eBook: Creative Black & White

Creative Black & White

Harold Davis

(Wiley)

In the digital age, presenting a photo in black and white is an intentional aesthetic and creative choice. In this visual guide, renowned photographer Harold Davis introduces you to the fascinating world of black and white photography.

When creating a monochromatic image, a photographer needs to pre-visualize the image in black and white — which can be a daunting task in our vibrantly colored world. How can you recognize an opportunity for a stunning black and white image? And how does taking a monochromatic image differ from capturing a full-color image? This book will teach you.

Using many of his own stunning monochromatic images to illustrate, Davis walks you through the visual ideas that work well with black and white. He shares the technical approaches that you can use to create high quality monochromatic photos.

As you browse through the pages, you'll gain a deeper appreciation for what you can accomplish when taking portraits, landscapes, close-ups, and more. This book provides both inspiration and technical instruction. You may never photograph the world in quite the same way again!

• Learn to see and think in black and white
• Convert RAW files to black and white
• Use full color information to create black and white photos in Lightroom and Photoshop
• Create monochromatic images using multi-RAW processing and HDR
• Learn how to apply tinting, toning, and other special effects

Sascha Huettenhain

Artistic nudes by Sascha Huettenhain (Germany)

Symmetries / Nudes, by Daryl Spencer

The TreeSpirit Project

TreeSpirit is a project of the photographer Jack Gescheidt.

TreeSpirit has taken on a life of its own since that photograph, attracting hundred of participants and, thanks to media attention and the internet, tens of thousands of admirers around the world. Making this photographs, I am thrilled to learn fisthand there so many people alive today who understand the importance of trees - and who just plain love them.

All the people in the photographs are volunteers.

It is the mission of The TreeSpirit Project:

To share my love of trees and nature in community gatherings to create TreeSpirit photographs, intending for both the experiences and the photographs to encourage and inspire others to feel and express their own unique connection to nature.

To raise money for existing nonprofit environmental organizations that value and promote tree planting and protect green space within and outside our cities.

Never doubt that a small, committed group of citizens can change the world - or save a region’s forest. Naked, vulnerable, proud and peaceful, dozens of forest and nature lovers hiked to the top of
Strawberry Rock in Trinidad Forest in Trinidad, CA, on April 27, 2013. They created dramatic artworks with environmental artist Jack Gescheidt of The TreeSpirit Project to draw attention to the
vital role this threatened forest plays in their lives. Our nation’s environemental and spiritual health depend on healthy forests, land, and waterways. We’re all interconnected. You can help preserve
this forest for future generations to enjoy.

treespiritproject.org

“In The Land of The Ancients” photographs © 2013 Jack Gescheidt, TreeSpiritProject.com