Digital Black & White Photography is a practical guide dedicated specifically to creating black-and-white photographs with digital cameras and digital-processing tools. John Beardsworth covers the process from capturing the original photograph through digital conversion, editing, printing, and other forms of output.

Rather than treating black-and-white photography purely as an artistic subject, the book takes a practical, tutorial-based approach, explaining both photographic technique and digital processing. It also discusses ways of recreating traditional black-and-white photographic effects while introducing newer digital techniques.