How to transform a daylight photo into a FINE ART BLACK AND WHITE

[@davidhitt4079]

I really loved you walking us through your thought process when taking this photo. This gives us an understanding of how much work it takes to get one great photo. I believe this might be more important than understanding your retouching process, which is great also.

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Thanks! Yes :-)

[@navkahlon5826]

Serge you are such an expert at not telling anything. I envy your expert ability at illusion creation. The viewer feels as if something important is being explained. It is an art. You have mastered it. Congratulations

[@rjbiii]

blah blah blah buy my presets! lol

[@twang1398]

I always found inspiration in your work and youtube videos. Your work keeps me interested in photography. Thank you.

[@evesmith7804]

Unlike most photo tutorials where you start with the final photo, I enjoyed seeing the whole story and process and issues you went through to get your final shot. It's nice to see that it takes more than 1 or 2 shots to get your great photo and that it is ok to take A LOT of hit and miss until you are happy.

[@veyresjulien5918]

nouvel amateur de photographie j'essai d'absorber tous ses très nombreux conseils encore merci, thanks serge!

[@davidknight6981]

The photo is beautiful, but I must say, I like the color version also. The light cascading through the window and going onto that beautiful rug; that was sweet. In any event, good stuff.

[@tdalton854]

Like most of your vids the stories are great. very grateful that you share them.

[@RichardUchytil]

I like seeing how many photos you took to get that one. I think we always assume people like you are so good it only takes a few photos to get the "one". Nice to see you're like us. ;) Great photo and great black and white! I've really been getting into black and white a lot so this was cool to see. Thanks!

[@KiraHagen]

Good insights into what to do when things aren't working! Thanks for all your videos.

[@JK005]

Serge, I agree the story is so important in a photo. Loved the vlog.

[@felixifloresrodriquez3306]

I watched a lot of your videos for myself. This is the best one, in my humble opinion Awesome.

[@triparockandroll]

love your editing.

[@jeffnewman8261]

Love it!

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Awesome!!

[@neklamp2431]

Very nice photo and I like the backstory of it!

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Okay great! Happy to hear that!

[@Frazzy87]

Your presets are so nice, and so is this video. Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Sounds good! Thank you!

[@waynemarkovich8842]

Great photo! Your presets work great I have used them for a few years now.

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

That’s so cool!

[@3atmey]

I like how this video reflects how really happy you are deep inside with this image...this feeling when you know you got something exceptional. Its like the bulb lighting inside your head :) Your passion and love for photography is why i follow you. Cheers from Beirut.

[@solojetset]

Merci Serge for the Presets! Amazing

[@gregoryjamesboyce]

I got inspired by this story Serge, thanks!

[@CaptainFahim]

I would love to watch more B&W LR editing

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Okay great idea! Thank you

[@elduderino9199]

Ironic how I haven't watched a video of you for 5 years and with the photo that was a insta sensation I get you in my feed immidiatly :D Thank you for sharing that story and the behind the scenes. Got a similar story from inside louvre. :)

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

That’s so cool! Good to see you back!

[@back2lay]

I have had similar experiences when I have been to a place with a photo already in mind. Nearly always the 'throw away' photo ends up being the best.

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Nice! Yes :-)

[@johnmurphy7953]

Thanks for the story about your struggle to take the ideal Tower shot; I enjoyed seeing your creative process displayed in both the good and not so good photos. I've followed you on You Tube for a number of years. I've used your "Ansel Adams" presets a lot. A couple of ideas for your next podcast: Select a shot that has potential, and have both you and Scott Kelby do the post camera editing and then compare results (not a contest but a demo of the creative process). A second idea would be to examine your early You Tube sessions, and how your photo editing choices may have changed over the years - examples might be the use of clarity, or totally bringing down the highlights and totally opening up the shadows. You could also show what techniques remain unchanged over the years. Thanks for your many Lightroom ideas.

[@uhligsu]

Thanks. Very inspiring. Since you have asked: I would like tutorials on Boris Optics.

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Okay great thank you!

[@marclabro]

nice tuto, deep B&W, good ideas for shooting. I wouldn't have dared to cut the top of Eifel tower :-) Still enjoying your preset packs :-)

[@geraldzammit5815]

It was interesting to hear the full story of how you got to this shot (and how you had to keep trying over several days) could you do something about colour grading. What are the best complementary colours for grading. There are also multiple techniques to colour grade in lightroom. Merci Serge !

[@weeming2992]

Hi Serge, I want to learn how to blur the background of a portrait photo in Lightroom Classic 2020. Thanks so much!

[@Ahlawy0011]

I asked before for B/W Minimalism editing like Michael Kenna style it will so kind if you made one video about it

[@09591000]

ну, что сказать ) французик хитер и молодец! Браво! )

[@sayaknag6732]

Hey Serge, can you please make a elaborated tutorial video about ultra long exposure photography along with post processing... Haven't seen any long exposure video tutorial video on this. Thanks for making such informative videos Serge, love from India.

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Sounds like a great idea! Thanks :-)

[@bernardclaro7993]

Hello Serge from France. I would like videos on Lightroom Ipad especially on W&B thanks

[@kimsegal9723]

Thank you for this post. Excellent instruction. Would love to know how to use and install our own skies in photoshop and luminar. thanks

[@christianmietz2019]

Hi Serge. A video about how to print in gallery! Do you think is possible?

[@nicholascorby3109]

Great photo Serge. Can you use the B&W presets on other s editing software?

[@CH-tc8ub]

Can‘t wait 🥳😅🤞

[@lupo19047]

Love the B&W, but the color version was great too. BTW Serge, there's an expression, "Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you'll feed him for a lifetime." How about a video on how to CREATE presets? Peace. -Tom

[@andysuzierawlins5462]

That's really cool, I get like 20 maybe 30 likes on fh, or insta, lol Could you do a video on processing meteor shower pics or timelapses. I'm not really into presets. It was an interesting tutorial though

[@theweekendphotographer]

How do you deal with the copyright issues of the Effiel tower lit at night? I thought it was non-commercial at night

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

yoi are right i pay when i ise it commercially the fee is around 500 euros

[@this12006]

When i grow up i want to be just like u

[@Dirkx66]

Love these behind the scene videos! Which presets I have to buy to get the BW presets?

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

its free under the video

[@charruaporelmundo]

Step one, go to Paris... 😄😉😋

[@prosunsport1]

Hi Serg , please explain how to download u free present , it's very confusing and requests €271 , is it free . Do u have direct link to the download.Vasili South Africa

[@diegocarsalade6653]

Would you advise us to buy and read the Ansel Adam’s book « the negative »? Is it easy to understand for an amateur?

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

not at all unfortunately

[@rigidhammer7376]

waiting. hopefully sir youll gift me a camera to start 🙂

[@jmoyetlife]

So fake it till you make it? Whatever happen to getting all in camera and not slap makeup all over it in the computer.

[@elpichu]

Dont know why, but I think the best photographers dont vlog, youtube videos... they just write books, make marvelous photo albums... we are following the wrong "photographers"

[@GoodLifeInSpain]

No photo becomes "fine art" just because it's in black & white. You must first start with a compelling image.

[@michael-lt2lf]

Serge, as usual, another great presentation from you. You asked for comments; Many of us don’t use Adobe products. This is for various reasons.. Photoshop, the best there is, the yardstick by which every other photo manipulation programme is judged by. BUT too steep a learning curve. Lightroom? Insists on importing every photo. Adobe, continually adding on gimmicky pointless add-ons and tweaks, resting smugly on it’s laurels, and to cap it off, the Ransome ware subscription - talk about selling your soul to the devil. Want to bale out? At your peril as far as any unfinished work is concerned. With respect: you’re ignoring so many, many potential subscribers to your channel by not demonstrating your wonderful talents using the many other quality and stable products out there - DXO, Affinity Photo to mention just two. So many times I’ve wanted to buy your products - no Photoshop/Lightroom? Go away. Please, please, do some presentations using some of the alternative programmes out there, many are now excellent and so worthy of your talents. Us non Adobe users would love to have the benefit of your expertise and to be able to buy and use the wonderful packs you sell. Just a thought.

[@DickHoskins]

How will the new way Instagram will function and its new orientation will affect photographers? Thanks-