Black & White Photos | Digital Scrapbooking Skills

Color photography is the commonplace standard, but there are many times when a black and white photograph can really add to a digital scrapbooking layout. Of course, you should always use black and white if it’s all you have, and if your story includes vintage photos, you should use them as they are. The photos themselves help to convey the era of time because they are black and white. But, sometimes it’s helpful to convert color photos to black and white to enhance them or to make the photo have more visual impact on the page.

Carol had some gorgeous pictures of her granddaughter in her ballet tutu. The contrast between light and dark show off her adorable poses so well in a colorless photo, and the impact of her light body in front of the dark background would be lost somewhat if the photos were color. Using black and white photos to show high contrast is a great trick for adding a big impact to a page. By the way, she used Chelle’s Tutu Cute Bundle for all those cute pink and grey elements and papers.

Kassie was not happy with the quality of her photos but wanted to scrap the memory, so she converted them to black and white, and it really enhanced her images. This is a great trick to use when editing photos that are less than ideal in color. She used Chelle’s Big City kit and Tiny Tabbed Alpha for her page, and it all works perfectly together.

Finally, let’s look at Jenn’s page. She had photos from a Disney trip, and her family had their pictures taken in front of Cinderella’s castle. Lots of colors on clothing or busy patterns on apparel can be distracting on a page, so Jenn changed the photos to black and white. The effect is that the focus is on the people in the photos instead of the clothing – exactly what she wanted! By the way, she used Chelle’s new CU Watercolor Brushes and the classic kit Happily Ever After  with some greenery added from Girl Power and Blessings.

Do you have some pictures that need help? Maybe they have bold, distracting colors on them? Change the color profile to black and white. Or, maybe you have the perfect digital scrapbooking kit in mind that you want to use, but the pictures you have don’t match it. Convert the pictures! It’s a great trick to help in lots of situations.