Mini-Workshop
Techniques to Process Your RAW Photos to Black and White
In this mini-workshop you will learn effective techniques to address the many challenges when processing your RAW captures to black and white. To achieve the right balance of contrast, texture, and detail without the color information to differentiate the elements in the scene, careful adjustments are needed to create a beautiful image that does not appear too flat or too harsh. Black and white enthusiast Kai McBride will process several photographs during the workshop using Adobe Lightroom Classic and show how to take advantage of the software tools and how to develop a consistent workflow to give the best results.
Kai McBride is a photographer, musician, teacher, and avid cyclist who recently uprooted from Brooklyn to sunny Santa Fe, New Mexico. He spent the last ten years teaching photography and managing the photo facilities at Columbia University, his alma mater, where he received an MFA in 2008.
Born on the island of Kauai in 1972, by his 18th birthday Kai had lived in California, Oregon, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Texas, Oahu, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. He sharpened his powers of observation while adjusting to life between suburban ranch-style homes, cabins with no running water, and a 20-foot teepee in the field of a commune.
His photographs have been exhibited in museum and gallery exhibitions, and are held in public and private collections. His first monograph, About Face: Picturing Tampa, was published by SPQR Editions in Fall 2016.
Kai teaches black and white photography, photobooks, and more for StrudelmediaLive.
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