The Art of Black and White Photography | B&H Event Space

Sony Artisan of Imagery Thibault Roland discusses black and white photography and post-processing. He will illustrate the importance of visualization to build an image and explain how creating in black and white can benefit other areas of your photographic process.
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0:00 Intro
1:08 Overview & About
3:39 Why Black & White?
6:16 Less is More
20:51 What is Your Vision?
26:37 How?
30:00 Software (Color to Black & White Conversion)
31:00 Calibrate Your Monitor
35:50 Photo Editing Workflow
46:25 More from Thibault
48:35 Q&A
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[@whfowle]

My approach to B&W photography is intentional, not a fallback of an original color exposure that went wrong. I shoot both color and B&W in film and digital. I base my choice on whether the scene's attraction is mostly the colors or the tonal contrasts. My selection of film stock and filters or the way I adjust the sliders in Lightroom control the way the final image will look. Knowledge of how color turns into grey scale is very important to making good adjustments.

[@GeoffGrant2010]

Terrific program! Thank you Roland and thank you B&H. Lots of good lessons!

[@iTurnPeopleIntoArt]

What a fantastic presentation. Hats off to Thibault for the presentation -- and thank you B&H. I skipped ahead a few sections because I've experience in black and white. What I found fascinating is how Thibault used SilverEfex for the BNW conversion process. I quit using SilverEfex and the rest of the NIK Collection years ago in favor of what I thought would be more advanced techniques when it comes to doing black and white. What I discovered here is how he layered various versions in Photoshop and then masked in the desired pixels, much like how we'd use Photoshop for multiple exposure blending, etc. A simple method that really opens up the possibilities. Probably going to revisit SilverEfex now!

[@BandH]

We're glad Thibault's tips opened up new possibilities for you!

[@AnandaGarden]

Wonderfully enjoyable and informative. Thibault is an excellent teacher. His photos were very revealing.

[@haimtoeg]

So, the point is to use black and white when you can't figure out color photography, and use fake vignetting when you can't quite compose your images well?

[@douglasmccart8963]

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