Into The Deep: Starting Out With Black and White Photography
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Black and White Photography
See the world in black and white. It is crisp, clean and beautiful enough with its patterns, shapes and lines to intrigue our minds
Though not often explored at all, one of the many features found on modern digital cameras is the ability to capture or post-process images in black and white. Color is the in now, and once it was introduced, black and white photography gradually become less and less popular. Nowadays, people prefer color because that's the essence of the images that they are capturing.
Try black-and-white photography on your digital cameras now. Both latest camera models and photo editing software have settings that can capture images or convert color images into black and white. Either of these methods can be used to achieve the classic black and white look that can impress any viewer.
Black and white photos are also perfect for portraits and candid shots of young children. Black and white photography can add an intimate feel to a photo that color photos cannot achieve.
Though not often explored at all, one of the many features found on modern digital cameras is the ability to capture or post-process images in black and white. Color is the in now, and once it was introduced, black and white photography gradually become less and less popular. Nowadays, people prefer color because that's the essence of the images that they are capturing.
Try black-and-white photography on your digital cameras now. Both latest camera models and photo editing software have settings that can capture images or convert color images into black and white. Either of these methods can be used to achieve the classic black and white look that can impress any viewer.
Black and white photos are also perfect for portraits and candid shots of young children. Black and white photography can add an intimate feel to a photo that color photos cannot achieve.
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A very short introduction
All photography was originally monochrome, most of these photographs were black-and-white. Even after color film was readily available, black-and-white photography continued to dominate for decades, due to its lower cost and its "classic" photographic look. It is important to note that some monochromatic pictures are not always pure blacks and whites, but also contain other hues depending on the process. The Cyanotype process produces an image of blue and white for example. The albumen process which was used more than 150 years ago had brown tones.Many photographers continue to produce some monochrome images. Some full color digital images are processed using a variety of techniques to create black and whites, and some cameras have even been produced to exclusively shoot monochrome.
The Two Schools
Black and white photographers today are divided into two schools - the film purists, enthusiasts who still uses film cameras and black and white films, and the modern day digital photographers. While not many new film cameras are manufactured nowadays, these purists tend to go for the vintage and collectible types. While some are using mechanical Nikon, Minolta, Olympus, Pentax and other of the 1960 eras, other are equally adapt with the medium format 120 film cameras.Film camera purists will tend to look for the following type films for their image capture:
- Kodak BW 400CN, T-Max 100, T-Max 400, T-Max 3200, Plus-X (125), Tri-X (400)
- Ilford Pan F Plus (50), FP4 Plus (125), HP5 Plus (400), Delta 100 Pro, Delta 400 Pro, Delta 3200
- Fuji Neopan 100 Acros, Neopan 400, Neopan 1600
Digitalist, on the other hand, can rely on their present digital SLR types used in black-and-white image capture mood or use it in conjunction with their photo post-processing software.
New on the market are the latest offering, for example, from Olympus which now offers Art Filters and other adaptations type gizmos in-built into the camera bodies and camera management software that is targeted towards more creativity while using the camera itself rather than relying post-process factors in thee image making. This could be a trend worth watching.
The recommended reading list below includes references for both image making schools.
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- NYIP - Black & White Photography | Black and White Photos | NYIP
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- Great Black-n-White Photos From Colour Film
- I tried but I was never any good. I had the film, I had the specialty filters, I even had the darkroom with a condenser enlarger and fibre based papers%u2026 it didn't matter, I just couldn't pull off a decent black-n-white photo...
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