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New eBook – Andrew Gibson’s The Magic of Black & White, Part III
August 19th, 2010
Andrew S. Gibson’s Magic of Black & White series has been one of the most well-received series we’ve produced. Andrew continues his clear teaching about Black & White in the third of the series which we’re launching today. The Magic of Black & White – Part III, Nine Photos, takes us through nine of his gorgeous black & white images with the goal of teaching more advanced techniques to give your images more subtlety and power. Clearly taught in Photoshop, and 5 of the lessons in Photoshop Elements, Andrew takes us through Toning, Split Toning, Exposure Blending, Textures, and the creation of Diptyches and Triptyches, all without losing sight of the idea that our work should be driven by intent with the goal of creating photographs that honour the Artist’s need for expression and the Geek’s need for excellence of craft. And all that without getting mired down – the examples and the illustrations Andrew provides compliment his clear teaching style and make this book a pleasure to read.
We’ve tried really hard to consistently over-deliver on these eBooks – to keep the price to $5 but give you $20 – or more – worth of content, whether that’s inspiring or instructing. Andrew’s given us another book that does all of this really well. If you’ve been looking to take your Black & White photography to new levels and explore new ways of expressing yourself in this elegant medium, this whole series is well worth your attention.
CraftandVision.com is running its usual promotion: use the code WHITE4 when you checkout and get $1 off Andrew’s eBook OR grab five or more eBooks and use the code WHITE20 to get 20% off. These codes expire at 11:59pm PST August 22, 2010.
I’m completely addicted to the Craft & Vision eBooks. And now there’s another one to feed my addiction.
Good stuff.
Only my second e-book. I love these things! Thanks.
David, how useful do you think LR-only users will find this eBook? I’m not familiar with Photoshop at all, so would like to know if Andrew’s techniques would be able to be transferred to LR3. Tks!
I join Sean with the addiction issue. At first I bought two books, but today I decided to buy all of them, and did it. Next couple of weeks will be inspiring
I love your e-books. I have bought every one of them on day of release since “Ten.”
They have all been fabulous. Thank you.
Great, great series of ebooks, love these three wonderful “The Magic of Black and White” books, nice layout, and very clear and well written. Nice price too.
Mike
David -
I want to congratulate you and Andrew on completing his trilogy treatise work in b&w. It has been an eye opener for me and an inspiration to explore this genre to a much greater extent. His work combined with both of your recent releases regarding LR 3 and the African safari make an excellent set of references for anyone interested in digging deep into the subtleties of the b&w world of photography. I would give them all, my highest recommendations.
Hey David-
Do you ever take any un-neccessary risks for a great Photograph? Is it worth it in the long run or is best to play it safe?
I share the second posters concern regarding the application of this ebook toLR3.
Like you David I now do 99% of my post processing in LR. It seems to me one could achieve very similar results using LR and was surprised and somewhat annoyed to find that this ebook was all about using CS4. Mind you I also thought the photos were great.
Another great ebook. Thank you for making them available at such a great price.
PS: I do not use LR like most photographers, so for me this was a great tutorial on achieving different B&W toning without running a action, but doing it ‘hands-on’.
Have purchased all three and “reflections” with IGVP discount. Have yet to receive a working download link.
Have only received a reply to one out of three emails on this………………..
Frustrated.
Clive
I have all three ebooks in the Black & White series and I think they are wonderful. Now I would like to see a Black & White ebook for Lightroom 3 as that’s where I do most of my work. David’s latest “real” book in the Vision & Voice series for Lightroom is a great inspiration for how to go about realizing the potential – and your vision – in your raw images. Thanks