Beginner B+W post/pre

[D700graham]

Hi all, when some of you guys are taking B+W of say, people/street/urban do you set your camera to shoot in B+W or just change it to that in processing?

 

[Jordon Brooker]

Change it in PP.

 

[minnnt]

Change it in PP personally, but Steve Huff uses/used an X20 to do B&W SOOC with some brilliant results. But, changing in PP allows you to use a colour shot if you want to. Worth a go for sure!!

 

[simonblue]

In PP here if i do it

 

[D700graham]

That's great guys, thank you for the reply's, I will be getting out after the weekend for some people/urban/street stuff so I will be having a go. I suppose that's the beauty of digital, you have got so many options at your fingertips.

 

[martinfuge]

I only do it in camera to see if it would work in mono. Otherwise I do it all in Adobe Raw or Photoshop.

 

[posiview]

I like to view in b&w but save in colour and convert in post.

Cheers.

 

[Pookeyhead]

Change it in PP personally, but Steve Huff uses/used an X20 to do B&W SOOC with some brilliant results. But, changing in PP allows you to use a colour shot if you want to. Worth a go for sure!!

There's an even more important reason for not shooting B&W in camera.

 

[Alastair]

Raw+jpg, that way you get the preview/review of how it will look in b&w (very handy with an EVF) and you get the do-it-later option in post if you don't like the way you had it set-up in camera..

 

[StephenM]

Here's a simple (but real life) example. A red rose with green leaves, and converted to greyscale in Photoshop.
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And using the colour version more intelligently to take account of the colours, we have a simulated green and a simulated red filter to separate the tones of flower and leaf.
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[HoppyUK]

Shoot Raw with in-camera picture styles set to mono.

That will give you a good idea of how the image looks in mono on the LCD while you're working, but saves the full colour Raw file so you have all options open in post-processing.

Edit: you can also apply coloured filter effects to mono in picture styles, if you want to preview what it looks like with say a red filter.

 

[Nikon_Nick]

Also, remember that a photo doesnt actually need to be b+w to be 'street'

 

[Phil V]

Also, remember that a photo doesnt actually need to be b+w to be 'street'

Burn him! Burn him! He's a heretic

 

[Nikon_Nick]

Burn him! Burn him! He's a heretic

 

[D700graham]

Ha ha thanks for all the info guys. I will take on board as much as I can, its a steep learning curve ahead of me !!.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

Shoot Raw with in-camera picture styles set to mono.

That will give you a good idea of how the image looks in mono on the LCD while you're working, but saves the full colour Raw file so you have all options open in post-processing.

Edit: you can also apply coloured filter effects to mono in picture styles, if you want to preview what it looks like with say a red filter.

This is the right way to do it. And the d300 allows you to shoot raw + jpeg. You may as well set the jpeg to be be 'small' as you will just be using it to preview the shot on the camera screen.