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Black and white photography may appear to be simplistic but, the art of taking a monochrome image is a bit more complicated. The following clip gives a few pointers on how to create effective, high contrast images. To create that contrast, Morgan calls on his Hensel Porty Pack to power a key light which is used in combination with a softbox. He also hangs a silk to filter the ambient light, thus softening the hard sun. Morgan also prefers to blowout the background, resulting in sharp silhouettes. To light the model’s faces, he brought out a beauty dish and placed a grid on it which allows a controlled light output from the strobes.

Topaz B&W Effects is a new powerful tool for black and white photographers. It provides users with a variety of tools, making it easy to create unique and stunning black and white compositions. Definitely worth checking out if you like the black and white medium of photography. Topaz B&W Effects features over 150 presets that […]

There is a huge range of filters that can be used with black and white photography, but there are few common ones that you may want to keep in your camera kit for all occasions. This article is mainly written for film users but can also be useful for DSLR users when shooting black and white. Of course the Yellow-Green is not valid with digital photography and manipulation may also be done in the camera or with your photo editing software.

Black and White photography has something color does not. It reproduces natural world using all possible shades of gray, all the way from white to black. Whenever I look at a Black and White photo, especially one which I have not ever seen before, I immediately begin to process the image, and paint the scene in my mind.

The debate over beauty and preference concerning color vs. black and white photography has raged for years. There are boisterous advocates of each. Traditionalists argue that black and white presents a more formal appearance than color photos.

This tutorial is to help you learn how to create a black and white diffused glow effect that can create a surreal scene.

This tutorial is to help you learn how to decide which source channels you should accent when converting a photo to black and white. Most people think that there is only one kind of black and white, but in reality there are countless different combinations.

This section is to help you learn how to turn regular color photos into professional black and white photos. There are many other techniques of doing this but this one is surprisingly simple and is very effective.

This tutorial is to help you learn how to create the effect of blending black and white into color. For this tutorial we will be using a Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer and the Gradient Tool.

This tutorial is to help you learn how to retouch black and white photos like the pros. More specifically, how to create harsher darks and lights. The two tools we will be using to create these effects are the Dodge Tool and the Burn Tool.