[Video] Post-Processing Demo: Black and White Images

How to choose when to convert + tips for editing your images.

There's a lot of interest in black-and-white photography out there — and for good reason. Removing colour from a scene adds intrigue, drama and emphasis. It’s a whole other form of creative expression that is worth exploring in your photography!

In this month’s exclusive content, I share my approach, and the factors I consider, when I convert colour images to black and white. I also offer up some post-processing tips using both Lightroom and Photoshop. Other editing programs have similar tools, so even if you don’t use Adobe programs you’ll get just as much out of this demo!

Mount Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies. Photo: Paul zizka.

Part of the fun of converting to black and white in post-processing is that you can be experimental with the effect, and see how you like it before diving into further editing. I hope you find this video helpful and informative and I look forward to seeing the work you create!