Digital BW, The Print

HI out there,
 I have a question about how to take silhouette pictures on a digital 
camera using the black and white color option.

>  I have a question about how to take silhouette pictures on a digital 
> camera using the black and white color option.

May I suggest you consider taking the pictures "in color." By doing so 
you will have more contol and flexibility for creating a more dramatic 
result by converting them to BW using one of several methods possible 
in Photoshop, assuming you are using Photoshop.

If you shoot the pic as "BW from the camera," your options are more 
limited.

For a silhouette image you will need a lot of "back light." For example 
if shooting outdoors during the daytime you will want the sun to the 
subject's back.

Does this help?

~Danny~

-Thank you Danny,
 yes it does help... I'm going to practice on some silhouette shots 
and I will let you know how they come out.... 
thanks again'

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Danny Raphael" 
<dannyraphael@...> wrote:
>
> >  I have a question about how to take silhouette pictures on a 
digital 
> > camera using the black and white color option.
> 
> May I suggest you consider taking the pictures "in color." By 
doing so 
> you will have more contol and flexibility for creating a more 
dramatic 
> result by converting them to BW using one of several methods 
possible 
> in Photoshop, assuming you are using Photoshop.
> 
> If you shoot the pic as "BW from the camera," your options are 
more 
> limited.
> 
> For a silhouette image you will need a lot of "back light." For 
example 
> if shooting outdoors during the daytime you will want the sun to 
the 

> subject's back.
> 
> Does this help?
> 
> ~Danny~
>

Deliberately overexpose several shots by different amounts so that you can
see the banding and posterization that will happen at the silhouette
transition.  Look separately at each color channel, and also compare raw
conversion color spaces, sRGB vs. prophoto for example.   Once you get a
feel for it, you can judge how important exposure and bracketing might be to
achieving your image intent.

Best regards,
John Moody

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:12 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: silhouette photography on a digital camera

-Thank you Danny,
yes it does help... I'm going to practice on some silhouette shots
and I will let you know how they come out....
thanks again'


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