It’s rather difficult to produce a stunning black and white photos. The main disadvantage is that you cannot use the attraction of colors.

The most important points in shooting a good black and white photos are on the composition, lighting and timing.

Composition

To achieve nice composition for your black and white photo, you need to practice your eyes in finding good shapes, tones and textures. Shadow and highlights also play very important role in enhancing your photo’s composition.

Lighting

You need to pay more attention to the lighting when trying to take your black and white photo. Though many photographers like to take black and white photos in dark, gloomy day, there are times when these will result in poor lighting. Make sure that the lighting can make your photo looks more contrast.

Timing

With good timing, you can capture the right object under the right lighting on the right place. This sounds difficult, but once you get used to photography, you will be able to time correctly when to take your shoot. What matter most is your patience.

Of course, there is no best rule for this. Great art comes from creativity. Let’s see some of stunning black and white photos after the jump. Pay close attention and let the ideas flow into your mind.

Paddy

Derrick Tyson

Poto Poto

Tomasz Dziubinski

Patrick Kolodgy

Nicole

Dave

Patrick

David Allen

Jose Garcia

Rochelle Ridgwell

Katrina Majkut

Daniel Rutter

Brett Butterstein

Johanna Ljungblom

Margaret G. Burman

Jonathan Sprinkle

Paul Sajnani

Juan Manuel Cortez

Richard Pike

Fink Ployd

Maylock Stansbury

Dave Massey

Peter Huang

Mitch Dobrowner

Maurizio Polese

Isa Marcelli

Celeste RC

Adrian Mealand

Russell Lee Klika

Motocchio

Eddie O’Bryan

Garrett O’Donoghue

Chuck Walker

Melissa Mancuso

Ashley

S.L. Jones

Aaron Plotkin

Lisa Stefaniak

Tareva

Isamuddin

Jules Marcoux

Bora Akbay

Paul

Asbescik

Tareva

Gilad Benari

Marie Madame

Catalin Valli

Rachel

Ricky Cullen

Hanna

Cassidy

Marty Bell

Marloes

Marcin Stawiarz

Bethany Ann Ford

Selin

Roman Jäger

Zach

Ana Lopes

Tiberiu

Pam

Tomasz Karol Lukasz K.

Mitchell Cassidy

Ewa Brzozowska

Anna

Dylan Loflin

Amelie Bertrand

Danica

Dredds

Monkeyc

Ashley Dinges

Saxaphonium

Bart

Helen

Mario Zorn

Gavin

Robert Wesley Stone

David Officer

Jon Hanson

Joel Meulemans

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