EDIT THE SHOT

CONVERT TO MONO Start by opening your RAW image in Photoshop – this will bring up the Camera Raw interface. Now, set the Saturation slider to -100 to remove all colour and turn the image black and white.

FLATTEN THE TONES Increase the Blacks slider to +100, the Shadows to +100 and then decrease the Highlights slightly to around -25. This will broaden the dynamic range of the image before we start to boost the contrast.

INCREASE CONTRAST Set the Clarity to +100 and the Contrast to +60 to add bags of depth to your mono conversion. If the whites in your photo look a little dull, increase the Exposure slider until they brighten.

SHARPEN TO FINISH Finally, switch over to the Detail tab (underneath the histogram) and then set the Amount to 50, the Radius to 3 and the Detail to 50. Make sure you save the image as a JPEG.

“Sometimes keeping things simple is just as effective for capturing striking imagery”

BelowQUICK TWEAKS APPLYING A SIMPLE EDITING TECHNIQUE IN PS HAS GIVEN OUR IMAGE A HIGH-CONTRAST, BLACK AND WHITE FINISH THAT FURTHER BOLSTERS THE DRAMATIC LIGHTING EFFECT