Video Tutorial: A Guide to Creating Beautiful Black and White Photos

The work of Ansel Adams and Michael Kenna specifically, along with that of Herb Ritts, influenced my approach to black and white imaging going back to when I first took photography in high school. Nearly failing every class in high school, I was not the best student. I found school dull and uninspiring, excelling only in the photography courses available to us. Here we learned exposure basics while using cameras like the Canon AE1 and Pentax K1000. I loved every minute of learning how to process...