Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:57 PM 5/24/2008, you wrote: >perhaps, if all this holds truth, this may be causing you to be less >convinced of your end goals, the resulting images being less >convincing as well... > > >Steve Steve - Thanks for your comments. For me, it's probably more of a digital vs film thing. Back when I used film, one camera had color film and one had B&W and I was always aware of the difference. I also almost always preferred B&W. At that time, the end purpose of the photos was to convince people to give money or support to the agencies I was working with. B&W was more convincing. Now with digital, everything starts out as color so I have a choice once I download the photos and start to process them. I still like B&W but the end purpose of the photos has also changed. Now I'm leasing photos through several agencies. I have never had a request for a B&W stock photo. All of the publishers want color. If they decide to use B&W, they want to convert it themselves. They want the choice, too. In the case of Guatemala and India, the colors in both countries are so overwhelming that it's hard for me to see in B&W. Occasionally there is a color photo that works as well or better in B&W, like the one Philippe pointed out earlier. Honduras, on the other hand, has always seemed B&W. That's just the way I see them. I'll be going back to Honduras in July so I guess I'll see if it's still B&W with my M8;-) I don't think I would ever go back to film so I guess my challenge now is to make my digital photos as convincing as my film ones used to be. (That's kind of what I'll be speaking on in NY, comparing the film photos I used to take with my M6's and 7's with the digital M8 ones that I take now.) Any suggestions on how to do that would be greatly appreciated!! Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com