[Tutorial] B&W Landscape Photography in Lightroom

Today I take you step-by-step through my process for converting color landscape images into black and white in about 5 minutes without plugins or presets in Lightroom. This same technique works in Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop, Capture one, and just about any other image editing application. Thanks for watching!

[@MichaelVincentMagic]

Excellent.

[@jimpix8019]

Nice 👍

[@m.m.neubauer7734]

Very nice. Very informative. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

[@MatthewArringtonphoto]

Thanks for the comment! I’m glad you found it helpful!

[@hanahowey]

this was a helpful insight into editing! 🙌🏽

[@janmaaso]

Thanks for sharing. I love taking photos but am really bad at editing. I am back to shooting JPEG and will probably leave it at that, I am after all capturing memories, not creating art. That being said, I love watching and learning from others who are more skilled than I am. Ciao from Portugal. Jan.

[@MatthewArringtonphoto]

Thanks for the kind words! I hope this has been helpful and that you give editing a try now and then, once you’re comfortable with it. It can be freeing to shoot in jpeg though!

[@JerredZ]

Good stuff. I love seeing an image unfold like this!

[@MatthewArringtonphoto]

Thanks, man! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@charliejg]

Love this.....thanks. I've been experimenting with shooting black and white from the start. I have my X-T3 set to Acros or Monochrome when I'm shooting. But, I'm using the free version of Capture One rather than Lightroom. I don't know if I have that set of color sliders when I'm editing a black and white image. I will have to check on that. I'm pretty new at the editing process. Thanks again for the info....

[@MatthewArringtonphoto]

Thanks for the comment! I’m not sure if the free version of Capture One has the B&W color mixing sliders, but I know the full version does. Additionally, you can find them in the Camera Raw Filter in Photoshop as well. I do love the Acros and Monochrome film simulations and sometimes experiment with the red/yellow/green filter variants in camera. You can reprocess them in the camera with a new film simulation if you’re shooting raw, which I sometimes do to see how it will look.