Assignment Submissions-May

[Diane Margetts]

OK--the May assignment is a natural progression of what we have practiced so far and it can/should use all of your May suggestions. For our May assignment shoot the best photo you can using the proper ISO, aperture and shutter speed. Composition and effective cropping are always important! The May assignment is to use all of this but the end product will be black and white. I say the end product because the preferred method for a final black and white photo is to shoot the photo in color and then convert it to black and white in post processing using a program like Photoshop or any free online post processing program like Picasa 3. You can choose the black and white setting on your camera if you prefer but there are some disadvantages to this. I am off and running right now but I will get a good black and white intruction/tutorial up for you by tomorrow. Happy shooting!!!!!

 

ALSO--please include camera shooting information: A, S and ISO. I find this very helpful when I'm looking at a phot I really like . . . And for this lesson, how did you achieve the B&W image? Was it shot in B&W or did you convert it in post processing. And if you converted it, what method did you use?

[Linda, Webber and Seda]

Fabulous photographs.

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Larry, what were your camera setting for the first two of your photos?

[F, Calla & Luca]

A good one. Can you do this?

[Diane Margetts]

OK!! Set up the rules for us and I'm betting you get a lot of takers!

[Diane Margetts]

Go for it!!!!

[Mandy&Bailee]

What a great idea this assignment was :)
Here is the original image in color. Taken with my Nikon D300s. Settings were f2.8 aperture / 1/1000 sec shutter speed / ISO 400 / no flash

Here is it converted to B&W using Adobe Photoshop CS4. I tweaked the yellows & greens a lot to get the detail in her coat to come out. I then used my "mega art grain" recipe to get the film grain effect. I think I almost like it better in B&W now!

[Diane Margetts]

I love the B&W and the film grain--another technique that I want to try . . .

[Mandy&Bailee]

do you have photoshop? if you do I'll send you the steps I used....

[Diane Margetts]

Yup!! I have CS4 . . . thanks!

[Mandy&Bailee]

okay one more :)
original image taken with Nikon D300s / f8.0 aperture / 1/60 sec shutter speed / ISO 250 / no flash

after conversion to B & W in Adobe Photoshop CS4. I think I like the color version better, you can tell the sun is setting....I dunno. What do you guys think?

[Diane Margetts]

OK--I like them both! I agree with the sunset but I also love to more mysterious sillouette in B/W. . . I'm think with your skill you could figure out how to blend some sunset color into the B&W image.I've seen that done but have never tried it myself . . .

[F, Calla & Luca]

What can't be done nowadays?