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May 23, 2023 · In the same vein, you can use a histogram to make tonal range adjustments much easier when editing your digital photography. By precisely editing the white point and black point of your images alone, you can greatly affect both the localized brightness levels as well as the level of detail and tone.
- Checking The Photograph
- Setting A Black Point
- Setting A White Point
- Other Ways to Set Black and White Points
- Conclusion
The first thing to check is the exposure. To do that we look at the histogram. Here’s how it looks in Lightroom. The image is not bad. The exposure is actually very good. There is no highlight or shadow clipping problems; that is, the histogram does not extend to the right or left sides. In fact, it is pretty well centered which, in this case, is a...
Setting a black point creates a tonal foundation for the image. In Lightroom the Blacksadjustment is used to set the black point. Now, I must point out that my starting point in Lightroom is with Blacks set to zero. Adobe defaults Blacks to 5, no doubt because that makes the images look better. But I prefer to override that when I import my images ...
We can kick this image up another notch though. We can increase the brightness of the image by using the Lightroom Exposure adjustment. This will have the effect of moving the right side of the histogram toward the right with minimal affect on the blacks. If we increase Exposure to the point where the histogram touches the right side we will have c...
We’ve described how to set black and white points in Lightroom. But Photoshop offers more ways to do this and while the controls are different, the principle is the same. I won’t get into the details here but will just outline how it’s done. The first Photoshop adjustment that people often learn is Levels. There are two sliders in the Levels adjust...
So what’s the answer to those who say they have no idea where to start with an image? The answer is to explore what adjusting the overall brightness and added contrast can do. And this can be done by setting a black point and possibly a white point. As long as your photograph is well exposed, this is a good place to start. (Of course, if it’s under...
Knowing how to place your Black Point is a valuable skill in photography (particularly for black and white photography)! Let’s Define Black Point. The Black Point is the darkest and most dense black area of your photograph. On a histogram, it’s located to the very far left of the scale. When you read that area with an RGB eyedropper, it ...
Sep 19, 2017 · 5: Play With Value Tones. High-contrast black and white photography relies on strong black and white areas to create a sharp, contrasting effect. But not all black and white photos need high contrast to be effective. Sometimes, the key to a great black and white shot lies in its grey tones.
Aug 5, 2019 · What Is Black and White Photography? Black and white photography is the art of using different tones of gray, ranging from white to dark, to create compelling images. This genre has a very long history – as long as photography itself.
By Jane Allan. Because it’s easier to see tone in photography without the distraction of color, most of the example images that I’ve used to explain what is tone in photography are in black and white. It doesn’t matter if you shoot with natural light or artificial light, the same tonal conditions will apply.
Setting the white and blacks widens the tonal range of an image so that there is a full range of color in the image from black to white. This can give your image a little extra ‘pop’. In the short video below, I’ll explore how changing the whites and the blacks affect the image.
