Stunning Black and White Photography: A Powerful Collection of Timeless Images

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:

• Tips for Shooting and Processing Better Black and White Photographs
• Black and White Conversions: An Introduction to Luminosity
• 3 Tips for Better Black and White Conversion using Lightroom
• How to See in Black and White [and how HDR can be a Powerful Tool for the Monochrome Photographer]

Through the mist by Paulo Mendonça on 500px

The Winner by Andrius Petrucenia on 500px

City of Fog by Johannes Burkhard on 500px

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

La Familia by Luis Beltrán on 500px

Corpus Christi at Night by Joe V on 500px

*** by Ann Nevreva on 500px

Tiny Feet by Lisa Holloway on 500px

Daisy codera by Rainer Ressmann on 500px

Paint Noir by András Sümegi on 500px

Alone by Ana Grama on 500px

Breakfast by La Mo on 500px

Building in the Building by Roman K on 500px

Hammer by Enrico Panina on 500px

Rocks JK by Daniel Czerwinski on 500px

A monochrome end of fall by Felicia Simion on 500px

Havana Life by Liban Yusuf B&W on 500px

M 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.

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

Ballerina III by Vanessa Paxton on 500px