Black and White Photography Tips, Techniques!

Black and White Lighthouse

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Less is more!

Black and white lighthouse, Provincetown light. © Dapixara black and white beach photography.

Framed Ocean Prints For Sale

2015-11-08T09:39:00.000-05:00

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Wooden Wharf - Black and White Photography

2013-11-19T12:39:00.000-05:00

Wooden Wharf - Wellfleet Harbor, black and white photography.

Wooden Wharf - Wellfleet Harbor © Dapixara

Black and White Photography With Color : Rowboat

2013-08-17T12:46:00.002-04:00

Black and white photography with color "Rowboat" with two nautical red stars at Provincetown beach USA.

Rowboat Boat by Dapixara Art
Black and white photography with color by Cape Cod photographer © DAPIXARA 2013.

White Boat Black and White Photography Print

2013-08-03T14:54:00.001-04:00

White Boat by black and white photographer Dapixara™. Black and White photography print of 'White Boat' at Provincetown harbor beach.

Black and White Photography Posters

2010-07-25T08:43:00.000-04:00

Photography sale posters fine art prints on canvas. Photos of black and white landscapes, classic cars, black and white photography posters of famous landscapes and beach scenes.

Black and White Photography

2010-06-25T11:52:00.000-04:00

Black and white photography - 14 Houses and One Boat by Dapixara.

Black and White Photography

Car Chase. Police chasing muscle car.

2009-11-19T08:58:00.002-05:00

Car Chase. Police chasing muscle car.
Photographer Dapixara.

Car Chase by DApixara Black White Photos

Old Pier HDR Photograph

2009-11-17T15:50:00.001-05:00

Old Pier HDR Photograph.

Old Pier Black and white Photography in HDR. © Seascape photos.

Used 9 exposures.

Old Pier by DApixara Black White Photos

Excellent Holiday Gift ( Shipwreck Pinhole Photography )

2009-10-30T09:09:00.002-04:00

Check out the various technique and printing styles that B&W photography can offer!
Make an excellent holiday gift.
Shopping your way!

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Fine Art Photography blog.
Photography Tips.

Shipwreck Pinhole Photography by DApixara Black White Photos

Fine Art

Schooner Floating Into the Night : Pinhole Photography

2009-10-26T10:44:00.001-04:00

Schooner Floating Into the Night. Pinhole photos.

Schooner : Dapixara Photography by DApixara Black White Photos

Black and White Photography

H1N1

2009-10-23T08:46:00.002-04:00

H1N1 flu virus by Wild Life Photography.
All symptoms in one picture. Fever, body aches, chills.

The Beach a scene from Black and White Photography Collection

2009-10-20T16:46:00.002-04:00

The Beach a scene from Black and White Photography Collection.

Author Dapixara Fine art photography Black and White Photos
Copyright Notice Copyright ©DApixara Productions.
Owner's Name DApixara
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value )14
ISO Speed 100

Video Slide Show of Black and White Photography by Dapixara

2009-10-19T10:22:00.002-04:00

Video Slide Show of Black and White Photography by Dapixara.
Music created by Dapixara. "Crazy Music"

Selective Coloring / Remove Color from Black and White photo

2009-10-15T16:28:00.003-04:00

Selective coloring, removed color from a black white photo.
How to take picture like this.
Walk around (or swim) and shoot from different angles
A little preparation can make all the difference.

Shooting Information: Canon 40D; Shutter Speed 1/640; Aperture value f/5.0 ; Lenses Canon 50mm.

Red Boat by Dapixara.

Black and White Red Boat by DApixara Black White Photos

Black and White Lighthouse Photos

2009-10-14T13:49:00.000-04:00

Race Point lighthouse surrounded by sand and water.

Black And White Lighthouse Photography by DApixara Black White Photos
I took this black and white lighthouse photo last fall, northern tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown. This is such a beautiful place.
Dapixara photography.

Black and White Photography Techniques

2009-10-12T09:52:00.004-04:00

Some people want grain-less, sharp Black and White Photography with long tonal range. I love all!!
HDR images look great when they’re converted to black and white.

Autumn Sunrise by DApixara Black White Photos
From black and white photos I can get more when converting it into HDR.
The most important thing to know about converting your color digital files to Black and White Photos is you must adjust the contrast and exposure settings until you have a true black and a bright white.
If there are vibrant colors to be reveals, it's best left in color! the best is b&w food photography on film!
Black and White Conversions:

Window Shopper by DApixara Black White Photos
1 Convert to Grey scale.
2 Use the Hue/Saturation Tool.
3. Gradient Map.
4.Channel Mixer.
Or make a duplicate layer, convert that layer to mono in which ever way you prefer, probably best to use Channel Mixer as you can't change the mode of the image to greyscale (that would turn the other layer to mono too), and then to erase through to the colored areas you want to keep. You can of course do the same thing by selecting the area you want colored and then hitting Backspace to remove the selected area.
I found it useful to create one new layer per color as this gives you the ability to fine tune with layer opacity, different blending modes and masking out areas of over-spill, part masking areas where two colors blend etc.

The other way is shoot in black and white in your camera.
Black and white photography techniques can produce some really nice results.
There are several different ways of producing a black and white conversion, some better than others obviously, and some that require a little bit more effort.
For the record I usually use the channel mixer as it allows you to tweak the conversion but it's not as complicated as LAB mode!

I do love black and white photos. There's an elegance about them.
Photographer Dapixara. There some great Christmas gift ideas.