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Black-and-white magic

Sean McCormack is a photographer and writer, based in Ireland. He’s the author of The Indispensable Guide to Lightroom CC.

olourless is how photography started. And even today, when you want to get to the essence of a photo, remove colour to leave only tone and form. The conversion to black and white has an amazing way of pulling the heart

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