Tag Archives: black and white

Creating the color video

As promised from last weeks post on Youtube, I promised to share the “how to” on the creation of the little teaser video for transitioning from a black and white photo to color.  For those that don’t remember, the video is here:

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The Rest of the Story…

Last Monday, you learned of my trip to White Pocket, AZ.  I met up with fellow photographer/blogger Rich Charpentier of “The Airstream Chronicles”.  As we left off last week, he had met me at the Page, AZ airport, and we were heading off into the Arizona desert.  The ride was smooth at first, but as soon as we started the off-roading, things got a little bumpy.  True to form though, his Nissan Titan handled it with aplomb.  Check out this short video footage of the off-roading adventure, with Rich driving and me recording: You’ve also already seen some of the … Continue reading

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Black and White Conversion Options

About a year ago, I put together a list of my top five favorite ways to convert images to black and white.  As technology has advanced though, more options have become available, and I have learned a lot more.  So, in the spirit of keeping the blog topics up-to-date and current, I would like to re-visit this here today.  (This is also coming on the heels of the Black-and-White issue I finally finished of Rangefinder Magazine!) Camera Raw Conversion – If you aren’t working in camera raw, here is a big reason to think about it – converting images to … Continue reading

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Now the flip side

Earlier this week I talked about various ways to decrease noise in your images.  While preventing and removing noise is something we typically do like to address in our work flow – there is also the flip side where noise or grain can enhance the quality of a print.  All one has to look at for examples where noise can have an impact is in black and white photography.  Grain gives an added sense of detail to black and white photos.  The same can also be said for sepia-toned photos, those with a slightly yellowish, an “old-fashioned”, or “antique” look … Continue reading

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