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Many Ways To Convert Color To Black & White

 There are at many ways to convert an image from color to black and white. Here's a roundup and evaluation of the top seven plus a set of considerations to help you choose the best one for your needs. 1          Desaturate...

How Gray is Gray?

In the vernacular the phrase “black and white” can be used to describe definitive answers, while the use of the phrase “gray areas” often means an area defies easy definition making it difficult to draw hard and fast lines. While there is a general consensus...

Black & White Photography Styles

high key mid key full scale mid key high contrast high contrast low key Most successful artists define a consistent palette for their life’s work, for periods during their careers, or for individual bodies of work. It’s one of the primary things that creates an...

Expanding the Definition of Black & White Photography

neutral image The division between color and black and white in photography has been overemphasized based on the limitations of 20th century processes. 21st century processes are significantly different and beg a reconsideration of this division. Today, when we make black and white images we...

Enhancing Local Contrast In Black & White Images

After Before Color to black and white conversions are radical transformations of an image. They establish the tonal foundations of a neutral image, creating tonal relationships by determining which areas of an image become light and which are dark. While this process can generate some...

Color To Black & White Conversions – A Strategic Overview

  There are many ways to convert color images to black and white. Here’s my preferred method. 1       Optimize Color Start with an optimized color original; set black point, white point, and lightness; clear color casts; boost saturation to reasonably high levels; avoid...

Create Amazing Distortion With Photoshop’s Liquify Filter

Awareness of the distortions produced by angle of view and lens choice is the beginning of using them creatively. Curiously, permission is the beginning of using distortion in post-processing creatively. Many people have been told that it’s inappropriate to do so. Why? Why accept an...

Free eBook – Maine Destinations

Download your free copy here. From the solitary summit of Katahdin, to the deeps of more than 22,000 lakes and ponds, to the 3,500 miles of tidal coastline, the wild beauty of Maine is irresistibly beautiful. Inland you’ll find sweeping mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, and...

Alumni Scott Tansey Featured On Leica Blog

Alumni Scott Tansey describes his recent feature on The Leica Camera Blog. “I took these images on a Fall Color Workshop given by John Paul Caponigro at Acadia National Park. I had recently completed a huge five-year project taking panoramic images of Los Angeles (my home...