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Section 1 Tools and Fundamentals
by Torsten Andreas Hoffmann
The Art of Black and White Photography, 2nd Edition
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Image in the Digital Age
Technical Information in this Book
Emphasize Expression
Section 1 Tools and Fundamentals
1 Choosing a Good Digital Camera
Full Format Sensors
Which Sensor Should You Use?
Advantages and Disadvantages of Compact Cameras
2 An Essential Rule for Digital Black and White Photography: Always Photograph in RAW Mode
3 Drama through the Use of Filters
Examples of Color Filter Effects—The Same Subject Photographed with Different Filters
Filters in Digital Photography
The Polarizing Filter
Creating Digital Drama Using Photoshop
Infrared Simulation in Photoshop
Example One
Example Two: Infrared Adds a Mystical Effect
The Gradient Filter
Section 2 Photographic Genres and Concepts
4 Overcoming Clichéd Photos
Reduction Instead of Postcard Cliché
From Clichéd Photo to Personal Expression
5 Why Are Moods So Important?
Three Photos, One Place
Mood in a Minor Key
Distanced Coolness
6 Street Photography
A Foot before Setting It Down
Jumping Child
The People in Front of the Government Building
Mysterious Couple
Calvin Klein
Hitchcock Atmosphere
7 What Does Landscape Photography Mean in the 21st Century?
Unspoiled Landscape with Tuareg
Persons and Landscape on Lanzarote
Abstractions in the Sahara
Creating a Mystical Impression
Death of Nature
8 Architectural Photography
Photographing Architecture Digitally
Man and Modern Architecture
Concentrated Effect with Telephoto Lenses
Modern Glass Architecture
Using a Model to Strengthen the Composition
9 The Graphic Element in Black and White Photography
Light and Shadow as Basis of Compositional Design
Reduction to Verticals and Horizontals
The Lively Finishing Touch
Lounge Chair on the Crosswalk
Iron Footbridge
10 The Poetry of Melancholy Moods
Italian Rain
The Moment as Metaphor
Youth by the Fence
Madonna in the Parking Lot
Fog in Turkey
Rainy Beach
11 Abstracts
Traces of Time
Light and Shadow
Formalism with and without Content
Structures as Fantasy Stimulators
12 Surreal Photography
Yoga
Cemetery Tombs with Volcano
Gate to Another World
Train Station Without Tracks
Absurd Concrete Surface
View in the Distance
New Towers of Babel
13 Portraits
Indian Tribesman
The Other Side of the Coin
The Beauty of Old Age
Finding the Essential in the Fleeting
Woman’s Fate in India
It’s Easier with People You Know
14 Man and Surroundings
In the Shadow of the Bronx
Nun in Times Square
Man and Real Estate
Indian Yogi
Two Smoking Breaks
15 Mystical Photography
Sign
Angel as Symbolic Figure
Transience
Stony Spiral in the Sea
Enigmatic Relic
Cross in the Sky
Section 3 Rules of Composition
16 What Is Pictorial Composition?
Condensing an Event to a Composition
Landscape Is More Patient
Getting to the Heart of an Image
17 The Golden Ratio and Elementary Construction
New York Water Tank
Wave Entering the Window
The Axial Symmetry of Modern Architecture
New York Street Scene
18 Triangular Composition
Dynamic Triangle
Interlocking Triangles
Central Triangle
Onion in Stone
19 Rhythm—Recurring Elements
Arches, Lines, and Rhombi
Rhythm of Window Lines
Minimalist Structure
The Place of the Conference—Japanese Style
20 Less Is More—Reduction and Emphasis
Arch with Sea
Reduced Nude
Digital Control
21 Pictorial Guides
Three Contrast Points
Contrast through Aerial Perspective
Arched Guidance of the Gaze
More Complex Pictorial Scene
22 Balance in a Photo
Formats and Diagonals
23 Unusual Perspectives
Headstand
Person from Below
Indian Village
New York Subway
24 How to Deal with the Center of an Image
Vanishing Perspective in the Tunnel
Child and Buddha
New York Street Scene
Circular Composition
25 Pictorial Tension between Two Elements
Airplane on the Line
Dunes in the Sahara
A Glance out of the Picture
Spotlight
26 The Image within an Image
Melancholy with Binoculars
Backlight Projection
Ruin in Kurdistan
Square Concrete Blocks in the Landscape
28 The Play of Forms—Conscious Repetition of Pictorial Shapes
View from Schauinsland Mountain
Umbrella and Sky
Reflection in the Sky
Water Lilies without Cliché
29 How to Compose with Blurred Movement
Chapel in a Sea of Grass
Typical Night Photo
Long Exposure with Displacement
Blurred Movement in the Daytime
Playing with Motion Blur
Section 4 The Digital Darkroom
30 Black and White from Color
Conversion from Color to Black and White
Simulating Analog Filter Effects
Adjusting the Effects of Filter Presets
Reflection of Fire Escapes
Brightening Dark Areas while Increasing Midtone Contrast
Adding Grain
Saving Your Images
31 Partial Manipulation with the Lasso Tool
Making Selections Using the Lasso
Partial Manipulation with the Magnetic Lasso
Partial Manipulation of Architectural Lines with the Polygonal Lasso
32 Dodging, Burning, and Retouching
More Precise Dodging and Burning than the Analog Darkroom Ever Allowed
Include Gradient Sky Tones
Retouching
33 Correcting Lens Errors and Distortion in Architectural Images
Shift Lenses Are Almost Superfluous
Subsequent Sharpening: Yes or No?
34 Creating Panoramas Using Photomerge
In Closing
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