Video Tutorials
Joel Grimes' Dramatic Black & White Portrait Technique (And Why I Wish I'd Known This Sooner)
There’s a specific kind of frustration that comes from knowing your black and white portrait should look cinematic and instead looks like a desaturated snapshot from a 2009 Facebook album. I’ve been there more times than I’d like to admit. The problem usually isn’t the photo itself. It’s the conversion process. Most people hit Image > Desaturate, squint at the result, and then wonder why it looks flat. The answer is that dramatic B&W isn’t a one-step thing.