Thursday, June 29, 2006
Black and White Digital Photography - In Camera or Post Production?
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 07:00 AM
"Digital Camera manufacturers are increasingly adding ‘in camera editing’ features and modes to the cameras that they release that allow digital photographers to do all kinds of tasks that they would previously have done from their computer. These include in camera cropping, the addition of frames to shots and being able to shoot in different types of colors/filters including black and white and sepia. The question that I’ve been asked a few times this week is: ’should I shoot in black and white mode or convert my colored shots later into black and white on my computer?’ My approach to this has always been to shoot in full color and to edit later if necessary. The problem with shooting in these modes is that you are making all of your creative decisions about your shot at the time of shooting and that in most instances shooting in these modes means you cannot recover full colored shots."
I remember when I first played with a digital camera many years ago and was so impressed with the built in B&W and Sepia options and then thinking that it was unfortunate that my DSLR did not have these features. Of course, over the years I have never actually missed them and Photoshop was always more than enough for whenever I wanted any particular effects.
I remember when I first played with a digital camera many years ago and was so impressed with the built in B&W and Sepia options and then thinking that it was unfortunate that my DSLR did not have these features. Of course, over the years I have never actually missed them and Photoshop was always more than enough for whenever I wanted any particular effects.
