Experiment with mood and emotion in your black-and-white photos by changing exposure and contrast levels.
Experiment with mood and emotion in your black-and-white photos by changing exposure and contrast levels. Tweaking these settings can help you understand how tone affects a photograph and the story that photo is telling. By highlighting the midtones, you can make an image more calm or relaxing. By creating high contrast and eliminating the midtones, you instantly make it more dramatic. Depending on your artistic goals, either tactic could be effective.