Sax Man!

jdryan3

Another from a day at Venice Beach
Comments welcome

Seneca

Now that's a saxy man. Just kidding. Good pic.

System

I saw where you wrote street photography gets you going-

well, it gets me going too-

enjoying your pics-

I think maybe you could jazz up your bw's some, though-

merry christmas to you-

jdryan3

gefillmore wrote:

I saw where you wrote street photography gets you going-

well, it gets me going too-

enjoying your pics-

I think maybe you could jazz up your bw's some, though-

merry christmas to you-

Thanks for the compliments. When you say 'jazz up' do you mean higher contrast, more grain, etc? Your feedback is greatly appreciated as I work out a B+W look. I got the PS mechanics down, but the feel definitely needs work.

System

I do mean a little more contrast and a little more black-

I like a dark duotone-

andy has a good tute on bw conversion and toning in the how to section-

sometimes grain, sometimes not, depending on my mood and the pic's mood-

I would suggest you look at some of these guys that do bw and if you see something you like then ask them how they went about it-

or look over the web and then you see a mood or tone or way of bw that gets you then try to emulate it-

greg gorman has a method of conversion that I like quite a bit for my conversions; he has a web site with a pdf of instructions for the conversion-

jdryan3

Thanks for the feedback. I have seen Greg's work before. Also references to the website in Scott Kelby's book, but haven't gotten to it yet. Duotones are my next step after more work on the basics. I've played with them, and they definitely open up a whole new world!

As an FYI Greg is teaching a class on portraiture at the Santa Fe Workshops in mid-March 2007.