Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alan, When I was shooting film only, I did more or less what you describe. I always carried two bodies, often 3: one loaded with color film, one loaded with slow/medium B&W (e.g. Fuji Acros or Tri-X) and one with high-speed B&W (usually Neopan 1600). My preference was always B&W too, but sometimes the subject simply demanded color; and sometimes I was not sure, so if the situation permitted, I would shoot the image with both color and B&W. This is where digital has been a boon, since every image is now in color and I can shoot more freely in the knowledge that B&W is available with a click of a mouse later. Of course, that was also the case when I was working with film (since my negatives and slides ended up scanned), but somehow this was not a natural part of my workflow back then, and very few images were actually converted from color to B&W. And of course, going the other way was impossible ;-) Nathan amr3@uwm.edu wrote: > On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > >> ... and many of them were improved by converting to B&W. >> One of the great things about Lightroom is precisely the ability to flip >> back and forth between the colour and B&W versions to see how the >> picture works. >> > ............................................................................................................................................ > I'm of the old school that feels you have to visualize the scene in the > medium > that it's going to end up in. When I have B&W loaded, I look for pictures > that > will translate best into monochrome, and the converse for color. But > then, I > just love B&W more than color. Aside from abstracts that use color as a > design > element, autumn is about the only time I feel like making color pictures > for > myself. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu > Department Phone: 414 229-4282 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, Netherlands and Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog