Black & White Artistry: The Creative Photographer's Guide to Interpreting Places and Spaces

His style is described formalistic, balanced, and reticent and he favors shooting in quiet, empty spaces between hustle-and-bustle locations. Chuck Kimmerle spent the first twenty-five years in photography as a staff photographer—first, as a newspaper photojournalist, and later as university photographer. He lives in Casper, WY.. In 2010, h

Throughout that time, he always enjoyed photographing landscapes. He considered it a way to escape the confines and schedules of work assignments and saw it as a way to keep photography fun. His style is described formalistic, balanced, and reticent and he favors shooting in quiet, empty spaces between hustle-and-bustle locations. In 2010, he transitioned to shooting landscapes full time. About the AuthorChuck Kimmerle spent the first twenty-five years in photography as a staff photographer—first, as a newspaper photojournalist, and later as university photographer. He lives in Casper, WY.

You’ll learn how to identify a scene that lends itself to black & white (and determine which scenes just don’t work), you’ll explore high- and low-key presentations, the effects of various lenses, and how and when to produce straight, graphic, or interpretive presentations of your scene.You’ll also learn how to create score-and-performance” RAW image and postproduction pairings that lead to pure mastery in every finished photograph. Others expound tips and tricks you can use to enhance the artistry of those images. Author Chuck Kimmerle teaches photographers who’ve mastered their camera controls to see the possibilities in every landscape. Armed with the insights in this book, readers will learn to see, conceptualize, and create the black & white landscape images that always seemed out of reach.. This book takes a less-

Black & White Artistry: The Creative Photographer's Guide to Interpreting Places and Spaces carla Chuck Kimmerle has his own unique style, a true black and white artist. The book is rich with insight and creativity in recognizing and shooting images that are unique, which in my humble opinion is what sets photographers apart from those who shoot the same images everyone else does; working with "bad" light (there is no bad light!), post-processing black and white more effectively, plus much more.If you like Chuck's work, I. A wonderful book I can honestly give this book very high marks. Chuck Kimmerle is an accomplished photographer that really cares about teaching his craft to others. I have had the privilege of taking a class from Chuck. He is a dedicated teacher that gives 110% effort in all that he does. This book is a lot like taking a class from him. It is honest, straightforward and thought provoking. He wants your photography to be your vision, not anyon. with useful examples, great insight and good humor Don't be deceived by the compactness of this book, it accomplishes something that very few other books do: it articulates and illustrates a way of thinking about B&W photography. There's no shortage of how-to tutorials out there that cover capture and processing techniques ad nauseam, but very few that cover the far more important skill of relating to the world visually, and expressing one's relationship visually. Chuck is no