How to inherit the classic black and white portraits

Color dominated the people almost all of the visual field, why the black-and-white photo in photography still so popular? Because the power of classic cannot be ignored. Here we will teach you how to see the world in black and white, making classic black and white portraits.

(1)To see the world in black and white monochrome.

Many photographers are very fond of black and white, because the color does not work, let people enjoy the photos more concerned about this photo composition and light. See black and white world of light and means to observe the structure of the world: how to observe people and objects are illuminated by the light of the observation that people or objects are in what kind of light and shade effects and to be able to stand out in the composition, or how to people or objects into the environment.

(2)Looking for highlights and shadows.　　

All colors are converted to gray tone, then you should think carefully about how color is highlighted by contrast objects. For example, a lemon in a pile of oranges is very conspicuous, but then if the color is removed, how can it stand it? the answer is: We are looking for a high contrast of light and shadow.

(3)The difference in brightness between the subject and the background.

If you want to capture portraits, the most basic should grasp two elements: the subject and the background. In color photographs, people just need to find a blue backdrop or a piece of bright flowers, can let people from the background. But the talent shows itself in black and white photography, depending on the brightness of the subject and the background for example, your main characters stand in the shade, and the background is the sunshine flowers, this would mean that one is the foreground, and flowers as background will be very bright. Obviously, if the body is placed in the sun, the background of the flowers placed in the shade, then take out the effect is. The background light will appear very dark. So to think about more than that: also taking into account the distribution of the issue of light, foreground and background portion of the screen, as well as how to solve the problem of highlights and shadows.

(4)Keeping sharp eyes.

Shooting portraits, regardless of color or black and white, we must bear in mind a few basic principles. First, and most should be concerned about the place is the people's eyes, the eyes should always pay attention to whether the character definition. Secondly, when you use the rule of thirds to shoot portraits, people's eyes in the third line of the junction, so that more conventional composition.

The following are some tips for how to set up the camera, black and white tonal photograph, shooting with the camera in the monochrome mode, you can shoot directly to help complete black and white photos.

01 using RAW format

RAW format file can completely record the color information, no parameters you can't change. By fine-tuning, still can keep the color of the photos. After the shooting, you can use Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom processing.

02 conversion monochrome mode

Most digital cameras have monochrome mode Settings, in Nikon the Settings under "setting optimization calibration" menu, Canon camera is in the style of "color" menu can be found. Your camera screen will directly show the effect of monochromatic tones.

03 detailed Settings

There will be a few tweaks in monochrome set options let you photograph of a character's skin color improvement. In addition to adjust the brightness and contrast, you'll also find options for the color filter. Superposition of their functions like a camera, the effect of the filter will help you change the color of the scene and the contrast.