Yesterday we discussed 6 different ways to convert colour photos to black and white photos today we will cover toning. An integral part of black and white photography is toning, and with the advent of modern digital photography it has never been easier to use all the different tones without the mess and expense caused from traditional film toning.

Black and white photography, for many it is the only way to shoot, I have always loved black and white and always carried a body loaded with black and white film. Today it is so much easier to shoot in B/W and the need to carry spare body’s loaded with B/W is not the necessity it once was. I still love to shoot traditional film black and white but you have to acknowledge the convenience of the modern digital camera.

An often-overlooked component to modern digital format photography is what format the file is being saved in. If you want your photography to move to a new level you need to understand the different file types and why you would use them.

I started using Adobe Lightroom about a year ago and it has quickly become the main programe that I use for processing (I still use Canon's Digital Photo Professional for sharpening).

According to Adobe, Lightroom has been reworked from the ground up, making it faster and more capable of dealing with ever-increasing library sizes. It uses a better noise-reduction technique that improves your photos taken at high ISO settings.