New pic of my girls

Sisterly love......
its just a candid shot but I thought it turned out really nice.

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me like but needs a little more brightness

E3_Photo_Studio wrote in post #2074344
its just a candid shot but I thought it turned out really nice.

Never say "just a candid". Candid shots capture natural expressions that you will never get when people pose for you. You have done well here.

What a great moment...soon, in a couple years they will be pullin geach other's hair Enjoy this moment while it last! Beautiful shot!

looks like they are having a great time playing

Curtis N wrote in post #2074851
Never say "just a candid". Candid shots capture natural expressions that you will never get when people pose for you. You have done well here.

Thanks Curtis. I do love the candid shots (especially of my girls ), but sometimes people criticize me for it taking them (my sister is the worst ). So I guess I always feel like I have to preface my shots with "candid" or "posed".

Glad you all like the shot though. My hubby thinks our oldest is going to be a model. UGH! She loves to pose for the camera Check this one out.....

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she's cute

I have a ham like that as well...hey, it's an excuse to take pictures!

It is not a bad thing to take candids. It is however bad to take snapshots...

I like the B&W image. You may want to work on the conversion technique. It seems sorta flat. Cute images.

Rhinotherunt wrote in post #2076371
It is not a bad thing to take candids. It is however bad to take snapshots...

I like the B&W image. You may want to work on the conversion technique. It seems sorta flat. Cute images.

Ok....what's the "conversion technique"? you mean how I turn it B&W and the contrast of the image? I'm confused. (not that that is hard to do these days. LOL )

E3_Photo_Studio wrote in post #2076389
Ok....what's the "conversion technique"? you mean how I turn it B&W and the contrast of the image? I'm confused. (not that that is hard to do these days. LOL )

Yes, the way you go about converting the color image into B&W. No, worries. I am confused often as well.

Rhinotherunt wrote in post #2076425
Yes, the way you go about converting the color image into B&W. No, worries. I am confused often as well.

Ok...so, I've been just using photoshop and selecting grayscale mode, and then adjust the levels and brightness/contrast to my liking....what other ways do you recommend? I'm still trying to learn all the fun things photoshop does. I know just enough about it to get me in trouble. LOL

A real simple way is gradient mapping. It is not the best, but produces decent results. I will first adjust the levels manually in color. Second make my foreground and background pallet back to default B&W. Then select the gradient mapping. Then go back to manual levels and adjust to my liking.

Desaturaing and converting the mode to grayscale is not the way to go.

Rhinotherunt wrote in post #2076463
A real simple way is gradient mapping. It is not the best, but produces decent results. I will first adjust the levels manually in color. Second make my foreground and background pallet back to default B&W. Then select the gradient mapping. Then go back to manual levels and adjust to my liking.

Desaturaing and converting the mode to grayscale is not the way to go.

Hmmmmm.....Interesting​! See I've learned something new today. That's cool! Thanks! I'll have to go and play around with that.

You can also use the Channel Mixer. Click the box that says monochrome and adjust the channels to your liking. Works great and is probably one of the most used techniques for B&W images.