FINE ART ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHY - Editing Tutorial - 7 Step Workflow for Black and White Mastery!

This photo editing tutorial delves into fine art black and white editing. Specifically for architectural photography. I've broken the workflow down into 7 steps.

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The Concept
The concept is to sculpt the architecture using brightness values. Enhance areas of highlight and shadow to control your vision for the photo. I prefer a low key photo with minimal areas of highlights that demand the viewers attention.

The basic Editing Process
Create a good base layer that contains a full dynamic range from white through to black and has no clipping. This should be created from a RAW photo. Before converting to black and white, select the various facades of the building that you wish to change. After converting to black and white we then use curves to control the brightness of the different regions. We then make global adjustments to contrast including vignetting if need be. Utilise a creative tool such as Luminar to push your creative vision to the next level.

Below is an overview of the steps we follow in the fine art editing workflow:

1. Create a base layer with a good dynamic range
This can be done in Lightroom by boosting the shadows and controlling the highlights. The black and white points should meet the end of the histogram but they shouldn’t clip off the edge. A raw file should be used at this stage for the best results
2. Create selections of the different areas of the building
Utilise selection tools to isolate the building. The pen tool is great for this
3. Convert the image to black and white
There are so many black and white conversion methods. Most aren’t great but there are a few that stand out. The more flexibility the better. For this example, we’re going to use the Black and White adjustment layer
4. Use the premade selection to brighten and darken. Enhance the 3D feel and add emphasis based on your aesthetic preference. Use a curve adjustment pulled downwards to darken and use a curve pushed up to increase brightness. Also, consider giving areas of your building more visual interest by adding contrast with an S curve.
5. Make global adjustments to contrast by adding an overall Curve adjustment Layer with an S Curve.
6. Let your creativity loose by loading the image into a tool such as Luminar for the finishing touches.
7. Consider adding a vignette to control the highlights that are at the edge of the frame. Do this by again adding a curves adjustment layer and this time bring the right-hand point that controls the highlights downwards. Then create a radial gradient mask to control where the effect is applied. Refine this with a brush if necessary.
8. Post to Instagram and look like a photo ninja!

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