Establishing a unique, signature style as a photographer is always a worthy goal. You never know, eventually that unique quality might be emulated by others, at which point you have to find a new one! Nevertheless, the trial and error we see in this tutorial is a jumping-off point for creating something unique with your editing.
Black-and-white portraits hold a timeless quality, but they can be infused with aspects to give them a distinctive look. The classic black-and-white look that stands out for many people is the high-contrast look; but here, we’re instead opting for a flatter, lower-contrast look. Download the Mono-start.jpg (see the left-hand corner for the link), or open one of your own portraits to begin.
First, we do a basic conversion, just using Saturation, then start to…
