5 QUICK TIPS for BETTER BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY

Black & white photos can often feel more timeless, more elevated and allow your viewer to connect with your subject in a different way than when shooting in colour. But not all black and white photos are GREAT black and white photos, so in this video, I'm providing 5 quick tips on how to elevate your black and white photography.

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[camloff]

Lisbon, Portugal. Very nice video and BW photos and creativity. Great works.

[apatsa_basiteni]

I have pretty much watched evry video on this channel. Amazing content.

[yanafridabinaev]

Great video! I defo like a bit of both. Normally color is my main but some shots I would naturally be drawn to edit and try in bnw.

[marianobazan]

Me encanta tu trabajo! Saludos desde Argentina!

[HelloKeyy]

omg, this came at a perfect time. i have a shoot coming up & it’s gonna be in b&w

[lorenzomartin]

that split toning is def going into my repertoire lol

[coelho]

Nice clip. From a professional editor perspective, conversion is NEVER done in Lr or CO or... Always in Ps. And although the tips mentioned are awsome, with today's software almost any photo can produce a good B&W. You convert using one (or more) of the almost 20 convertion methods in Ps. Once the convertion is made, below it you can use several adjustments layers and tools, to selectively target every color present in the original shot. Allowing you to change its Hue / Saturation / Lightness, while you see in real time, the effect. Using several groups of adjustments, you can then target specific areas in your composition (skin; clothes; set; etc...).

[GajoRomario]

i learn a lot with him.. i really like his videos

[brieaunnasworld]

Ive always loved BW when i was younger. It was cool and mysterious to me when I didn't know how the photographer took the BW photo. Thanks for the inspo and tricks!

[tjvisuals]

Used to find bw kinda intimidating due to all these factors being kinda mixed up in my mind. After this excellent break down though I think I'll give it a try and maybe edit in bw more often! Thanks for the tips!

[andreak]

🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤 i think the clothing & chain you are wearing in this vid would be great for some B/W images and w/you modeling it Ian! you have beautiful skin & features 🙌🏼 -just say’n 😉
just found your channel, dig’n it 👍🏼 Sub’d !! 🙏🏼🫵🏼 for sharing your work

[arinadexter]

Thanks for video! I prefer coloured photos. I know that a lot of photographers (and sometimes me) use bw for hiding bad decisions, but it’s a awful way.
Sorry for my English :)

[stuarthirsch]

Think like you have a roll of B&W film in your digital camera. All you can shoot is B&W. This will train you to shoot in B&W. Set your camera or cell phone to shoot B&W in RAW. Some of us learned to think in B&W on film. We had to develop negatives and print in a dark room not in lightroom.