Black and White in Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Lightroom

BREAKING THE RULES

Finding Your Own Voice

 

With the absence of color, the medium of black and white photography is and always will be a unique form of photographic expression, demanding paramount attention to aesthetics. Light, shadow, form and texture coalesce in a confined visual space, communicating the essence of a mood, place, emotion, or a moment with its own special visceral language.

Over the past 150 or so years, millions upon millions of photographs have been taken.

What makes some images more noteworthy and memorable than others is the unique “voice” of an image or artist.

In my early photographic education, I was taught that good photography was about learning and following the formal rules of composition, design and process. ...