Creative Black & White Processing
in Adobe Lightroom: 3 hours 45 minutes
In this video course Alister Benn shows you how to process black and white landscape photographs in Adobe Lightroom, without presets or external plugins. The advantage of this, is we are in the RAW environment all the time, able to make incredible adjustments to both luminosity and contrast. Fully worked examples from start to finish, plus individual videos on all the tools, plus the WHY of it all.
THE VIDEOS WERE RECORDED IN 2020 AND THE VERSIONS OF LIGHTROOM IS NOW DIFFERENT. THE CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES ARE STILL VALID, BUT THE INTERFACE HAS CHANGED SINCE THE TIME OF RECORDING.
This video course is for you if…
You want to understand every tool
in Adobe Lightroom.
You want to process you images with
emotions and intention in mind.
You want to move into the realm
of your unique voice.
What You’ll Learn
Format: MP4, 1920×1080, AAC, H.264
5.4Gb Digital Download
Beginner
What's in it for you?The Perfect Foundation
Understand every tool in Adobe Lightroom and the concept of processing images with emotions and intention in mind.
Intermediate
What's in it for you?A Paradigm Shift
Move into the realm of your unique voice by exploring the why or reality versus the expression of creativity.
Advanced
What's in it for you?Shake it up
It’s all too easy to get stuck in our ways, this course will ask questions you need to answer!
“In the contemporary landscape photography scene where over saturation and composites are used to demand attention, my aim is to bring back the strength of self-actualization to our work, connecting with the landscape in a meaningful way, allowing the stresses of day to day life to release and to create a more caring and nurturing society.”
Alister Benn
About the author: Alister Benn is a full-time professional landscape photographer, educator and musician. He has been teaching expressive landscape photography for over a decade and believes that expression and creativity are intuitive in all of us. Rigid, rule-based education actually creates barriers and walls between us and our unique voice. Alister is the author of numerous eBooks covering all aspects of the creative and expressive process. He is co-founder of Expressive Photography Ltd with his wife, Ann Kristin Lindaas. They live together in a very small village on the west coast of Scotland.
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION: About the Course – 7:36
PART ONE: Light, Luminosity & Contrast:
1. Introducing Luminosity & Contrast – 05:21
2. The Basic Sliders – 07:01
3. The Zone System – 07:56
4. Understanding Luminosity – 07:23
5. Understanding Contrast – 05:44
6. The Quality of Light – 10:21
PART TWO: Black & White Conversions:
7. Why We Process Images – 09:53
8. B&W Presets – 02:59
9. Color Filters – 05:44
10. BW Mix – 04:25
11. Camera Calibration – 04:45
PART THREE: Local Adjustments in Lightroom
12. Global vs Local Adjustments – 07:14
13. The Gradient Filter – 11:57
14. The Adjustment Brush – Part 1 – 06:38
15. The Adjustment Brush – Part 2 – 04:24
16. The Radial Filter – 07:46
17. The Range Mask – 04:32
18. Working with Local Adjustments – 09:42
PART FOUR: Fully Worked Examples
19. Case Study 1 – Complete Workflow – 17:40
20. Case Study 2 – Feeling the Landscape – 10:53
21. Case Study 3 – Creative Freedom – 08:26
22. Case Study 4 – Atmospheric Transitions – 08:34
23. BONUS CASE STUDY – 25:56
SUMMARY – Closing Thoughts – 09:26
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