Black & white photography question (1 Viewer)

David Smith

Warrington Lancs

• Aug 28, 2009

• #1

I am attending a wedding where the theme is 'black & white'. Someone has asked me if I will take some photos of 'their family' in black & white (just for them).
Never having done it (since my Brownie 127 days) I wonder, is it best to set the camera to B&W or shoot as normal and convert in Fotofiltre / PS3.
Obviously if I shoot as normal and convert then they have the choice whereas (I assume) if I set the camera to B&W then that is the only choice.......but will the quality be any good in comparrison.

 

M

Marcus Conway - ebirder

Well-known member

• Aug 28, 2009

• #2

I'd shoot normally and convert later. RAW too if you now your way round that.

Some weddings want 1000s of shots where JPEG can be just as good and a tme saver, but I do weddings in RAW. Then I would convert into B&W after looking at the image levels in colour - that's just personal preference.

Good luck

(take spare batteries!)

 

erisian.pope

very amateur

• Jan 27, 2010

• #3

Here is a really good explanation of options for working with black and white images (the author leans towards shooting in color and converting as that leads to more possibilities, and that is my preferred method for the same reason).


http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/techniques/color-black-white.htm

 

Mono

Hi!

Staff member

Supporter

• Jan 28, 2010

• #4

Photoshop CS3 has a new (when it came out) Black and White adjustment that lets you adjust the amount of the different colour channnels so you can create the effect you want.

 

erisian.pope

very amateur

• Jan 28, 2010

• #5

Is it different than their "channel mixer" function? If not, that is covered in the link I provided and is by far my favorite method for converting color to black and white! It's a great feature!!

 

Mono

Hi!

Staff member

Supporter

• Jan 28, 2010

• #6

Is it different than their "channel mixer" function?

Click to expand...

http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-cs3-black-and-white.html

 

erisian.pope

very amateur

• Jan 28, 2010

• #7

That's awesome! I even have CS3 - I'll check that out, thanks!