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Anonymous
how do i make my b&w shots look better?
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>> Anonymous
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>> rage Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>291007

Add more real whites & blacks, everything in that photo just looks grey.
>> Anonymous
>>291020

Are you saying he actually photographed a white person painted up to look like a Negro?
>> Anonymous
more contrast
>> Anonymous
contrast + negative space.
>> Anonymous
Bump up your contrast in photoshop or lightroom. it's pretty simple, they have a feature in photoshop called "brightness/contrast" and you drag the arrow higher.

also OP pic is underexposed slightly.
>> Anonymous
take them in color