that is too complex, too technical or too overwhelming to actually read cannot be very helpful in the learning process.
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