Software/Tutorials

Author and photographer Piet Van den Eynde has written a Dutch photography book on off-camera flash and in-depth flash techniques. For some of you his name probably does ring a bell. This printed book is a Dutch translation of both Piet’s successful Craft & Vision eBooks which were released last year: Making Light 1. An Introduction to Off-Camera Flash and Making Light 2. Advanced Use of Off-Camera Flash.

These eBooks cover a profound introduction to off-camera flash as well as more advanced techniques to boost your images to a higher level. Besides the extensive and easy to understand theoretical section, Piet also discusses lighting gear, accessories and lots of practical case studies. Both eBooks and the printed book are well written with plenty of illustrations.

If you purchase the book you can download a free bonus chapter which includes interviews with four Belgian photographers using off-camera flash. These interviews are very insightful and offer lots of useful information regarding technique and creativity.

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Craft&Vision eBook: Making Light 2. Advanced use of off-camera flash.Craft & Vision has just released a new eBook: Making Light 2. Advanced Use of Off-Camera Flash written by photographer and author Piet Van den Eynde. The eBook contains 77 pages and not only covers advanced off-camera flash (Strobist) techniques, but also lighting gear and accessories. This new release is the successor to his previous title Making Light. An Introduction to Off-Camera Flash which was released two months ago.

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During my years at the Academy I spent a lot of time printing black and white images in the darkroom. During that period, my work consisted mainly of black and white. Simulating a black and white look and feel for a digital color image used to be a lot more difficult because of limitations in the software. You could and still can apply the usual techniques in Photoshop of course, such as Hue/Saturation, Black & White, Channel Mixer, and disabling the a and b channel when your image is converted to Lab Color. If you work exclusively in Lightroom you can definitely use the sliders in the Black & White Mix Panel which can be found in the Develop Module.

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