1st time engagement pics.. To do B&W or no!?

[marcus769]

I seem to really love black and white photos for engagement pics.. Certainly not all the pics, but the majority of them are B&W.

For those who do alot of these photos, what do youre customers most often prefer!?

[VTHOKIE]

This probably doesn't answer your question, but why don't you shoot RAW and provide both versions? Even if you shoot jpeg, you can shoot in color and PP to B&W.

Is there a reason why (other than less PP-ing) people shoot in B&W mode?

Sorry to thread jack.

[tim]

Vthokie, you're making an assumption that Marcus shoots with the camera in B&W, almost no-one does that, they'd process them to B&W later.

I present whatever I like, but on high res CDs for weddings I do everything in color, and some in B&W/sepia.

[VTHOKIE]

Yeah I've got a nasty habit of assuming things, but I wouldn't say that almost no one shoots in the B&W mode. I would assume if almost no one shoots in that mode, Canon would have gotten rid of that mode by the 40d. :) I agree that it doesn't make any sense because you could PP color photos.

I would give them the option of both and let the client decide, but I am no expert. Tim does this professionally, so I would definitely take his advice.

[tim]

Ok, i'll say "no-one I know would use the B&W mode". It doesn't affect RAW files anyway.

I don't think Canon get rid of features, they just bury them in menus.

[form]

I personally put everything in color and then make black & white versions of 99% of the shots, with a few extra lightroom color effects thrown in here and there.