Ott, 62, founded the Darkroom eight years ago, aware that when a Concord public rental... Martinez's Darkroom develops a following / Business focuses on black-and-white photography ...

Capture dark and moody photos by dropping the exposure and using filters on your smartphone. Experiment with foggy and mysterious photography by adding clarity and adjusting the aperture.

In post-processing, boost the contrast to deepen shadows and highlight the subject. Fine-tune the exposure and use curve adjustments so the image retains strong contrast between light and dark areas.

While high-contrast photography is heavily based on hard light and dark shadows, it is not always necessary for both elements to be present in order to achieve the high-contrast effect.

Light And Dark: The Racial Biases That Remain In Photography : Code Switch When Syreeta McFadden was young, she dreaded being photographed. Cameras made her skin look darkened and distorted.

Computational photography has ushered in an era where HDR effects are commonplace in our smartphone photos. But embracing a little contrast with some of the tools built right into our iPhone ...

In an age when digital photography is nearly ubiquitous – and most darkroom supplies have been discontinued – McCaw's work gives a glimpse of what new technologies have thoughtlessly abandoned.