Question on shooting B&W: First let me say I'm not a fan of B&W, But I was wanting to try shooting some, mostly street photography, so my question is are most of you shooting in B&W or...

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

First let me say I'm not a fan of B&W, But I was wanting to try shooting some, mostly street photography, so my question is are most of you shooting in B&W or changing it to B&W with software? Or does it matter?

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

There was a topic on this recently; I'll look for the link. Shooting in color, most particularly in raw, allows you much more latitude with your b&w conversion via software.

Of course it also depends on which software you use. Ideally, more than a one-click conversion

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Here's a discussion from May:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-391246-1.html

At the bottom of the link below are the two specialty forums on UHH devoted to street photography, if you want more specific information regarding technique or pp:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/all-section-list

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rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Unlike yourself, I'm a huge fan of black and white. When I am using my digital camera to produce a black and white photo, I use the black and white adjustment in Photoshop. I believe it is in the Image pulldown menu. Although ACR allows the conversion upon being brought into PS, the converted image does not allow certain editing processes to be done on it. The PS black and white conversion process allows me much better control of the conversion.
--Bob

HOT Texas wrote:

First let me say I'm not a fan of B&W, But I was wanting to try shooting some, mostly street photography, so my question is are most of you shooting in B&W or changing it to B&W with software? Or does it matter?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

HOT Texas wrote:

First let me say I'm not a fan of B&W, But I was wanting to try shooting some, mostly street photography, so my question is are most of you shooting in B&W or changing it to B&W with software? Or does it matter?

As a GH4 user, I can do both. I save raw and JPEG files and set the JPEG menus to one of the B&W modes. That way, I can SEE in B&W in the electronic viewfinder as I'm composing. The raw can be used any way desired, later. The JPEG can be used immediately if necessary.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

burkphoto wrote:

... I save raw and JPEG files and set the JPEG menus to one of the B&W modes. That way, I can SEE in B&W in the electronic viewfinder as I'm composing...

Someone suggested this to me a few months ago. For anyone new to b&w, or in my case mostly just out of practice "seeing" a composition without color, this was a great tool!

jim quist Loc: Missouri

Scott Kelby shows how to convert to B&W in Lightroom
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2117243&seqNum=17

I also use Perfect Black and White from On1 software which does a great job.
http://www.on1.com/landing/announcing-photo10-5-raw/?gclid=CjwKEAjw7qi7BRCvsr3N58GvsTkSJAA3UzLvfjT3IMb-fepBw8n6HIhTMlVgDAMIRr5fBO07mZlNjBoCJG3w_wcB

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Linda From Maine wrote:

Here's a discussion from May:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-391246-1.html

At the bottom of the link below are the two specialty forums on UHH devoted to street photography, if you want more specific information regarding technique or pp:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/all-section-list

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Thanks much Linda!!!!!

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

rmalarz wrote:

Unlike yourself, I'm a huge fan of black and white. When I am using my digital camera to produce a black and white photo, I use the black and white adjustment in Photoshop. I believe it is in the Image pulldown menu. Although ACR allows the conversion upon being brought into PS, the converted image does not allow certain editing processes to be done on it. The PS black and white conversion process allows me much better control of the conversion.
--Bob

Thanks Bob!!!!!

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

Linda From Maine wrote:

Someone suggested this to me a few months ago. For anyone new to b&w, or in my case mostly just out of practice "seeing" a composition without color, this was a great tool!

That's interesting, I'll have to try that, Thanks

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

burkphoto wrote:

As a GH4 user, I can do both. I save raw and JPEG files and set the JPEG menus to one of the B&W modes. That way, I can SEE in B&W in the electronic viewfinder as I'm composing. The raw can be used any way desired, later. The JPEG can be used immediately if necessary.

Thanks Bill!!!!

HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas

jim quist wrote:

Scott Kelby shows how to convert to B&W in Lightroom
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2117243&seqNum=17

I also use Perfect Black and White from On1 software which does a great job.
http://www.on1.com/landing/announcing-photo10-5-raw/?gclid=CjwKEAjw7qi7BRCvsr3N58GvsTkSJAA3UzLvfjT3IMb-fepBw8n6HIhTMlVgDAMIRr5fBO07mZlNjBoCJG3w_wcB

Thanks Jim, I will check it out I also use On1 software.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

Right click on a photo in the Develop module in LR and see if the plug in is there.

Yooper 2 Loc: Ironwood, MI

HOT Texas wrote:

First let me say I'm not a fan of B&W, But I was wanting to try shooting some, mostly street photography, so my question is are most of you shooting in B&W or changing it to B&W with software? Or does it matter?

I'll go with Linda from Maine as to technique. I find I get the best results shooting in color and converting to B&W. I use Photoshop Elements 13 or Photoshop CC.

Leitz Loc: Solms

HOT Texas wrote:

First let me say I'm not a fan of B&W, But I was wanting to try shooting some, mostly street photography, so my question is are most of you shooting in B&W or changing it to B&W with software? Or does it matter?

When you tried it each way, what were your results??