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Alsheimer, Leslie.
Black and white in Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom: a complete integrated workflow solution for creating stunning monochromatic images in Photoshop CS4, Photoshop Lightroom, and beyond.
1. Adobe Photoshop. 2. Adobe Photoshop lightroom. 3. Photography Digital techniques. 4. Black-and-white photography.
I. Title II. Hughes, Bryan O'Neil.
770.2'85536-dc22
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009921364
ISBN: 978-0-240-52159-6
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Acknowledgements
The first honor, tribute and, my humble gratitude must go to the most significant teachers of my life: the many extraordinary people I have met and photographed around the world whose faces adorn the pages of this book, my image collections and beyond. Your gracious gifts in shared life moments, friendship, and profound trust for communicating your stories have touched my heart and soul with the most sacred honor of my life. To the NGOs and grassroots humanitarian projects with whom many of the images in this book were made: Soft Power Health, Dr. Jessie Stone, ReachOut, Connect Africa Foundation, Dr. Lynn S. Auerbach, Kalule Charles, Uganda Youth Development Link, Action for Youth Development, Rotary International of Kampala, and Empowerment International, your profound dedication to making a difference in the world will forever be my greatest inspiration!
To all of our readers and workshop friends, thank you for your continued support. It is your interests and passion as fellow photography aficionados that has made this book what it is today. I am grateful for all I have learned from those that I have been fortunate enough to know. I would also like to thank the special people in my life who gave me the support and encouragement to make this book: the entire Alsheimer family especially my mom, Nancy Alsheimer, Kelly, Colin, Quinn, Connor, Sam and Gracen for being my supermodels, Bryan and Alex Hughes for your initiation efforts, extraordinary expertise and magnanimous dedication, and to Jamie Baldonado who is, and will forever be, my superhero!
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Leslie Alsheimer
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Lastly, in loving memory of my father, Col. Robert Alsheimer, a master translator of anything complex. It is some of your gifted ability to simplify and infinite curiosity that led me to become an author and educator. And to my dog Chucho, who graced my life with 15 years by my side down rivers, through snow, up mountains, and at my feet for almost every page of this book. I will miss and love you both always!
Leslie Alsheimer
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Leslie Alsheimer
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Together, we would both like to thank all of our friends at Focal Press, especially to Lisa Jones, Ben Denne, Valerie Geary, and our copy-editor Emily Crawford without whom this book would not have been possible. Above and beyond the call of duty, you have each been extraordinarily helpful, patient and made the process so much more fun!
Leslie & Bryan
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Bryan O'Neil Hughes
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First and foremost, I'd like to thank my lovely wife Alex, I couldn't do half of what I do without her support and understanding. Again, I'd like to salute everyone found in the credits of the Adobe applications discussed within this text, I'm privileged to work with all of you. On a sad note, I'd like to remember and acknowledge Marcus Riess a friend, colleague, loving father and husband we all miss you. To Leslie, my co-author, thank you for keeping the bar so high and giving this your all you continue to impress me with your unique eye and teaching style. Lastly, to my unborn son, I hope you find this world as full of beauty as I do.
Bryan O'Neil Hughes
Salutations
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Leslie Alsheimer
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While the digital landscape has become less complex with the latest software releases, I also recognize that I am standing on the shoulders of giants. I salute the Photoshop gurus and divas who navigated the complexities of the digital world before me, who were not only willing, but enthusiastic and passionate enough to pass on their wisdom, knowledge and expertise. Because of their perseverance and dedication, the technology is where it is today. Hats off to all those folks for laying the foundation and paving the way for the rest of us!
Special acknowledgement and appreciation must also go out personally to all of my many mentors who challenged my vision and ignited the passion for the digital world that carried me into my career as a professional photographer and educator. To Katrine Eisman, Julieanne Kost, and Maggie Taylor as the pioneering women of the industry, and my high school photography teacher Karen Jenks, each of whom inspired me with great impetus and will forever be my industry heroines and role models!
