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Parenthood

Parenthood
My son Chayton enjoying his bath.

Shutter Speed 1/125, ISO 200, F/6.3

Spot meter using an SB600 flash bounced off the ceiling.

Daniel Diaz

Here's how I do all my B&W conversions, and what the original looked like.

It's important to get all your regular PP done before hand, what I do first after my regular stuff is desaturate the image:

1. I open up the selective color box and pick the Black color first. Slide the Black% slider to the right to bring out rich black tones usually +5 to+7.

2. Now go change the color box to White and slide the black% slider to the left anywhere from -22 to -60 watch your blown highlites.

3. Now go change the color box to Neutrals and slide the black% either left or right anywhere from -5 to +5 depending on the image.

That's it, to finish it off you can go adjust the contrast abit more to give it a litttle more "pop"

I this shot I actually moved my whites all the way to -90 for a high key look.

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January 04, 2006

- Carolyn M. Fletcher

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Such a cute shot!! It looks great both ways!

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January 04, 2006

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Donald K. Cherry
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member since: 6/4/2004 Cute capture, Daniel! Like your use of b&w!

1/4/2006 2:49:12 AM

Souha Dooly
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Beautiful in B&W,Daniel!!

1/4/2006 2:57:01 AM

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January 04, 2006

Paul Michko

What a delightful portrait presentation, Daniel. Thanks for the insightful processing explanation.

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January 04, 2006

Nina Shields

Daniel, love the sheer joy displayed; oh, for the joys of youth! Great work and thank you so much for the "lesson"; it is very generous and helpful and greatly appreciated!

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January 04, 2006

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Outstanding portrait Daniel! Great work! Jeff

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January 04, 2006

Roxanne M. Bubar

Daniel what a fantastic image and capture of sheer joy.

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January 04, 2006

Cindy Paquette

This b/w is just gorgeous Daniel...what a bathtub cutie your son is!

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January 04, 2006

Joy Rector

well done

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January 04, 2006

Luis Louro

Great shot Daniel!!!

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January 04, 2006

Michelle R. Kovach

So cute Daniel! He's adorable as are your other 2 boys!

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January 04, 2006

Wende Trew

This is sooo cute Daniel!! He is adorable!!!

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January 04, 2006

Michelle J. Harvey

What a great capture! Love the expression!

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January 04, 2006

- Rakesh Syal

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WOW!!! What a way to make a high contrast image, Daniel!!! Thanks for the lesson! Cute baby!!!

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January 04, 2006

Kaye Burazin

Daniel you are so generous to share your expert techniques for creating such an awesome portrait such as yours! Thank you my friend!

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January 04, 2006

Sandy Landon

Wonderful shot and tutorial!! I really like your b/w on this!!

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January 04, 2006

Kerby Pfrangle

Daniel major cute. Million dollar expression. I love this in black and white and color. Either way it is wonderful.

Kerby

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January 04, 2006

Karen Engelbreth

Too cute, Daniel - wonderful little boy - thank you for the lesson :0)

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January 04, 2006

Judy S. Fung

Cute capture, Daniel!

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January 04, 2006

Sergio La Spina

Fantastic portrai Danie fantastic and sweet exspression !!! well done

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January 04, 2006

Kirsi Bertolini

Now I totally want the real Ps.. Thanks for the advice, I'll print it out for future use.. Can I use the saying that gets me climbing up the walls: He is so CUTE. I love the laughter in his eyes.

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January 04, 2006

Alisha L. Ekstrom

Thanks for the lesson Daniel. It's funny you wrote that cause just a couple days ago I was thinking about you wondering how you do your b&w's & wala..here you write it down...too funny!!!

I LOVE this of your son. That laughter is just the best & LOVE the high key b&w. I'm betting we see this one again:)

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January 05, 2006

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A picture is worth a thousand words and this portrait of your son is a great example of that. Such joy. It almost looks like a charcoal painting. Great work Daniel and lovely children all of them. You are blessed and so are they.

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January 05, 2006

Rhonda Smith

This is simply precious... I can almost 'hear' the laughter .. perfection and a winner in my estimation!!

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January 05, 2006

Jen

ADORABLE!

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January 08, 2006

Tammy Scott

LOL! Tooo cute!

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January 08, 2006

Linda Proctor

Fantastic portrait Daniel! He is adorable! Thanks for sharing the B/W info,very helpful!

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January 08, 2006

Darryl Wilkinson

Way to go, Daniel! Congratulations on this fantastic finalist!!!

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February 20, 2006

Renee Doyle

Such a cute capture Daniel!!!!
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist!!!