How I create Dramatic Black and White images for Instagram

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Title	:	How I create Dramatic Black and White images for Instagram
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A few of you have jumped on and pointed out that if you shoot in RAW, even if you are shooting BW you will retain all the colour info Of course you're right, and I hope these tips help you I think the question came from an Instagrammer who is likely shooting in jpg, so the answer is geared towards those who don't shoot RAW for Instagram I'm actually one of them I only have a 16GB iPhone which always seems to be too full, so shooting and editing jpg from my X100 is a workflow which works well for me RAW is saved for my professional work
Comment from : Sean Tucker

I just learn this idea and I'm taking Amazing black and white photographs just on my Track phone!👍🙂
Comment from : JoshiaYaziirLeon Vega

What is the difference in using a color filter on your camera lens as opposed to using the color sliders in the program
Comment from : jeffjoycephotography

awesome, that changes the life, thank you so much
Comment from : Chris Card

I m kinda late to know this tips! Thanks seantuck!
Comment from : Oistories

Are there any good android version of Darkroom someone would recommend?
Comment from : Adam

Adobe lightroom is good aswell
Comment from : Renaldo Aggrey

Hey Sean, do you still use Darkroom ever or mostly Lightroom or other? And do you think there is an editor that is better for someone to learn about editing?
Comment from : Michael Richards

Thx and btw nice Warsaw photos :)
Comment from : mahakalax108

Nice Thanks a lot Well done
Comment from : ai siju

Great tips ❤❤❤❤
Comment from : Edu Mendes

this video helps me a lot
Comment from : II_NEO_II

Phones have ruined the world of photography
Comment from : Insight Video

Thanks for this Sean - have been working with tone curves but the subtle difference the HSL makes will take it to the next level 👏
Comment from : 📸 MD Hendry Photography

Really enjoying Sean's tutorials, very clear and concise explanations I am looking to move on from iPhone photography to something that offers more opportunity for control and creativity To that end have recently bought a GR3 which I am gradually (and I mean gradually) getting to grips with via YouTube clips, especially Sean's Any opinions on whether I should shoot RAW from the off or start out with JPEG and move to RAW as my abilities with the GR3 (hopefully) improve?
Comment from : Tony Hacche

Thank you for this tutorial, it has increased my understanding of how to use curves
Comment from : Capture Allen

Thank you
Comment from : MIKE JACKSON

I keep going back to this video Simply: THANK YOU!! I had the pleasure to start shooting with a real red filter That really taught me how to handle it So much easier now
Comment from : Alessandro Agosti

can anyone recommend a good app for android?
Comment from : alzathoth

Great video with excellent tips and tutorial Darkroom looks good but monthly subscriptions are annoying, is there an IPhone app that comes close that you can just buy?
Comment from : Mark Noah Sotelo

Thanks Sean Great video
Comment from : Paul Knighton

This is the best black and white tutorial I've ever watched😍😍
Comment from : Adam Mikhail

Sean these phone apps make conversion easy uve just made it easier !!! great tutorial cheers, vernon_alvares, mumbai
Comment from : Vernon Alvares

You are a Genius Sean
Comment from : Silvio Caravelli

great tks love snapseed, but lack of control of colors doesnt make it for me, still prefer using a preset in lt mobile
Comment from : f mc

Shoot both raw and jpg, the jpg can be black n white but the raw file will be in color by default holding all digital data that can be edited later
Comment from : J V

Interesting I tend to use Snapseed to achieve similar effects Both appear great tools and invaluable for most of us processing our digital images and posting them on social media or producing photo books Thanks for showing us your processes
Comment from : Carmen Fissenden

Great video!
Comment from : Bermia Evora

Ty
Comment from : Matt Cheung

Excellent, as always! Thanks for you consistently great work and content!
Comment from : Deeper With God

Sean, haven't you considered repeating the content of this video using Photoshop for it? Steps in the video speak of the technique(s) regulating your visualization of the work and it is just that what would be relevant to observe its "how" within the Photoshop environment
Comment from : Sergio Sotomayor Prat

❤️❤️❤️❤️
Comment from : PINOY KOOK

Interestingly, I believe that B&W imagery AUTOMATICALLY invokes in the brain a sense that "THIS is ACTUALLY photographic ART" that we don't get automatically from a colour image I would LOVE to get my hands on a "Leica M Monochrom" which has no RGB coloured-filter-dot array over the sensor
Comment from : Christopher Grove

I use the histogram before I start pulling slidersbrbrBy doing that, I know where the colors are
Comment from : Todd

Hey Sean Thanks a lot for this one Very nice and helpful ! I got one question When I crop my photo in darkroom for instagram ratio, the photo has a dimension of 4000x5000 Is that still okay for IG I don’t want to loose quality when IG do something with that dimension Thank you
Comment from : Cem Canli

So very galing ng host na to like ur strategy sir sana all
Comment from : Nene Channel

Beautifully Done!
Comment from : Reginald Gooden

cool, now a photographer can go out and shoot instead of fixing their photo for a whole day easy, direct and natural looking photos young photographers nowadays spend time on tecnical aspect of their cameras and digital photoshop work
Comment from : W8t enk1LL

Snapseed good and easy!!
Comment from : puspen bain

Thanks for great idea!!
Comment from : puspen bain

Thanks for your tutorial, but that's not really B&W photography You make it look like an afterthought Black & White means to work with light, darkness, textures and filters right from the start Whether you use a film, DSLR or a mirrorless camera (the second shows the final result in real time) you should "see" the world in B&W I know most digital cameras let you shoot B&W images only in jpg (Raw will always contain color information unless you use an overpriced Leica Monochrome), jpgs are good enough for social media Shooting directly in B&W is way more challenging as it is quite easy to get overblown highlights, but when done properly gives you such organic images that overprocessed images created by adjusting the color channels (RGB) cannot match
Comment from : Boris Pradel

I found this extremely interesting and helpful as other of your videos I’m sure it will help me edit my bw shots to be more dramatic I would be very interested in a video on how you edit color photos Thanks so much for your willingness to share your experience and expertise
Comment from : Cliff Blackerby

On the fuji x (don't own the others) you can do this in-camera Of course the By or Br and Acros filter modes But also, you can set an extreme white balance which is taken into bw Even custom balance of coloured objects and the wb shifts to extremes This way is more control obviously but I got into that learning about 'ortho' film and gives some effects whilst shooting Maybe I will add RAW and try this too Good thing about that is don't even need a RAW converter, I can export via camera to default settings too
Comment from : jorgepeterbarton

Definitely would love to see how you do color images
Comment from : Shane Griffin

Is it same black and white convert clicking black and white rather than downing saturation slider in Lightroom if I use Lightroom Confused some photographer say it is better quality if I click black an white rather than saturation slider?
Comment from : Pema Tamang

Hey Sean, love your work and videos : ) Quick question what app do you use to upload your camera images to your iPhone? I don't use my iPhone near enough for editing and would like to start
Comment from : Amy Weiss

Thank you! That was helpful
Comment from : Alice Turner

Great!
Comment from : Keerthana Prakash

As you use A7iii, is the DRO On or OFF?
Comment from : Aldorino

Great video, Sean Thanks you for your lesson :)
Comment from : Strielok79

Very nice pictures from Warsaw 😉👍👍👍👍👍
Comment from : Dawid Swin

Hi Sean, will you be doing any workshops in the future?
Comment from : Joseph G

Very very helpful Thank you Sean!
Comment from : ljam06

Thanks, very practical as ever, with clear explanation
Comment from : Mark Lambert

Very very cool
Comment from : Abhra Biswas

Very nice I shoot monochrome JPGs only (my Olympus cameras let me adjust Highlights/Mids/Shadows curves, and apply R/O/Y/G filters before I press the shutter) That way I see what I will get
Comment from : Valdis Krebs

Masterclass Tutorial and the price is right! Thanks Sean! :)
Comment from : Oscar Matias

Thank you!
Comment from : David Will

Very cool Thanks for these great tips!
Comment from : John Chubb

Immensely helpful video at how to make great black and white photos Thanks Sean
Comment from : The Dad Glide

Thanks for sharing your tips I think I learned something things great
Comment from : Tim Tran

Excellent tips!! Thank you!!
Comment from : P Sblad

Great information that I can use on my photography journey I watched this video twice
Comment from : Suzann-lllaney

I've noticed too many people underexpose their monochrome shots
Comment from : Ziggy

Thank you!
Comment from : Fabio Barros

Great tutorial, thanks!
Comment from : Edrich van Loggerenberg

Love how you explain everything in detail Makes a novice like myself keen to try these techniques
Comment from : Broken

Your video is very helpful! Thank you so much! From a hobby photographer from South Korea
Comment from : DY Won

This video opened the door to a whole new B&W view for me that I never knew existed At least that gave me the confidence to where I could create it Thank you so much
Comment from : Brad Mozingo

What a great video Jesus I wish there was something free and simple for your computer simple being the operative word , it's all so complicatedand bloody expensive!
Comment from : Tony Power

i want 144p black n white
Comment from : Reee3333

Omgg sir u the freakin men mad respect for u after this video my portrait will poppin off instagram bangers
Comment from : Kristi Çifçi

Great video!! Helped a lot!
Comment from : Heidi

Great video, thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Comment from : Frederico Azevedo

I'd watch the video about editing color
Comment from : Hal Werner

This's awesome Thanks, Bruv
Comment from : jjonestowne

Thank you for the tips and that was a very well edited and intuitive video explanation!
Comment from : Made P

Thank you so much for the guidance
Comment from : Soo Khiang OO1

great video I'm new to Darkroom so will really help me I do actually prefer Black and White images Just subscribed to your channel
Comment from : Lee Mason

Dark sky is a great app :)
Comment from : Joe Sif

Lord
Comment from : June Lopez

This was an excellent tutorial used it with snapseed great help thank you
Comment from : Glasshousebc

are you exposing the highlights and darkin the shadows? its okay to lost the details?
Comment from : Pakz Santos

how you edit your highlight and shadows? appreciate your reply
Comment from : Pakz Santos

j'aime bien !
Comment from : Souhayl A Photographer

Thanks for the tips I use Snapseed
Comment from : Mike Gindling

I'd really love to see how you process colors!brSo please make another tutorial like this for the color versionbrLove this video so much, simple yet informative! Keep up your work, Sean!
Comment from : Andre Halim

Bit on the first image, the whites seem to be burned out
Comment from : Some of them

Yes, I would be interested in your colour processing ways Thanks for this one Am downloading the app as we speak euh, as I type I mean Thanks!
Comment from : Catherine Lucas

he picture with the surfers was taken in Munich at Eisbach :) Very well known location where I have been very often
Comment from : Odin

Yes I would like a tutorial on keeping colors consistent through a series of photos
Comment from : Carter Cooper

I like this info Thanks!
Comment from : Bill Capps

Snapseed great free photo app for iOS and Android
Comment from : John Bywaters

Once more absolutely helpful Thank you so much
Comment from : Christos Vrettos

Wow, thank you so much!
Comment from : Arka Sengupta

Really liked those tips, especially the one with the luminance tweaking! I don't know why but when I do this method on my side, it doesn't seem to work There are no changes in the image whatsoever… Anyone cares to share their hypothesis on this?
Comment from : Alexandre Piché