| These black and white photography tips will help you | | | | artful form of photography! |
| to recognize good black and white (b&w) photo | | | | Create Black & White Photography with a Photo |
| subjects and to be able to photograph and edit | | | | Editor |
| these for the best effects. | | | | If upon seeing a subject, you know it's got to be a |
| The reason so many photography courses and | | | | black and white photo, then you could set your |
| schools teach b&w photography early on is that it is | | | | camera to B &W and take the picture. But once you |
| an excellent way to train the eye to recognize what | | | | get experience with using your photo editing |
| makes a striking composition. | | | | software, you'll find that you can create even better |
| As amazingly beautiful as a colorful sky may be, it is | | | | images by shooting in color first and then |
| the lines, shapes and curves that move the eye | | | | desaturating it in the editor. Another added benefit to |
| through the photo. So while the colors can be quite | | | | this method is that you'll never accidentally take a |
| beautiful, black and white makes the photo more | | | | day's worth of pictures in black and white because |
| dynamic. | | | | you forgot to reset the camera! |
| In spite of its attributes, after the media went full | | | | Check Your Camera's White Balance |
| color in the 70's and 80's b&w photography faded. It | | | | While the easiest and simplest way to use your |
| soon became increasingly more challenging to find | | | | photo editor to change a color image to black and |
| places that sold and processed black and white film. | | | | white is to desaturate the colors, this method doesn't |
| Now thanks to digital cameras and photo editing | | | | allow you to control how the primary colors work |
| software, black and white photography is back! | | | | together to produce a grayscale brightness. If you |
| How to Recognize Great Black and White Pictures | | | | have good white balance in your picture, then simple |
| Although choosing the best subjects is very | | | | desaturation may be all you need to do in the |
| subjective, many professional photographers will | | | | software editor. |
| agree that the following types of compositions beg | | | | Make Use of Your Photo Editor's Color Swatches |
| for black and white: | | | | By using a photo editor, you can also apply color |
| - Photos that convey strong emotion. Color can be a | | | | swatches. Even though there are no colorful tones in |
| distraction, while black & white lends power to the | | | | black and whites, there are still tones created by |
| feeling expressed. | | | | colors. Color swatches work much the same way as |
| - Images lacking a full spectrum of colors; for | | | | color lenses do on an SLR camera. For instance, |
| example, a city scape or Ansel Adam's Yosemite | | | | camera filters in the yellow to orange range look |
| "Moon and Half Dome." | | | | great with skin tones while green adds wonderful |
| - Low contrast images such as photographs shot on | | | | natural tones to outdoors pictures. |
| dark overcast days. | | | | And last but not least, don't forget to share your |
| - Any subject with the lines, contours, shadows and | | | | favorite b&w photographs. Beautiful black and white |
| curves that you just know will look great in black and | | | | photos deserve to be framed for all to see. Choose |
| white. How can you tell? By getting familiar with a | | | | frames that showcase rather than distract from your |
| variety of images! Just look online for "Ansel Adams." | | | | black and whites with simple clean lines. Hopefully, this |
| Or search for "famous black and photos." | | | | article has inspired you to take more black and white |
| - Look at B&W photography books at the library. | | | | photographs! |
| There are many places to appreciate and learn this | | | | |