Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, I prefer color, but still like to shoot the occasional roll of Plus-X, develop it myself in the kitchen sink and then get that very satisfied feeling as I hang it up to dry. Jim Frozen Light wrote: > Hi Alan, > > When I was shooting film only, I did more or less what you describe. I > always carried two bodies, often 3: one loaded with color film, one > loaded with slow/medium B&W (e.g. Fuji Acros or Tri-X) and one with > high-speed B&W (usually Neopan 1600). My preference was always B&W too, > but sometimes the subject simply demanded color; and sometimes I was not > sure, so if the situation permitted, I would shoot the image with both > color and B&W. This is where digital has been a boon, since every image > is now in color and I can shoot more freely in the knowledge that B&W is > available with a click of a mouse later. Of course, that was also the > case when I was working with film (since my negatives and slides ended > up scanned), but somehow this was not a natural part of my workflow back > then, and very few images were actually converted from color to B&W. And > of course, going the other way was impossible ;-) > > Nathan > > amr3@uwm.edu wrote: > >> On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote: >> >> >> >>> ... and many of them were improved by converting to B&W. >>> One of the great things about Lightroom is precisely the ability to flip >>> back and forth between the colour and B&W versions to see how the >>> picture works. >>> >> >> ............................................................................................................................................ >> >> >> I'm of the old school that feels you have to visualize the scene in >> the medium >> that it's going to end up in. When I have B&W loaded, I look for >> pictures that >> will translate best into monochrome, and the converse for color. But >> then, I >> just love B&W more than color. Aside from abstracts that use color as >> a design >> element, autumn is about the only time I feel like making color >> pictures for >> myself. >> >> Alan >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >> University Information Technology Services >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >> Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu >> Department Phone: 414 229-4282 >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >