{"id":72,"date":"2012-09-30T19:34:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T19:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=72"},"modified":"2019-04-13T13:24:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T17:24:56","slug":"dramatic-bw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-effects\/dramatic-bw\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatic Black & White Effect in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n

In this Photoshop tutorial<\/strong>, we're going to learn how to create more interesting black & white versions of images by using focused, dramatic lighting to bring attention to the main subject.<\/p>\n

Here's the original photo I'll be using:<\/p>\n\"The\n

The original full color image.<\/div>\n

Here's how the black & white version would look if I simply desaturate it. Not really all that interesting:<\/p>\n\"Image\n

Desaturating an image removes the colors but usually creates lifeless black and whites.<\/div>\n

And here's the more \"dramatic\" black & white version we'll be creating in this tutorial, bringing much more emphasis to her face and hair:<\/p>\n

\"Photoshop<\/p>\n

The final result.<\/div>\n