Black and white Photograpy

Wazza · 2 Mar 22, 02:42 PM

I like a black and white photo and I usually take all photos in colour then those I think would make a good b+w shot I convert in editing. However, are there any advantages to actually shooting b+w in camera or is there no difference?

stan_the_man · 2 Mar 22, 02:56 PM

I guess ultimately you may visualise differently through the viewfinder if you are seeing the image in B&W but personally I'd convert after as I have a ton of actions in PS that create very different B&W images that each have their own merits depending on the subject matter.

Bondy007 · 2 Mar 22, 03:20 PM

What camera are you using wazza? Can you not shoot in raw, probably gives you more scope in editing - depending on what editing software your using�

By the way, no expert and don�t personally shoot in raw, but like you sometimes I think a picture looks better in b&w.

Bondy007 · 2 Mar 22, 03:27 PM

One I took a fair few years ago at DLP, took in colour but converted as b&w just did it more justice.

Wazza · 2 Mar 22, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Bondy007

What camera are you using wazza? Can you not shoot in raw, probably gives you more scope in editing - depending on what editing software your using�

By the way, no expert and don�t personally shoot in raw, but like you sometimes I think a picture looks better in b&w.

Always shoot in raw, but camera has a B+W setting. Happy with the results I�m getting (see below) and I guess that�s the main thing. Just wasn�t sure if I was missing out by not shooting b+w in camera

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braby · 2 Mar 22, 07:01 PM

I found that if I was actually shooting B+W I would look at the scene differently than if I was shooting colour as I was looking for a lot more contrast to get the images I wanted.

Stu · 2 Mar 22, 10:36 PM

I love B&W photography and I often set my camera to shoot in B&W. I Shoot in Raw + Jpg so the Raw file is normal and contains all the colour data but the jpg is in B&W.

The advantage of shooting in B&W means the viewfinder and LCD screen are in B&W which helps massively in composing the scene without being distracted by the colour.

Shooting in B&W concentrates your eyes on the light in the scene and how the shadows and highlights interact

Araks · 14 Jul 22, 11:26 AM

If you take a black and white photo with the camera, you won't have too many editing options afterwards.

PABBY · 14 Jul 22, 01:09 PM

In my experience, the camera does a better job of producing a b&w image than converting a colour image later. However, that may just be the software I've used for the conversion process...

It may be worth taking both colour and b&w photos with your camera, converting the colour images and then comparing.

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