Hello Everyone,
This may not be anything new and interesting to those of you who have been around digital photography for a while, but for those of you who are just getting interested in digital black and white, this may be a good place to start.
I originally started making this as a short clip for my blog in response to a question, and then I thought I'd add a little more, then I thought I should add another example, etc... and now it's about ONE HOUR, FORTY MINUTES long.
It covers the basic 9 or 10 methods of black and white conversion with photoshop/ACR , some tonal adjustments, and use of the gradient map for toning.
I thought I might as well share this with someone other than the few people on my blog that it was originally intended for... I hope that some of you find it useful
On Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/channels/lightandmatter
On YouTube:
http://youtu.be/ALcAqaTlYzM?hd=1
As Ever,
Matthew Gore