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June 20, 2012
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Black and White Photography

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~NightingaleShadow Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist
In photography many people work in B&W but I want to know how differnt people turn their photos into B&W. And whats the best method? Converting to B&W, working with Gradient Map, shooting in B&W? What?
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:iconkrisvlad:
=KrisVlad Jun 29, 2012   Photographer
I think it's wiser to shoot in color and THEN convert to black and white in Adobe Photoshop (or something). Then you can tweak levels, contrast, brightness, etc...
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~NightingaleShadow Jun 29, 2012  Hobbyist
thats generally what I do, I feel like it gives me more control, but some people seem to disagree.
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:iconmartinoice:
=Martinoice Jun 29, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I created my own method from a cocktail of different methods that i found. Just search for tutorials and then mix your favourites together or something. :)
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~NightingaleShadow Jun 29, 2012  Hobbyist
oh thats a good idea!
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:iconkaz-d:
^Kaz-D Jun 29, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Hello!
You've been featured here!
Enjoy ;)
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~NightingaleShadow Jun 29, 2012  Hobbyist
thank you! :)
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=DanOstergren Jun 28, 2012  Professional Photographer
I don't like to limit my options, so I always shoot in color, even if the intention is to convert to black and white. I may end up loading it into Photoshop and deciding that the photo would be better if it was in color.
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~NightingaleShadow Jun 28, 2012  Hobbyist
Thats what I like to do as well, I fell less limited if I shoot in color then convert it later.
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:iconcraigblackmoore:
~craigblackmoore Jun 24, 2012  Student General Artist
I usually shoot in black and white in digital. I try to do as less post editing as possible.
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~Plage-Photo Jun 24, 2012   Photographer
For what it is worth - I've been very pleased converting to b/w in photoshop. In older versions I used channel mixer, but in the newer version the b/w converter works well (not to be confused with desaturate, which doesn't work particularly well...).
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