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black & white question for photographers posted on 25th of august, 2007

I have found photos that I want to purchase based on their composition.

My friend prefers black & white. I'm finding few b & w that will fit her needs, and we need more photos.

I know I can take color photos and grayscale them, but it's not really the same.

Any advice so that I don't completely mess up great quality photos? This is for website work, and the photos will be fairly small (~500 pixels wide and smaller), so the resolution won't need to be perfect.

I have Photoshop, and a few other image editors.

Thanks!

Tags: black photos question request white

Comments (5)

	Thank you very much Hobbyink, I knew there was something I was missing; and it must be the color filters. I will try playing with those. Thank you for the advice. - posted by Melkorey on August 26, 2007
	When you turn a color image into grayscale, one detail to keep in mind for adjusting the image is the color saturation and hues. While the colors won't show up, correcting their balance does adjust the grayscale balance. Also try applying color filters, such as Red and Yellow. These also create a much different effect on b&w than on color photographs. Photoshop has a wide variety of filter effects. I suggest playing around with them. :) - posted by Kenneystudios on August 26, 2007
	Yes, Petarneychev, you understood me correctly. I'm not that talented when I start adjusting the contrast and brightness when I convert them into grayscale. They just seem to appear "obvious" to me that they've been put in "grayscale" instead of shot in black & white film. I haven't adjusted "curves"; so maybe that is my issue? Thanks for the tips, and any others! - posted by Melkorey on August 25, 2007

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