Advanced Digital Black & White Photography by John Beardsworth
(2007, Ilex Press Ltd)
I purchased this book 4 years ago when I started an image manipulation course at the local college. By section 3 of the first chapter I was completely out of my depth. So I put it on the shelf in the vain hope that one day I might pick it up and understand it. Two weekends ago I dug it out and read it - its actually a very good book.
The book has a natural flow and this makes it very easy to read - it starts with destructive conversion techniques, rapidly moves onto non-destructive techniques, and includes numerous creative effects. The images used are varied so you get a good feel for how b&w works, plus they're a good size so you can actually see what happening. Page layout is intuitive: screenshot > instruction > image with caption > screenshot > updated image with caption > etc, etc. Normally a couple of methods are documented for each process, plus the individual instructions are given in long hand and as short cuts. On top of this, the book also has loads of "a good little trick is to...".
For £19.99 it is superb value for money.
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