The KEY ingredient for Perfect Black & White Photos

[@DS-xg9kf]

Such wonderful videos. Thank you ❤

[@AaronGayah]

I like the mellowness of your content. Quite calming.

[@ian_worth]

Glad to hear it! 🙏

[@ATSandeen]

Good comment on the long exposure with B&W. It made me realize that, though I'm usually not a big fan of long exposure with moving water in color (I like to see the details), I love and probably prefer longer exposure with a B&W image.

[@ian_worth]

Thanks buddy, glad it helped 👍👍

[@danevarkevisser4670]

Hi Ian - I don't know that I learned anything here, but I very much enjoy your videos. They are well crafted and provide lots of good tips. I would say 50% of the images I shoot are monochrome, 40% partial colour and about 10% colour. The partial colour picture mode in my OM System and Olympus cameras enables me to capture only part of the the colour spectrum and what is not captured in colour is seen in monochrome. This I find works great in some situations, particularly under soft diffuse light here in the woodlands in SE Australia. I also shoot both JPEG and RAW. I shoot JPEG to remind me of what my intention was when I took the image. As you say, different picture modes - and I would say along with the ability to use different aspect ratios - are two great features of modern digital cameras.

[@ian_worth]

Many thanks for watching, good comment too 👍👍

[@hawaiianstarman]

My favorite was the stacked image with the daisies in the foreground. Well done. Appreciate how you described your compositional strategy to make the light play work. Thanks

[@ian_worth]

Thank you so much 😀

[@grahamegannon9708]

You have inspired me to go out and take B&W photos and see what I can achieve stepping away from colour photos. I would be a good project for me while we have blue uninteresting skies.

[@chasingvenusfilmarts]

Thank you for another inspiring video. Really appreciate your dedication, hard work (in setting up to film yourself alone!) and talent.

[@ian_worth]

Thank you so much! 👍👍

[@lphilpot01]

That second location was really interesting! What caught my eye as well was the pair of little triangular peaks poking just above the horizon to the right. Maybe a telephoto target? Interesting video.

[@ian_worth]

Its all part of the military firing range Len, its only open to the public at certain times. I'm not sure if those triangles are something to do with targets. It's very interesting up there 👍

[@hymanlevy2265]

Wonderful presentation

[@goo_ooze]

Great video, Ian, thank you! I'm just starting in landscape photography and your content has helped me so much.

[@ian_worth]

Great to hear! and thanks for watching👍

[@RikMaxSpeed]

I set my camera to B&W even when shooting in colour (raw), it helps see the scene differently to focus on composition and contrast.

[@swanseamale47]

Back in the days of film there was a thing called I think a pan view filter, a sort of dark mauve gel, looking through it took most of the colour out so you could "see" how it would look (roughly). That said after many years shooting BW you get a pretty good idea what will work anyway. Modern digital make it much easier.

[@diba4645]

It can be that easy… no philosophy - thanks, Ian - for the simplicity of it

[@ian_worth]

You are very welcome 👍👍

[@robertdavis1255]

Thanks for sharing your experience Ian..... great video & comments....B&W are great results... cheers from Australia 🦘🦘😊

[@ian_worth]

Glad you enjoyed it Robert 👍👍

[@girlinagale]

What a likeable fellow and inspiring channel.

[@ian_worth]

Thank you so much 👍😊

[@user-hu5er7ew5v]

Love black& white, but I usually use filters to shoot these photos, like black mist from Kase, B+W. They can bring more cinematic feel.

[@adventurecoalition3690]

Love your enthusiasm. Great video and pics from an amazing location 🙌Thx for sharing your knowledge and expertise, much appreciated

[@johnnybreedlove6398]

Really enjoyed this on Ian!!!!

[@ian_worth]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍👍

[@davidjoyce3467]

Just getting round to trying B+W so thanks for that🙃It's working well in the crags in the Lake District, off piste, where I'm lucky to live. Thanks Ian.

[@ian_worth]

That's great David, i love the lakes, its been a while since ive been up there though 👍👍

[@AndyMG1965]

Interesting video, thanks for the tip on luminance in Lightroom. I moved to Digital in 2018 and shot b&w film vast majority of the time since I started photography in circa 1981. Moving to digital I kept shooting b&w for a while, but now I’m enjoying shooting in colour. But still, b&w creeps into my images 😂

[@ian_worth]

I love shooting black and white film, ilford delta is my go to film stock 👍

[@Reinavera73]

Thanks.

[@taterandy3958]

Connection is really important ❤ for humans. You choose to be a content creator!! Your Irish whiskey you met is only one of the many chapters in your story.... don't give up your dreams !!! Remember you are the author of your on story!!!❤❤ #alonebuthappy

[@ChuckRiley]

I get dizzy just watching you on the cliff edge

[@xh2iii]

Hi Ian, what L bracket are you using? Didn’t see it on your gear list. Looks like it doesn’t block the screen flip and you have access to the inputs. Thanks

[@ian_worth]

I made it myself, if you look in my shorts playlist you will see how i did ... 👍

[@EdwardMartinsPhotography]

Not a place I'd want to be wandering around in the dark! Very cool though. 🙂👍

[@ian_worth]

My thoughts exactly 👍👍

[@madcat1007]

Nice video. What is that bag you are using?

[@ian_worth]

Thanks, You can view all of my gear here 👉 www.iworthphotos.com/my-gear

[@renoholland7090]

Thanks Ian. When I want B & W I always convert from Color in post processing. Is there an advantage of shooting in B & W mode directly?

[@ian_worth]

Yes me too, I shoot in jpeg and raw, the jpg shows me the black and white conversion in camera which is helpful for composition in the field. I then convert the colour raw file to black and white in lightroom which allows me to manipulate certain colour channels as required. It works really well, best of both worlds 👍👍

[@garymc8956]

B&W when there are great clouds; UV filter vs boosting the blue channel in post. Any thoughts?

[@ian_worth]

I never use a uv filter, a polarizer would work well to add contrast to cloud detail 👍👍

[@garymc8956]

Sorry, I meant CPL. I was just wondering if using a CPL would yield any difference than the blue and de haze sliders. Basically whether it’s worth the hassle of using a CPL.

[@raybeaumont7670]

Mono ...... Use FILM!