There is just something about black and white photographs that is just incredible. An unsophisticated color snapshot can look like a professionally-composed photograph if converted properly to the B&W format.
Additionally, you can “salvage” some really grainy color photographs by making them B&W.
There are quite a few ways to take a color photograph and make it black and white. The Digital Photography School describes several ways, all of which work. Scott Kelby also offers some killer ways to convert color to black and white in his outstanding book series, Photoshop Elements.
How to Convert Color Digital Images into Black and White Ones
