Whats the best way to get black and white prints from my color photos?
If you are new to black and white digital you can leave your images in color and simply request “true black and white” from the drop down menu when ordering. If you have created B&W in camera that’s fine, though it is better to start in RAW and then convert in Photoshop. A simple method is to change your color files to Grayscale in Photoshop (Image > Mode > Grayscale). A better method in Photoshop is to convert the color image to Lab Color mode (Image > Mode > Lab Color) then discard all but the lightness channel by highlighting that channel in the channels palette, then change the mode to Grayscale (Image > Mode > Grayscale). When you get the window asking to discard color, click OK.
