Joe Farace

In my post Portraits with Monolights I talked about what I saw as the advantages of using monolights for studio photography. That’s not the only lighting choice portrait photographers have when working in the studio.

These days most DSLRs and mirrorless cameras that have direct monochrome capture options also let you apply digital filters to produce an effect as if you had placed a camera filter in front of your lens. If you’re new to the world of traditional filters for black and white photography, here’s a quick primer and how it will affect your images.

“To me the face – the eyes, the expression of the mouth – is the thing that reflects character. It is the only part of the body that permits us to see the inner person!” – Philippe Halsman