I process photos in black and white when color is too distracting, or I want more focus on shapes and textures.
March 3, 2012 — The weather was cloudy, with a few bouts of rain. Before we ventured into Bonaventure Cemetery, Rudzki had four shots of espresso in a venti drink from Starbucks.
You can see the color version of this photo in Amsterdam: Day Three. I really like this black and white version, too.
Enjoy more random photos from my third day in Amsterdam, with a few processed into black and white because I thought they’d look more epic.
Guest stars: Elizabeth Urello, Erica Varlese, Deborah Beckett, Matthew Freeman, and James Huff
While walking across the street from the Wiltern to the Wilshire/Western subway, this man walked between the cars asking for money. The print is pretty much how I envisioned it.
Unfortunately, I’m still trying to get more detail between the man’s head and the trees in the distance. This is probably my 8th print attempt. I’m scared that no amount of dodging will bring it out.
I would scan the negative, but I don’t have a film scanner. I’m not sure if I should save money towards buying a Canon CanoScan 8800F.
Like before, I tried to get this scanned print as close to the real thing as possible. I cropped out the white borders since they weren’t clean.
Contrast filter: #2
Aperture: f/5.6
Time: 17 seconds
Film: Arista.EDU Ultra B&W 100 35mm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XS
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Paper: Arista.EDU Ultra VC RC Glossy 8×10
Scanner: HP ScanJet 7400C @ 300 DPI
I tried to get this scanned print as close to the real thing as possible. I cropped out the white borders since they weren’t clean. I didn’t write down how I exposed this in the enlarger – shame on me, I guess.
Lastly, since this was our first assignment, our teacher hadn’t shown us contrast filters or dodging and burning. Don’t analyze this to death. 🙂
Film: Arista.EDU Ultra B&W 400 35mm
Camera: Pentax ME Super
Lens: Kiron 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5
Paper: Arista.EDU Ultra VC RC Semi-Matte 8×10
Scanner: HP ScanJet 7400C @ 600 DPI
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