My Street. Black and White Photography on a Leica

Wahliao.com photographs the streets on a Leica, shot in black and white. A twitter #sgtweetup makes its way into this video as well. Interesting to see the social interaction between people cross traditional media into new forms of media. There’s Singapore and way of life… take a slice and sit back. Enjoy!

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What film camera for my black and white photography class?

I currently own a Nikon D40, but wanted to learn more about photography, so I enrolled in a black and white photography class at my school. We need a film camera, but since I already have a nice digital setup with a couple lenses, I was wondering what a good film camera for the class would be, that would be under a couple hundred dollars used.
Both Lenses I have are DX lenses, if that helps in what film camera I should get.

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Easy question about black and white photography with digital camera. Can you help me out?

If I take a color photo, and remove the color later (in photoshop), will it effect the quality of the photo? Or, should I use the black and white feature that is built into the camera?

I have a digital camera and it’s my first attempt at black and white photography.

Thanks in advance.

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Black And White Photography In The Digital Age

The world is celebrating color in full spectrum, not just in the environment but also in the computer. In the 60’s, people are happy to see their photographs in black and white copies and it extended for quite some time until technology can already reproduce and provide people with colored digital photography.

Why still use black and white? If you have watched the controversial movie “Schindler’s List” (1993) by Steven Spielberg, it has been presented in the screens in black and white color. Critics were expressing dissatisfaction, and to some degree, one could think it is such a waste denying the audience of more than 1 million colors reduced to nothing but grayscale monochromatic theme.

Nowadays, black and white photography is directly proportional to vanity, because everyone desires colored output. In case of “Schindler’s List,” it was released on purpose as black and white, to give way to a dramatic impact for the setting of 1945 Nazi occupation. The effect of black and white reel, has added spice to the thematic goal of the director. The essence of using black and white is important for character shots.

The world is ironic and ridiculous at times, but we cannot simply take away black and white especially in the era of digital photography. We know all Graphic Arts editing applications, scanners, digital cameras, and other photography gadgets have grayscale options.

To start with your own black and white digital photography shots, you will not need extra effort and complications other than shooting as is. Take the shot in color then you can switch the setting of the digital image in an editor, using array of choices. If you are using Photoshop or Fireworks, you can change the whole image into black and white by editing “Hue and Saturation” or simply switching it to “grayscale” format.

Old photographs from developed films can be converted into digital images by scanning them. If you want a black and white portrait out of it, set your scanner into grayscale. The result is black and white photo.

Setting your digital camera into “evening shot” mode automatically converts the image as monochromatic. You can remove saturation to convert it to black and white. Digital camera works efficiently with a computer. You can do everything about it in full control—-that is if you are adept with the manipulation of the technical side of it. It will be quite expensive but worth the effort.

Technology is getting better and better, if you choose conventional effects, as long as you have the 360-degree options to enhance possibilities, then black and white digital photography is very simple to produce.

black and white photography 5 by richard armstrong

some new black and white photos.

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Where are good websites for black and white photography?

I am looking for tips on camera set up and light set up, and the best set up in general for natural lighting as related to Black and White photography.

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Black And White Photography – Tracing Its Rise And Fall

B & W photography was the first successful form of photography. It was popularized by Eastman Kodak in the first half of the previous century. It used simple silver halides as a coating on film. When light struck a part of this film, it burnt to black and where light did not fall on the film, ir remained white. So blacks came out as white and vice versa, on the negatives. A reprint of the negative was in fact a positive, or the ‘print’. This simple chemical process could be done at home by amateurs right from stage a to z.

The fall of B & W
There was nothing going the way of B & W once color hit the markets. All but a few enthusiasts switched to color. As far as people’s mentality goes, a color TV is better than a black and white one, and the same applied to photographs. Once color film was introduced, black and white took the back seat. And once digital showed up, well that seemed like the last nail in the black and white coffin. Or did it?

The rise of B & W
In this modern day and age of digital cameras, scanners, desktop printers, super fast film and such, who would want to mess around in a black and white darkroom? Well, people who understand the rest of this article maybe. Did you know you could use color filters to create unique effects on black and white film? Yes! Try using a red filter and shoot an outdoor scene. the sky comes out almost black! Nothing else can give this effect. Photoshop ? No! Nothing can give quite the same effect as a color filter on black and white film. It is all about complimentary colors. Red, Blue and Green are primary colors that have opposites in the form of Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. As far the the dark sky example goes – here is what happens. The Red filter lets all light rays pass through it to the film except for its opposite or complimentary color cyan, which is what the sky is mostly made up of. So, you get a dark sky. If you wanted to make grass appear dark what would you do? You would use a color filter of the color opposite to green, or complimentary to green, which is yellow. Every single blade of grass would turn darker, while the rest of the image looks fine. Can you imagine the possibilities with using color filters on black and white? You can MAKE your photographs exactly as you want them to be, and no two photographers need shoot the same scene to make it look all the same. This is the charm of B & W that no one will ever be able to take away, computer or no computer!

Black and White Photography Themed Bedroom?

I am remodeling my bedroom. I am 17 I love photography, Black and White. and Enjoy Quotes. I want some Great craft Ideas for sprucing up my bedroom with Black and White photography crafts or any thing that you can really think of. Greatly appricated,
Thanks Bunches.

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Abstract black and white photography video and landscape ph

www.learndigitalphotographynow.com Tips on how to use a digital camera like a pro. An insider look at the best digital cameras plus digital photography news. An excellent photography guide

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Black and White Photography

Black and white pictures were first developed long before colored pictures were born just as the television and the movies. The history of the modern photograph is much printed in monochromatic pictures, which are basically black and white pictures. The photograph back then was rendered in dark and light patches which were used to create black and white effects. The dark portions would sometimes be rendered as gray or brownish. 

Fall of Black and White

When the colored picture came into being during the 1975 era, black and white pictures came tumbling down, and they fell hard. There were many reasons behind this falling. The different manufacturers were developing better-than-ever color films and they were creating these films at very affordable prices. The number of good developers of black and white films was also declining. The attention of the public was turned into the more elaborate and exciting colored pictures

Because of the different reasons that were affecting the photography market, the use of black and white film went further down to rock bottom. People started to see the use of black and white film as a difficult thing to do and they wanted to shift to the use of colored film as soon as they could. So, in those periods, people who studied photography or took photography classes were deprived of the beauty of the black and white picture. The market and the conditions around the photographers were shaped so as to repress the black and white scene in general. 

Rise of Black and White

The black and white photographs are back again. People are now seeing the deep beauty that these photographs capture. They are back in print advertising. The modern print advertising materials are so cluttered by so many colors and pictures and when the black and white materials are put side by side with them, the black and white pictures gives the beholder a sense of reality which the colored ones can’t give. 

As the cliché goes, “black is beautiful.” And black wouldn’t be black if there wasn’t white, therefore, “black and white” is beautiful. The black and white picture was never really gone away especially from the point of view of the professional photographers. The art scene was never detached from using black and white pictures, so as the newspaper industry, where many newspaper would want their photographers to get their pictures in the black and white format.

With the advent of digital photography, you can instantly convert your colored photos into black and white; the black and white pictures are definitely making a strong comeback. This time around, the black and white photographs are here to stay.

 

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