black and white photos with digital camera???

[marko]

Id like to shoot black and white photos on a digital camera...but how do I know what to look for in a certain camera? (im new to digital cameras)

also, if i took a photo and processed it in b&w ...could it lookas good as this picture?


Keep in mind that im aware that this photo as taken by a professional with a VERY expensive camera....I assume

example: http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/IMA/F40.jpg

[barnold999]

With cheap cameras you can do it on the camera, with expensive, do it in a photo processing software... I suggest Photoshop.

[stopbath]

Simply choosing black and white mode on your camera is like just dropping a black and white film in your camera and not using any coloured filters.

While B&W is fun and easy by selecting that mode on a camera, the dramatic results are had by creating a black and white shot from colour. This is because you can emphasize or de-emphasize colours (darken or lighten trees, sky, faces...) by boosting or lowering the amount of the colours in a shot. If you don't have the software to play with the colours, use a selection of filters. (Green, red, blue, yellow...) to do it the way photographers did it before digital editing.

Any camera you pick will enable you to get black and white shots. If the camera does not allow black and white mode, you can just do it with software after taking a colour shot. Most software will do simple black and white conversions. Check some books on digital photography for details and comparisons on various methods of getting black and white from colour shots.

The sample shot is doubtful to have bothered to use filtration, or even a very expensive camera. The planning of this photo seem minimal at best as it looks like a plain washroom where a cat was dunked and then held up for the shot. It could have been great shot if this cat was sitting beside an aquarium with a "oops busted" look.

[ryuwulf]

B&W photography is by far my favorite. It eliminates distracting colors and focuses on shapes, patterns, etc.

You can do this with color, but like i said it takes away color that might be distracting to a composititon.
Ive been shooting B&W for quite a while, and i look a shades of grey rather than color.

happy shooting!!!

This is my BW filter experiment posted on another thread here in this forum

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14309



Here is just one of my pics taken in B&W


http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=14479

[marko]

ryuwolf...what tye of camera did you use?

[ryuwulf]

G3 all the way!!!

Iam coming from an SLR background. So i guess im a digital newbie :)


oh well, practice makes perfect.

cheers!!!