5: Basic black and white adjustments

Black and white negatives are rarely perfect straight from the camera and it's the s are with digital. In the darkroom you adjust the print exposure and paper grade to maximise your print's tonal range, and in a photo editor you use exposure, brightness, levels and curves. Here's how it's done. Hello. I'm Rod Lawton and I'm a full-time photography journalist writing about camera gear, shooting techniques and photo editing. You can find my work on digitalcameraworld.com, amateur photographer.com and in print. I have my own websites at lifeafterphotoshop.com, fotovolo.com and rodlawton.uk.