Publisher Description

This book is a mission brief, a portfolio of photographic workshops, a personalised journal and an inspirational guide to putting the creativity back into your craft. It is filled with a year's worth of weekly commissions and concepts for conceiving and composing powerful black and white images. From capturing clouds, reflections and water to shooting cityscapes, architecture and vehicles, all the assignments in this book have been written to inspire you to embrace this timeless art and convey the essence of your subject through shades of light and dark alone. Whether you're photographing natural elements or manmade landscapes, each assignment encourages you to look at the world in a new way, relying on shape, texture, and the source, direction and intensity of light, rather than colour, to create eye-catching images. Full of technical advice and professional tips, the book includes journal space for you to add your own notes, lists and tech specs, creating a unique journal in which you can record the journey you have made with your imagery. Complete the assignments weekend by weekend over the course of a year, or dip in every time you need to bring a new concept or creative approach to your monochromatic photography. AUTHOR: Chris Gatcum, who is based in south-east England, is an award-winning photographer and a highly experienced writer and editor of technical and technique-based photography books. He is a regular contributor to Outdoor Photography magazine, and his published books include Mastering Film Photography and 52 Assigments: Experimental Photography. 80 photographs, 10 illustrations

Author Biography

Brian Lloyd-Duckett is the Principal and Course Tutor at Streetsnappers, a specialist in street photography workshops and tutorials in London and cities across Europe. A highly successful commercial and editorial photographer, he teaches as a Visiting Lecturer on photography degree courses. He has worked for many leading newspapers and commercial organizations, but his hobby and passion is street photography. He is the author of Mastering Street Photography (Ammonite Press).

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: 1. Still life 2. The one roll challenge - 36 shots in 7 days 3. Portrait on a shoestring 4. Reflections 5. Petrol head - stylish automotive photography 6. Embrace your 50 - use the nifty fifty, the 'forgotten' standard lens 7. Feel the tension - dynamic tension 8. Tree of life - use a solitary tree to capture a bleak landscape 9. Capture a decisive moment 10. A sense of place 11. Less is more 12. Zoned-in - Ansel Adams' zone system 13. Black is black 14. A creative selfie 15. Street portrait 16. Clouds 17. Cityscape 18. Abstract 19. Negative space 20. Slow photography 21. Shoot through a layer 22. Down the market 23. Tall buildings 24. Shoot an essay 25. Silhouette 26. A timeless look in a contemporary setting 27. Fun with words 28. Water 29. Zine - shoot, design and produce your first zine 30. Dodging and burning 31. Texture 32. Long exposures 33. Recreate the look of an old Rolleiflex image 34. High key 35. Patterns 36. Motion blur 37. Grain 38. Streets at night 39. All in good cause 40. Neighbourhood 41. Two shades only 42. Shoot a protest 43. Big bokeh 44. Architectural detail 45. Contre-jour 46. Perfectly imperfect 47. Strong shapes 48. Experiment with the colour channels 49. High viewpoints 50. Decay 51. Metal 52. Found objects

Review

"If you want to fill 2022 with creative monochrome projects, Brian Lloyd Duckett's 52 Assignments: Black & White Photography is a great inspiration."---Black+White Photography
"Give your street photography structure with this fantastic guide... a great way to get inspiration and there are visual ideas and techniques aplenty to get you thinking." ---Photography News on 52 Assignments: Street Photography
"Lloyd Duckett's years of experience and own strong style make this the perfect hybrid of "how-to" and inspiring visual feast. . . . Lloyd-Duckett's years teaching workshops shine through, as he seems to know the answer to every possible question" --Digital Camera World on Mastering Street Photography

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"Lloyd Duckett's years of experience and own strong style make this the perfect hybrid of "how-to" and inspiring visual feast. . . . Lloyd-Duckett's years teaching workshops shine through, as he seems to know the answer to every possible question" -- Digital Camera World on Mastering Street Photography

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