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New Ebook + Video Course: Black & White Nature Photography

March 23, 2017 Sarah Marino
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I hope you have enjoyed all of my recent posts about black and white photography. These posts have been the ramp-up to launching our newest educational product for nature and landscape photographers. Thus, we are excited to announce our new ebook + video course, Black & White Photography: A Complete Guide for Nature Photographers.

This course is designed to help you create compelling, personally expressive black and white photographs. It is highly practical, teaching you tools that can be immediately integrated into your field practices and processing workflow. The course includes the following modules: 

  • 183-page PDF ebook - $15.95. Topics include creativity, field practices, and the digital darkroom. Includes more than 80 photos and many more illustrations. Two practice files are included.

  • Adobe Lightroom video course - $39.95, which includes 5 videos (2 hours) on how to use Lightroom to process black and white photos, including essential concepts, workflow recommendations, an overview of Lightroom's key tools, and a full start-to-finish example. Two practice files are included. 

  • Adobe Photoshop video course - $39.95, which includes 5 videos (2.5 hours) on how to use Photoshop to process black and white photos, including essential concepts, workflow recommendations, an overview of Photoshop's key tools, and a full start-to-finish example. Five practice files are included. 

  • Silver Efex Pro mini-course - $7.95, which includes one video (36 minutes) on how to use this software to process black and white photos, including a review of the presets panel, an overview of key tools, and a full start-to-finish example.

With the coupon code BW20, you can purchase the full course for $79 (almost 40% off the full price) or the individual modules at a 20% discount (prices above include the discount). This introductory pricing ends on March 31, so don't wait to make your purchase.

Learn More or Buy The Course Now

Customer Feedback for Black & White Photography: A Complete Guide for Nature Photographers

“I have to say I’m incredibly pleased with the quality of this series. Most tutorials don’t lay the ground work for the full walk-through edit. Your [tutorials are] laid out so precisely and are so well thought out and organized. Things like a PDF with time stamps that relate to the video are INCREDIBLY helpful when I’m trying to look back at how something was done. The price point for the quality is one of the best on the tutorial market (I own at least 10 landscape tutorials). I can’t wait to up my B&W game!!! Thank you Sarah, truly impressive video series.”
— Jesse
“This is an excellent course with many concepts and examples well organized and presented for others to learn the making of compelling black and white images and improve their own photography. I’ve already picked up a number of ideas from what I’ve gone through so far that will help me enhance my photographs beyond what I am doing now and know there will be much more as I continue to work through the course. Thank you!”
— Martin
“I just bought the ebook and it is terrific - clear instructions, thorough subject coverage, and filled with gorgeous, inspiring images. Really tremendous work!”
— Charles

Note: You must enter the coupon code BW20 to get the savings reflected in the prices above! 

Thank you for your continued support of our photography. We are very grateful for all of our readers and customers. :)

In Black & White Photography, E-Books, Video Course Tags Photo Processing, Nature Photography, Landscape Photography, Photography Education
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Field to Finished: Free Video Tutorial on Creating a Black & White Photograph

March 22, 2017 Sarah Marino

In sharing my recent black and white photos, I have received a lot of questions about my approach to photo processing. I typically start in Lightroom and finish in Photoshop, using tools like levels, curves, and luminosity masks (a workflow I discuss in detail in my ebook + video course, Black  & White Photography: A Complete Guide for Nature Photographers).

Even though I prefer to use Photoshop, it isn't necessary to get good results for less complex photos like this one. I just posted this 32-minute video tutorial on YouTube about taking and processing this photo from Medicine Lake in Jasper National Park. The video includes these topics: field techniques, composition, camera settings, and an overview of the processing steps I took to finish the photo, primarily using Adobe Lightroom. 

If you have any questions about the content of the video, please let me know!

In Video Course Tags Nature Photography, Landscape Photography, Photo Processing, Black and White Photography
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