PhotographyTalk | Don't Shoot Black and White

Or: How to make use of the Channel Mixer to produce better Monochrome images

Throughout the history of black and white photography one of the skills that has separated the great black and white photographers from the not so great is their ability to visualise a scene in black and white: to be able to look at the world and know which shots will work, and which won't; to be able to know up-front which combination of film and filter will produce the most striking result. In short, they can 'see' in black and white. (photographytalk.com)