
The Power of Black & White In Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A MASTER CLASS)
The Power of Black & White In Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A MASTER CLASS) by Piet Van den Eynde – E-book Review
For a number of years black and white photography seemed to slip away a little as the transformation from film to digital was taking place. While this certainly wasn’t the first time black and white was set aside in some ways it was the most damaging and frustrating with many photographers that were doing black and white work left in a void without a traditional darkroom or the printers and software to produce excellent work with digital. I was included in this bunch. Fortunately this has now changed.
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The Power of Black & White in Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A Masterclass) by Piet Van den Eynde is an exceptional course on creating black and white photographs in Adobe Lightroom. For the emerging photographer, digital black and white seems like it’s simply a mouse-click away but the process to create exceptional monochrome images requires a systematic and knowledgeable approach to colour conversion and post-production editing. Piet Van den Eynde does a great job taking us through his approach with case studies and his associated beautiful travel photography.
- Chapter 1 – Digital Black & White Dos and Don’ts
- Chapter 2 – The Basics of Black & White Conversion
- Chapter 3 – Introducing Lightroom’s Black & White Conversion Tools
- Chapter 4 – Lightroom Black & White Workflow
- Chapter 5 – Pros and Cons of Using Presets
- Chapter 6 – Dodging and Burning with Graduated Filters and the Adjustment Brush
- Chapter 7 – Lightroom Plugins For Black & White Conversion
- Chapter 8 – HDR and Black & White
- Chapter 9 – The Finishing Touches
- Chapter 10 – The Print
Taught by a talented educator, its’ all here: the detailed explanations, step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and case studies in this groundbreaking ebook unpack the workflow needed to make beautiful black and white photographs. Thorough notes on the tools, plug-ins, brushes, and even HDR techniques provide the resources you need to produce powerful and captivating images. Piet Van den Eynde pulls out all the stops, bringing to Craft&Vision its largest-ever ebook and first Masterclass publication.

Exceptional black and white travel photography by Piet Van den Eynde
While Piet uses Adobe Lightroom in his approach the process using Adobe Photoshop or many other photo editors will be similar. For me much of how he works is more of a thought and visualization process.
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The Power of Black & White In Adobe Lightroom & Beyond