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A Collection of Powerful Black and White Images

A Post By: Darlene Hildebrandt

I have a background in black and white photography – using actual film and processing in a darkroom. The entire first year of my two year college photography program was spent doing black and white photography only, nothing else. I came to love working in the darkroom and seeing the image appear on the paper was magic.

Now in the digital age, making black and white is a choice you can make after you shoot the images – which gives you options we didn’t have in the film days. So I wanted to share some B&W images to get you thinking about the possibilities.

For some some tips on shooting and converting to B&W try these:

Photograph Through the mist by Paulo Mendonça on 500pxThrough the mist by Paulo Mendonça on 500px

Photograph The Old Bridge by Mostafa Hamad on 500pxThe Old Bridge by Mostafa Hamad on 500px

Photograph The Winner by Andrius Petrucenia on 500pxThe Winner by Andrius Petrucenia on 500px

Photograph Untitled by enzo farina on 500pxUntitled by enzo farina on 500px

Photograph City of Fog by Johannes Burkhard on 500pxCity of Fog by Johannes Burkhard on 500px

Photograph Winter in the Ore mountains II by Daniel ?e?icha on 500pxWinter in the Ore mountains II by Daniel ?e?icha on 500px

Photograph Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand by Russell Pike on 500pxMilford Sound, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand by Russell Pike on 500px

Photograph Darkness Peaks by Simon Pouyet on 500pxDarkness Peaks by Simon Pouyet on 500px

Photograph La Familia by Luis Beltrán on 500pxLa Familia by Luis Beltrán on 500px

Photograph Fisherman Wanderer by Joel Santos on 500pxFisherman Wanderer by Joel Santos on 500px

Photograph Corpus Christi at Night by Joe V on 500pxCorpus Christi at Night by Joe V on 500px

Photograph Ancient Light of Wisdom by Joel Santos on 500pxAncient Light of Wisdom by Joel Santos on 500px

Photograph *** by Ann Nevreva on 500px*** by Ann Nevreva on 500px

Photograph Black is my colour.. by Marianna Roussou on 500pxBlack is my colour.. by Marianna Roussou on 500px

Photograph Tiny Feet by Lisa Holloway on 500pxTiny Feet by Lisa Holloway on 500px

Photograph Daisy codera by Rainer Ressmann on 500pxDaisy codera by Rainer Ressmann on 500px

Photograph Almost closed by Kimhwan SEOULIST on 500pxAlmost closed by Kimhwan SEOULIST on 500px

Photograph Paint Noir by András Sümegi on 500pxPaint Noir by András Sümegi on 500px

Photograph shielded from the danger of the outside world by David Mar Quinto on 500pxshielded from the danger of the outside world by David Mar Quinto on 500px

Photograph Alone by Ana Grama on 500pxAlone by Ana Grama on 500px

Photograph Go, go by Edwin Leung on 500pxGo, go by Edwin Leung on 500px

Photograph Breakfast by La Mo on 500pxBreakfast by La Mo on 500px

Photograph 77.2013 - Canary Wharf ... by Pawel Tomaszewicz on 500px77.2013 – Canary Wharf … by Pawel Tomaszewicz on 500px

Photograph Building in the Building by Roman K on 500pxBuilding in the Building by Roman K on 500px

Photograph Mantis by Arnaud Bratkovic on 500pxMantis by Arnaud Bratkovic on 500px

Photograph Hammer by Enrico Panina on 500pxHammer by Enrico Panina on 500px

Photograph BB King by Ken Stewart on 500pxBB King by Ken Stewart on 500px

Photograph Rocks JK by Daniel Czerwinski on 500pxRocks JK by Daniel Czerwinski on 500px

Photograph Recursion by Frank Wijn on 500pxRecursion by Frank Wijn on 500px

Photograph A monochrome end of fall by Felicia Simion on 500pxA monochrome end of fall by Felicia Simion on 500px

Photograph Behind the old Window by Adrian Limani on 500pxBehind the old Window by Adrian Limani on 500px

Photograph Havana Life by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500pxHavana Life by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500px

Photograph Broken B&W by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500pxBroken B&W by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500px

Photograph M o t i o n BW by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500pxM o t i o n BW by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500px

**I just love this guy’s images of Cuba, inspires me to do more night shooting when I go back in January. So I had to share a few of his shots.

Photograph Kissed by light by Bipphy Kath on 500pxKissed by light by Bipphy Kath on 500px

Photograph Angel....please give me your light... by Ines van Megen-Thijssen on 500pxAngel….please give me your light… by Ines van Megen-Thijssen on 500px

Photograph No sigh, immured tears by regis boileau on 500pxNo sigh, immured tears by regis boileau on 500px

Photograph Ballerina III by Vanessa Paxton on 500pxBallerina III by Vanessa Paxton on 500px

Photograph Ex ospedale psichiatrico di Mombello by PierSparrow on 500pxEx ospedale psichiatrico di Mombello by PierSparrow on 500px

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Darlene Hildebrandt
Darlene Hildebrandt

is an educator who teaches aspiring amateurs and hobbyists how to improve their skills through free articles on her website Digital Photo Mentor and online photography classes. She also teaches all about photo editing using Lightroom, Photoshop, and Luminar Neo and has courses available on all three.

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