Contents

Foreword

Preface

First Words

Chapter 1: The Black and White on All of the Gray Areas of Black and White

Coming to Terms

Desaturation: Why You Should Not

Desaturation: When You Should

Believing Is Seeing: The Way the Eye “Sees” What it Saw

Chapter 2: Variations on a Theme

Film and Filter: Three Approaches

Approach One: The Classic Film and Filter

Approach Two: Neo-Classic Film and Filter

Approach Three: Neo-Neo-Classic Film and Filter

Why Knowing This Matters

Chapter 3: Defying Logic

The Camera & the RAW File

In Camera Conversion

In RAW Processor Conversions

To Begin the Beguine

Conclusion

Chapter 4: Defying Reason

The Black and White on Convert to Grayscale

The Black and White on Split Channel Conversions

The Black and White on Lab Color Space Conversions

The Black and White on Equalizing Lab

The Bottom Line

Chapter 5: Somewhere Over the Grayscale

The Black & White Adjustment Layer Basics

The Black and White on Using the Black & White Adjustment for Color

Conclusion

Chapter 6: The Black and White on the Zone System

Zoning in on the Zone System

What You See Is What Will Take You

Chapter 7: The Black and White on the Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer

The Soul of the Art of Black-and-White Photography

How to Dance with Multiple Partners on the Channel Mixer Dance Floor

Image 1: Using a Multiple Channel Mixer Conversion Approach on a Portrait

Image 2: Using a Multiple Channel Mixer Conversion Approach on a Landscape

Conclusion

Chapter 8: The Black and White on Silver Efex Pro 2

The Black and White on the Silver Efex Pro 2 User Interface

Image 1: Using a Single Silver Efex Pro 2 Smart Filter Layer

Image 2: The Harmonics of Chording—The ABCs of Playing the RGBs

Variations on a Theme: When Conversion Techniques Collide

Conclusion

Last Words

Afterword

Index