Alan Ross is an internationally respected master photographer and educator who worked side-by-side with Ansel Adams as his photographic assistant. He knows Adams’ approach and technique perhaps better than any other photographer today. As an artist, Alan is best known for his tonally exquisite black-and-white photographs of the American West; his photographs hang in collections and galleries around the world. As a photographic educator, he specializes in helping photographers at any level and using all formats and styles, to realize and express their photographic vision. Alan taught a workshop for us in February 2019 which was well received by the members. You can see his work at alanrossphotography.com
Working in black-and-white can be extremely liberating, both artistically and photographically. By its very nature, black-and-white is an abstraction of reality, giving the photographer an incredibly free hand in interpreting shapes, colors, textures, and relationships in a scene.
This information-packed workshop will help you discover the magic of black-and-white for yourself.
Working in black-and-white can be extremely liberating, both artistically and photographically. By its very nature, black-and-white is an abstraction of reality, giving the photographer an incredibly free hand in interpreting shapes, colors, textures, and relationships in a scene.
This information-packed workshop will help you discover the magic of black-and-white for yourself.
- Learn how to “see” in black-and-white
- Explore the elements of making a successful and compelling black-and-white image
- Discover how you can use the colors in a scene in a variety of ways, allowing you to interpret them to best suit the feeling you want to convey
- See how to work with a range of tones to say something about how you feel about your subject…a liberation from the “reality” in front of your lens
- Understand how to create this magic with film or pixels…using filters for film, and a range of conversion options from digital captures
- Learn why many do-it-for-you black-and-white conversion applications may not be your best option
- Simplify your post-processing approach with some of Alan’s favorite tools and techniques.