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We would wish you luck but we’re sure with our support you won't need it. 4 www.bdmpublications.com WELCOME “We hope you will discover a passion that takes your current photographic skills and adds anew level of artistic scope...” www.bdmpublications.com 5 q E Ntkon 3 6 — AF-S NIKKOR 85mm CONTENTS Conte BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY 10 Theorigins of photography 12 Thedevelopment of photography 14 Introduction to black and and modifiers white photography 60 Types of light modifiers 16 Black and white core concepts 64 Lighting techniques and diagrams YOUR ESSENTIAL GEAR GUIDE 70 High-key portraiture 22 Cameras and lenses 76 Low-key portraiture for landscapes 24 Cameras and lenses for portraits MONO LANDSCAPE 26 Keeping stable with a good tripod PHOTOGRAPHY 28 ~-Filter types and systems 88 Landscape photography tips 30 The Cokin creative filter system 32 Using filters for black and white ABSTRACT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY GETTING STARTED IN 102 Introduction to BLACK AND WHITE abstract photography 36 Understanding black and 104 Abstract photography white photography 38 Seeing in black and white 40 Top black and white 110 Glossary photography tips Visit us at: www.bdmpublications.com f Follow us on Facebook: BDM Publications 4] Followus on Twitter: @BDMpubs www.bdmpublications.com 7 cate 250 OFT a a tac ea hacen aa ns Senet, neat Re “ OTs chante lg, abate ee BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY View from the windowat Le Gras - believed to be the oldest surviving camera photograph, taken around 1826-1827. www.bdmpublications.com 9 The origins of photography ASMALL HISTORY LESSON ABOUT HOW THE BLACK AND WHITE MEDIUM WAS CONCEIVED ou cannot talk about black and Yves photography without talking a little about the history of photography itself. The two are inextricably linked because all we had to begin with, at the dawn of the medium, was black and white. It goes without saying that the equipment and techniques we have today are a far cry from those early days when the pioneers of photography were experimenting with how to collect light, light-sensitive materials and equipment to capture and focus the image. The story of black and white photography, although cited as beginning sometime inthe 1800s, actually goes back much further in history to the days of Aristotle around 384-322 BC. Aristotle understood the principle of the camera obscura (dark chamber), although at the time there was no known method to ‘fix’ an image cast by the camera, and so create a permanent record. From the earliest principles that brought the world the camera obscura, and the observable phenomena that certain substances were visibly altered by exposure to light, the course of photographic endeavour has been well documented and we owe those early pioneers a debt of thanks for bringing us our beloved world of photography. The first recorded attempt to unite light captured on light-sensitive material is Thomas Wedgwood circa 1800. Although it appears the attempt to capture light viaacamera obscura ontreated white leather or paper was unsuccessful, it paved the way for Nicéphore Niépce in the mid 1820s. His attempt was very crude and the exposure took several days. His associate at the time was one Louis Daguerre, who went onto create what is generally held to be the first publicly announced system, the daguerreotype. Unlike the many days required by Niépce's process, a daguerreotype could be exposed in minutes, with much greater clarity inthe final image on metal-based materials. Henry Fox Talbot was soon to compete with Daguerre’s system through his own paper-based calotype negative and salt print process. As the development of the processes continued and further innovations were made, camera exposures were reduced from days to hours, then to minutes, seconds, and eventually fractions of seconds. Black and white media became more and more accessible to the public, andthe restis history. m AFrenchmanufactured Susse Fréres Daguerreotype camera, circa 1839.