A fundamental yet powerful editing technique is converting images to black and white. It helps keep your image focused on the actual composition and texture of the photo. It also allows you to focus on shapes, light and shadows, lines, perspective and every detailing of the image. Images in black and white are definitely more convincing and have a distinctive contrast with every detail in check.
While editing in black and white there are no colours or hues to distract you, the image becomes very well detailed and also shows the deep and artistic nature of the image captured. Black and white will keep you focused on the composition while shooting and make it a little easier to spot posing issues if there is any case as such from your subject.
Black & white is the cornerstone of photography, and understanding it and having that knowledge and how best to apply them in your image is an arsenal and will do nothing but good things for your body of work.
The video below from YouTube by Pye Jirsa with Adorama TV will help and give a breakdown of choices to make while converting an image to black and white.
