Say goodbye to your desaturate button or any other easy cop outs when it comes to making your photos b&w here is a really easy and non destructive way to make your photos look great in black and white!

1. You’re going to want to pick out a photo that you’d like to turn black and white! I chose my pal Kati! In this photo she was pregnant for her little girl, Taylor. I’ve blogged about both Kati’s preggo session and Taylor at 7 months!

2. So after you picked out your image, you’re going to want to go up to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Black and White. Press OK to the message that pops open! It’s going to create a layer on top of your original image therefor it doesn’t destroy your base image and you can always turn off the layer you’re working with to have your original intact.

3. It’s going to show your image in a plain old black and white with the black and white adjustments box open. You can move the color bars to fit your style and preferences.
I’ll show my preferences at first and then what I ended up with!

4. ALSO! I went to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Brightness and Contrast and bumped up the brightness a bit because it was seeming a bit dark for my taste.

Here is my final image!