B/W Sample

I'm sure that my software doesn't have this capability, but it is very interesting to know, since I really love black and white photography. Thanks Ted. I also had a chance to take some portraits at a family reunion this last weekend, but most fun were of some of kids running around. I'll post one of Katie's cousin whom I snuck up on.

I also bought some material for portrait back drops. Who knows, soon I might actually buy a computer and photo software.... No, probably not.

Matt

Convert to Black and White

Here is some details on converting to black and white. Its not to in-depth and I dont think any of you have photoshop CS. If you have Photoshop elements you should be able to try these. I have a cheap program called PhotoImpact Pro and it supports the stuff Ken is talking about. I just have to play around a bit more. It is best to start with a color photo then go to black and white. You will have the most flexibility. This will give you a good feel for the different looks you can get with the same color photo as you convert it to black and white.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/photoshop/b-w.htm

Happy Birthday

Art Class 101Happy Birthday Ted and a Happy Anniversary to you and Sam!

Also a Happy Birthday To you Tom!

Matt Activity 1

Art Class 101 I'm just posting two photos, the one on the left was with an external flash as a slave, and the standard flash on the camera. The one with the dress shirt was with natrual light. It has too much light on the right, and I used a reflector to limit the shadow from the left, but I wasn't able to review them until this morning at work. Had I seen the results, I would have reduced the light on the right, and not used as much light reflecting on the left of the face.
Having fun, and learning about my camera! Thanks for organizing this.

Activity1: Second Example

Here is a shot to show the difference in depth you can get. I don't think one is better than the other you just have to decide what look you are going for. This one has a little flatter look because you have more light from another window filling the shadows. When you have less light it is far more important to make sure it is falling on all the right places, when it does you get a great 3D Look from the Black and White. This one is still much more depth than you would get using the on camera flash insted of window light. You might want to try one with the built in flash as you take these just to see it for your self.
Fun hey.

Ted

Ok so I took a few shots today, wont say how many but I did a quick conversion to Black and White and a little cropping on one that was Ok. Thought I would try this Blog thing out. Have no idea if I am doing it right but we will get the hang of it.

I think I will post another at some time but this is a test and the shot should give you an idea about what I was thinking. I don’t want to limit your creativity but you should try window light it is cheap and works well. I liked the contrast, very light and very dark. I might convert to BW different way and see if the results are noticeable or not. Some of my other shots have light from another window on the shadowed side of my face and I think it was too much. Didn’t seem as bold as this one.
Ok so lets see what you guys are thinking.

Lets try this format and see how it works.

Art Blog

Check this out and see if it is something that you think we could use to view all of the photos.

Here is our dog Noah. 115 lbs of puppy and growing!