I have a background in black and white photography – using actual film and processing in a darkroom. The entire first year of my two year college photography program was spent doing black and white photography only, nothing else. I came to love working in the darkroom and seeing the image appear on the paper was magic.
Now in the digital age, making black and white is a choice you can make after you shoot the images – which gives you options we didn’t have in the film days. So I wanted to share some B&W images to get you thinking about the possibilities.
For some some tips on shooting and converting to B&W try these:
- Tips for Shooting and Processing Better Black and White Photographs
- Black and White Conversions: An Introduction to Luminosity
- 3 Tips for Better Black and White Conversion using Lightroom
- How to See in Black and White [and how HDR can be a Powerful Tool for the Monochrome Photographer]
Through the mist by Paulo Mendonça on 500px
The Old Bridge by Mostafa Hamad on 500px
The Winner by Andrius Petrucenia on 500px
Untitled by enzo farina on 500px
City of Fog by Johannes Burkhard on 500px
Winter in the Ore mountains II by Daniel ?e?icha on 500px
Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand by Russell Pike on 500px
Darkness Peaks by Simon Pouyet on 500px
La Familia by Luis Beltrán on 500px
Fisherman Wanderer by Joel Santos on 500px
Corpus Christi at Night by Joe V on 500px
Ancient Light of Wisdom by Joel Santos on 500px
*** by Ann Nevreva on 500px
Black is my colour.. by Marianna Roussou on 500px
Tiny Feet by Lisa Holloway on 500px
A Sea of Stars by Lisa Holloway on 500px
Daisy codera by Rainer Ressmann on 500px
Almost closed by Kimhwan SEOULIST on 500px
Paint Noir by András Sümegi on 500px
shielded from the danger of the outside world by David Mar Quinto on 500px
Alone by Ana Grama on 500px
Go, go by Edwin Leung on 500px
Breakfast by La Mo on 500px
77.2013 – Canary Wharf … by Pawel Tomaszewicz on 500px
Building in the Building by Roman K on 500px
Mantis by Arnaud Bratkovic on 500px
Hammer by Enrico Panina on 500px
BB King by Ken Stewart on 500px
Rocks JK by Daniel Czerwinski on 500px
Recursion by Frank Wijn on 500px
A monochrome end of fall by Felicia Simion on 500px
Behind the old Window by Adrian Limani on 500px
Havana Life by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500px
Broken B&W by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500px
M o t i o n BW by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500px
**I just love this guy’s images of Cuba, inspires me to do more night shooting when I go back in January. So I had to share a few of his shots.
Kissed by light by Bipphy Kath on 500px
Angel….please give me your light… by Ines van Megen-Thijssen on 500px
No sigh, immured tears by regis boileau on 500px
Ballerina III by Vanessa Paxton on 500px
Ex ospedale psichiatrico di Mombello by PierSparrow on 500px
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