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WIP #4
What happened last weekend? We had a fall off in participants. I hope this weekend is better.
I am going to change things just a little. To start you are welcome to do or redo any of the past WIP’s. I set them up as Weekend In Pictures because most people have a little more time to shoot on the weekends. If you miss a weekend the threads are always open to do them whenever you want.
I will start posting just one thread for the WIP for each week, and it will go up on Thursdays. This thread will be for discussion as well as all of our posts for that WIP. Pictures must be taken after the thread is posted; this is to get shooting more often.
WIP #4 will be: Black and White Pictures
It is easy to turn your camera to B&W mode and take pictures or convert them in Photoshop after you get home. The hard part is seeing in black and white while you are out shooting. Black and white photography is more difficult, but it gives up the ability to convey certain emotions. With B&W we can get a much spookier picture of a graveyard, or a more classic portrait. The difficulty comes in knowing what will make a good black and white and what will not. So this weekend lets try to learn more about it.
Tips, Hints, and things to remember:
· Good B&W photos show contrast. So look for things to shoot that have high contrast. If you shoot the leaves colored in red, yellow and orange, you won’t have as much contrast in B&W.
· B&W can be used to give a portrait type picture that classic look. Again contrast is needed, which would come from your lighting and background.
· Textures will also show good contrast in B&W.
· If you don’t know how to convert color photos to B&W in Photoshop or other post processing program, just do a google search on “converting to black and white”
· Have fun and shoot many pictures.
Here are a few examples that I think show how some pictures turn out better in B&W and Some don't.
These first two pictures being converted to B&W just don't really do much.
These next two seem to be a little better in B&W
What happened last weekend? We had a fall off in participants. I hope this weekend is better.
I am going to change things just a little. To start you are welcome to do or redo any of the past WIP’s. I set them up as Weekend In Pictures because most people have a little more time to shoot on the weekends. If you miss a weekend the threads are always open to do them whenever you want.
I will start posting just one thread for the WIP for each week, and it will go up on Thursdays. This thread will be for discussion as well as all of our posts for that WIP. Pictures must be taken after the thread is posted; this is to get shooting more often.
WIP #4 will be: Black and White Pictures
It is easy to turn your camera to B&W mode and take pictures or convert them in Photoshop after you get home. The hard part is seeing in black and white while you are out shooting. Black and white photography is more difficult, but it gives up the ability to convey certain emotions. With B&W we can get a much spookier picture of a graveyard, or a more classic portrait. The difficulty comes in knowing what will make a good black and white and what will not. So this weekend lets try to learn more about it.
Tips, Hints, and things to remember:
· Good B&W photos show contrast. So look for things to shoot that have high contrast. If you shoot the leaves colored in red, yellow and orange, you won’t have as much contrast in B&W.
· B&W can be used to give a portrait type picture that classic look. Again contrast is needed, which would come from your lighting and background.
· Textures will also show good contrast in B&W.
· If you don’t know how to convert color photos to B&W in Photoshop or other post processing program, just do a google search on “converting to black and white”
· Have fun and shoot many pictures.
Here are a few examples that I think show how some pictures turn out better in B&W and Some don't.
These first two pictures being converted to B&W just don't really do much.
These next two seem to be a little better in B&W
And forceofnature, I really like the look of that picture w/ the green filter!
