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Digital Manuals!*  \nAs a token of our thanks foryour support,  bring you this unmissable offer! Not only can you learn new skills and master your tech, but you can now SAVE 50% offallofour coding, photography and consumer tech digital manuals!  \nTo take advantage of this amazing offer visit:  \n[www.pclpublications.com/product-category/digital/](www.pclpublications.com/product-category/digital/)  \nMake your selection(s) and then simply use the following exclusive code at checkout to get your purchase at half price:  \nSAVE50  \n*Please note this exclusive single use per user discount code requires sign up for activation. Discount cannot be applied against discounted items, print titles or used with an additional discount code.  \nBlack and white photography, to many, is the essence of what photography is all about. It is considered traditional, yet has a magic that is hard to deny. Many people who have been avid colour photographers, are pleasantly surprised by how magical monochromatic work can be. It suddenly opens up new avenues of creative endeavour that can become quite captivating.  \nWithin the pages of this series of user manuals, we will cover many aspects of the craft, as well as delving into some of the more technical aspects of post-work, photo editing and conversion techniques. All helping your photography to take a big step forward into new creative areas.  \nMaster your [tech @](tech @ www. pcl publications. com)[ www. pcl publications. com](tech @ www. pcl publications. com)  \n4 Black & White Photography  \nWELCOME  \nBlack & White Photography 5  \n6  \nCONTENTS  \nContents  \nBLACK AND WHITE  \nPHOTOGRAPHY  \n10 The origins of photography  \n12 The development of photography  \n14 Introduction to black and white photography  \n16 Black and white core concepts  \nYOUR ESSENTIAL GEAR GUIDE  \n22 Cameras and lenses for landscapes  \n24 Cameras and lenses for portraits  \n26 Keeping stable with a good tripod  \n28 Filter types and systems  \n30 The Cokin creative 􀀞lter system  \n32 Using 􀀞lters for black and white  \nGETTING STARTED IN BLACK AND WHITE  \n36 Understanding black and white photography  \n38 Seeing in black and white  \n40 Top black and white photography tips  \nPORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY  \n50 Introduction  \n52 Portrait photography tips  \n58 Using 􀀝ash , studio lightsand modi􀀞ers  \n60 Types of light modi􀀞ers  \n64 Lighting techniques and diagrams  \n70 High-key portraiture  \n76 Low-key portraiture  \n7  \nBLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY  \n10 THE ORIGINS OF PHOTOGRAPHY  \n12 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY  \n14 INTRODUCTION TO BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY  \n16 BLACK AND WHITE CORE CONCEPTS  \nView from the window at LeGrasbelieved tobe the oldest surviving camera photograph, taken around 1826-1827.  \n8  \nBLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY  \n9  \nThe origins of photography  \nA SMALL HISTORY LESSON ABOUT HOW THE BLACK AND WHITE MEDIUM WAS CONCEIVED  \nou cannot talk about black and  \nYwhtalitkienpgolittotlgerapaby wut tithouthistory  \nof photography itself. 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