Article · zonefocus.net
How to shoot high contrast black and white Street Photography
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2018
About this lesson
Explains how to make graphic, high-contrast black-and-white street photos: looking for shapes and silhouettes, simplifying the frame, using symmetry and reflections, underexposing to keep highlights, and working in low winter or morning sun for long shadows.
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