When people usually enjoy excellent photography, do they find that many photographers like to take black and white photos? Why do people still like black-and-white photography when color photos are in vogue? Because black and white photography is more intriguing, there is a kind of pure feeling of returning to nature. Well, today, the author is here to talk about how to take a good black-and-white picture.
…………………………………………………
Comparison between Black & White Photography and Color Photography
…………………………………………………
The advantages of black and white photography--
at the beginning of the article, the author first to tell you what are the advantages of black and white photography. To put it simply, why do we use black and white photography, what kind of visual effects can it bring us?
1,Strengthen your feelings--
Because there is no color interference, so more able to express emotion, especially when taking portraits, close-ups can be more shocking. The following photo, photographers use black and white photography, the character's eyes, wrinkles, skin and other performance incisively and vividly.
…………………………………………………
Photographer Lee Jeffries's work
…………………………………………………
2,Desalination of the messy background--
When we are in a relatively messy shooting environment, we can use black and white photography to dilute. For example, in the following photo, the main body that the photographer wants to highlight is the performer on stilts, but the onlookers and buildings can not be abandoned. They can only use black-and-white photography to dilute the color of the surrounding environment to highlight the main body.
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
3.,Highlight light--
Photography is the art of light and shadow, but in color photos, the audience often ignore the light because of color. Black and white photography is different, it can shift the attention of the audience from the color to the intensity and direction of the light.
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
4, Highlight lines, shapes, patterns, etc.--
Without color, the lines, shapes, patterns and other elements in photographic works become more obvious. For example, the ancient Roman cylinder in the following figure, through the vicissitudes of life, the texture of the post can be clearly visible, and even have the impulse to reach out to touch.
…………………………………………………
Photographer Jason Peterson
…………………………………………………
After talking so much about the advantages of black and white photography, can't you wait to try to shoot it? So, under what circumstances is it more appropriate to express it in black and white photography?
↣Under what circumstances is it more suitable for black and white photography?
Although black-and-white photography has its own advantages, not everything is suitable to be expressed in black-and-white photography. Let's take a look at an example. The following group of photos, do you think black and white is good or color is good? Obviously, the colored one looks better! The rich colors suddenly caught the attention of the audience, and the gray black-and-white photos appeared to be very common.
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
Since not everything can be photographed in black and white, which circumstances are more suitable for black and white photography? Below, the author lists two scenes suitable for black and white photography for reference only.
- The light condition is not good, it is easy to overaeration / underaeration. --
The quality of light in the photography process is very critical, when your environment light conditions are not good, easy to cause overexposure or underexposure, you can consider using black and white photography, do not have to worry about more noise, picture color distortion and other problems.
……………………………………………
…………………………………………… - The background is messy but must be brought with you. --
When introducing the advantages of black-and-white photography above, the author said that black-and-white photography can dilute the surrounding chaotic environment, so that the attention of the audience more focused on the main body, here is no longer too much to repeat.
……………………………………………
……………………………………………
In addition to these two points, if the photographer wants to strengthen feelings, highlight light, highlight lines, shapes, patterns, etc., can use black-and-white photography, as for the specific content, in the above black-and-white photography advantages have also been mentioned not to be introduced.
*How to make your black and white pictures more interesting?
Above, we also mentioned that photography is the art of light and shadow, even in black and white photography, the expression of light is particularly important. If you want to make your black and white photos more durable and artistic, you have to consider the change of tone.
01-Take advantage of high contrast:
when the light is particularly strong, it is easy to produce high contrast, even black and white photography can show extreme beauty.
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
02-Take advantage of low contrast:
unlike the extreme beauty of high contrast, low contrast reflects a kind of tranquil beauty. For example, the scenery photos in the following figure, there is not much strong contrast, the continuous peaks bring to the audience is a kind of serenity.
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
03-Use the dark tone:
what is the dark tone? To describe it simply is that the overall effect of the photo is dark. This method is more suitable for portraits and is used to highlight the mystery of portraits.
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
*How to take a black and white picture?
Now the functions of digital cameras are relatively complete, the general camera will have a separate black and white photography, we can set it up. Each camera is different, you can refer to the operating instructions. To adjust the camera to black and white mode: the camera menu page to find the "photo style", click in to find the "monochrome" option. (as marked in the yellow box in the figure below)
…………………………………………………
…………………………………………………
If your camera doesn't have black-and-white mode, don't worry, you can use Photoshop for later! On how to convert color photos into black and white photos, in fact, there are many ways, the author introduces you to two kinds of relatively simple.
- After importing the image using the gradient map, click the circular icon in the lower right corner-select the gradient map-double-click the gradient bar-select "Black, White gradient" to confirm.
……………………………………………
…………………………………………………
- After importing the image through image adjustment, click "Image" in the upper left corner-adjust-black and white. After that, you can also adjust the color values, hue and saturation until you adjust to the effect you want before clicking OK to save it.
…………………………………………
………………………………………………
It doesn't matter if you can't use Photoshop. The beauty camera that comes with your phone also has this function. Find the "filter"-"black and white".
…………………………………………………
【Summary】: in the photography circle, there is a popular saying, "artistic conception is not enough, black and white to come together." Indeed, black and white photography has a strong expression, strong appeal, loved by photographers. If you also want to try this shooting method, you can learn from today's article. The above is today about black and white photos related content, thank you for reading.
…………………………………………………
♥It's not easy to write. If you like my article, please follow and vote.I will return follows and votes♥