 Alisha L. Ekstrom |
B&W photography....what is your favorite way...... What is your favorite way to change a colored image to b&w. What technique produces the best results. I know everyone has different opinions & different ways & I would like to know what those opinions & ways are. B&W photography is my favorite & I just want to know some steps or programs that will give me the best results!!!:):) I use Elements 2.0 & Photoshop 7.0 for my software programs. THANKS for any input!!! Alisha
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Justin G. |
Panalure.
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Alisha L. Ekstrom |
What's that?!?!
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Kerry L. Walker |
It is a Kodak paper used to create B&W prints from color film.
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Alisha L. Ekstrom |
OH OK!! Well how about any ideas for photoshop techniques. Any favorite plug-ins, actions, tools IN photoshop? I just feel that the technique I'm using is making the faces too soft & dark. THANKS!!!
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Kay Beausoleil |
Alisha, there are several ways in Photoshop itself, and everyone seems to have a favourite. Often I'll use Channel Mixer and tweak the result with Curves or Levels. I never use Desaturate because it gives flat tones. I have several in the B&W gallery on my website if you want to have a look.
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A C |
I definetly agree with Kay's method. I use Channel Mixer as well. I like to do it as an adjustment layer. After you have it opened up you click on "monochrome" and then play around with the different sliders. There is a more complex way that I work with it and if you are interested to know how just let me know and I can provide a more detailed description. One thing is for sure, if you use channel mixer you wont have the problems with soft and dark faces anymore. I've printed images in the dark room and I know that digital doesn't always look as great in black and white but this technique gets you a whole lot closer.
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Alisha L. Ekstrom |
Thanks everyone for your input! I have tried the Channel Mixer & maybe I'm just not doing it right, BUT the faces look flat. I looked at your images in your website Kay & if you ONLY use channel mixer you do a great job. My images just don't come out looking like that?!?!....THANKS again everyone!!!! Happy Holidays to you all!!! Alisha
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A C |
The next image is desaturated. For the third image I used channel mixer. I played around with the different sliders and couldn't get things quite right. For the last image I used channel mixer again but I did it on two different layers. I duplicated the background layer and used channel mixer on the red channel. Then, I duplicated the background layer and used channel mixer on the green channel. With the red version on top I erased with a medium opacity to allow the green version to show through a little on the face and a lot on the shirt. For even more options when editing you can use the shadow/highlights feature under image>adjustments>shadow/highlights. I once asked an award winner at BetterPhoto how they did it and this is a tool they use sometimes when needed.
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Kay Beausoleil |
Alisha, you need to fool around with Channel Mixer the way Cherylann does. It may sound complicated, but when you've done it a few times, it becomes fun (then maybe I need a life). If you're incredibly lucky, and it happens to me about 5% of the time, one of the RGB channels will really grab you. Copy it and tweak it on a curves or levels layer, and you won't have to mess with the Mixer.
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