Enhancing a Black-and-White Wedding Photo with Lightroom

Learn how to use Lightroom to convert a photo from a wedding or any other event into a black-and-white image worthy of framing.

Learn how to convert a color wedding photo into a black-and-white image worthy of framing, in this short start-to-finish project. Jan Kabili shows you how to convert from color to black and white, bring out details, soften skin tone, and add a vignette. Plus, learn how to create a tinted version, and output high-resolution versions of both your files.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Initial Processing

• Making a virtual copy
• Converting to black and white
• Adjusting tonal values in the Basic panel
• Fine-tuning with a tone curve

2. Enhancing Details

• Bringing out detail in the wedding dress
• Enhancing the veil
• Softening skin tones
• Emphasizing facial details
• Removing hotspots
• Adjusting colors in the HSL panel

3. Creative Finishing

• Comparing versions of the photo
• Tinting the black-and-white photo
• Adding a vignette
• Outputting the black-and-white photo

Conclusion

• Next steps