Friday, September 30, 2011

Black and White Choices

Here are three versions of the same shot. It was actually taken on my Android phone with HDR+. I was killing a few minutes before a meeting at the Oak Park Conservatory. I liked the photos that I made that afternoon.

HDR Color

Here are some black and white variations. Using Corel PaintShop Pro X4. I converted the image to black and white. I filtered different colors each time.

B&W 1
B&W 2

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Black and White Versus Color

Stacy in Black and White

Stacy in Color

Ski Scape Park City


Ski Scape is a vacation rental property for a client. This website is in Drupal so it can easily be maintained and update by the property management company. I hope to vacation in the house someday. The house and the area look so beautiful. It is great in the winter because you can ski in/ski out right from the house. It would also be interesting to go during the Sundance Film Festival. It might be fun to go celebrity spotting. The outdoor activities in the summer also look spectacular.

Black and White from Color

Inspired by the Oak Park Photo Club meeting on Monday night. There were some really great black and white photos. Most of them were conversions from color. The great thing about converting to black and white in the digital darkroom is the control over which color channel is emphasized. You don't have to rely on a limited set of filters on the camera.

Converted Black and White

Original Color
I don't know which I like better. Let me know what you think in the comments.