Digital BW, The Print

Yep, it is actually _very_ easy to make adjustments to create BW in Lightroom.   Unfortunately like Ive been aware of ever since the 30's many just do not read manuals for cameras or since the 70's, they do not read documentation enough to really learn how to get the best out of computer equipment and that can change.

Fortunately for me, my grandfather taught me to read.  He gave me a book, put a bunch of drops of honey on the cover.  Told me to lick it off, as I did he said, "what you read will be sweeter than honey."   Became an obsessive reader, reading two to four books every week of my life.  By the time I was in the 9th grade when tested had the education equal to a 2nd year college student.

We can read ONE book, and learn what too the author 10 years to a lifetime to learn.  The more books we read, the more it reinforces that learning, even if we only learn 2-10 new things from a new book.

When I read a manual, I first read all Chapter headings, and subheadings.  While your eyes see them the brain also records much of the Chapter.  Then all bold face type.  Then I read it fast, picking out the paragraphs I feel are most important. Then read the parts more slowly which are most important to me.

Highlighting the first sentence with a marker, when important. 

Then, when I need to refresh memory I go back and read only the first line of those paragraphs. In a well written book the first sentence should contain all that is important in the paragraph. This makes it easy to go back and review important things when I need them.  When going to school, Id just review the sentences that Id marked before a test.  By doing this it made it really easy to review quickly and get good grade.  Have met many who have never been taught to do this.   When you do it, many times you know more about using programs like Lightroom than those using it for months or years.

Today, when we study things WE are really interested in learning, it is even more important to review or learn materiel.  And to get rid of feelings of resentment about being forced to study things we were not interested in learning.

Photography is really easy to learn, when we allow ourselves the proper amount of time to learn.  We learned to walk one step at a time, we can learn anything easy, one step at a time.
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Believe it or not, exposure skills 
DO NOT COMEwith it!

When you buy an expensive GUITAR, you KNOW that playing skills 
DO NOT COMEwith it!
When you buy an expensiveCAR, you KNOW that driving skills 
DO NOT COME with it!
When you buy an expensiveCAMERA, why, then, 
do youNOT KNOW that exposure skills 
DO NOT COME  with it?
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We have available the entire Internet where a search will turn up valuable information we need.  Yet people keep asking the same questions in forums, instead of taking three minutes to search.  Then, like some here who provide answers, _you_ can prove things you find.  If only a dozen readers did this, this forum could be a lot more valuable to every one....  Even at 80 years, Ive learned new things here, and all over the Internet, we can all contribute or "pay it forward" or find things we know will help.  


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Ye Ol' Codger    Bob, & Nadine

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