Answer by AJ Finch for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
When you want to suggest that something is old(late 19th to mid-20th century)Perhaps someone in Edwardian costume, or posing as a WWII GI or modelling a 1940's style suit with a hat.
View ArticleAnswer by akshay1188 for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
When there are contrasting tones in your image, B&W can really add a good effect to it. Mostly when the image has a play of light and shadow you can try to make it monochrome.
View ArticleAnswer by user456 for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
Usually the decision is made before the photo is taken. I could go on at length about what makes a good black and white photograph, but instead I'll point you in the direction of an article I wrote...
View ArticleAnswer by Kendall Helmstetter Gelner for When is black and white likely to...
I read a quite a while ago that I really liked, which is:"Color is the enemy of shape"A lot of B&W is all about shape (defined in part by tone), and so use of B&W can be good where those...
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Answer by Benjol for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
Most of the other answers here seem to be about artistic merits.On a slightly more mundane level, I've used B&W to salvage photos in the following circumstances:beautiful photo of my baby daughter,...
View ArticleAnswer by BillN for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
I think you should consider black and white anytime nostalgia or texture are prominent components to your composition. My favorite B&W photo shoot was a young couple that I shot their engagement...
View ArticleAnswer by Hamish Downer for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
Just read a good post: Seven Elements That Help Make A Great Black & White Photograph by Scott Bourne. Nice, succinct.
View ArticleAnswer by Karel for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
If BW will enhance your vision, it will enhance your picture too.I think BW conversion should start from the idea, from the story you want to tell, from the associations you want to create in the...
View ArticleAnswer by chills42 for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
Kodak has a series of tips for choosing black and white shots that really covers everything.I personally prefer to go with black and white when I am trying to convey the texture of a subject, when the...
View ArticleAnswer by Reid for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
Quite a lot of the time, much more than most people think. My advice would be to try converting pretty much everything and see how you like the results. After doing this for a while, I discovered that...
View ArticleAnswer by user456 for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
Oooh very subjective! Having dabbled in B&W myself recently, I think the best black and white shots are those where you want the viewer to feel an extra degree of separation from the subject; I...
View ArticleAnswer by Joanne C for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
That's going to vary widely I would think! However, for me it's usually falls into:Colour in the image is distracting. Often this happens for me when I'm looking more at a light pattern that I want to...
View ArticleAnswer by Alan for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
I don't really have set rules (however I bet some do exist) for B&W conversions, but in genral for me it's:When color really doesn't addanything to an image. For example you have a scene where most...
View ArticleAnswer by vanden for When is black and white likely to enhance an image?
While by no means the only sort of subject that often looks good in black and white, subjects where the textures are of primary interest often work better in black and white. For instance, gnarled...
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I recently had a play with converting some images to black and white to see how that changed the image. Some baby photos came out particularly well, while others I tried seemed less interesting when in...
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