The Key to Creative Lighting

Black & white portraits can have a classic quality that’s hard to match with colour. Here, we look at how to create two timeless port...

Exposure Fusion

If HDR seems too surreal for you, or you simply can’t get the look you’re after, try exposure fusion . This assigns weights to the pixels o...

HDR and Exposure Blending

You can use HDR on portraits, too We’ve already established on page 23 that the brightness/dynamic range of a digital sensor has its  l...

Step By Step How to Infrared

Here I’ll go through the processes needed to get from a somewhat pink raw file to a nice contrasty  monochromatic image, but before I do ...

Making Mono Conversions in Camera Raw - Faux Infrared Effect

The native colour image is perfect for a faux infrared conversion There are a number of ways you can take a mono conversion to extrem...

Making Mono Conversions in Camera Raw - Dark Sky Effect

If you want to produce high-quality black & white photographs, the only option is to shoot in raw mode. If the capture data starts ou...

Toning Your Mono Images

Mono images don’t just have to be grey. By adding a colour tint to your image, known as Duotoning,  you can add another layer of mood to ...