Black and white photography can have a dramatic affect on your photos. When I am shooting photos, in the back of my mind, I am envisioning what the photo may look like in the black and white world. Part of tweaking the photos, I convert the photo to black and white. How do you convert to black and white? If you are an Adobe Photoshop user, I use the "Desaturate" option under "Adjustments". I use this feature, because it allows me to use all the other features of photoshop. If you use the "Grey Scale" feature you limit your photos to a very few features in photoshop. While using Photoshop I find that I can use the "Levels" command and the "Brightness and Contrast" commands as well, which gives me a great deal of control over the contrast as in the example photo shown. With a little practice you can have some really stunning black and white photos that surely will get you the Wow factor that I believe black and white photos must have to keep ones eyes glued to your photos. Go for the Wow factor... and you will be shooting more black and white!
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