Video: Black and White workflow for prints
A black and white workflow for prints
What has changed over 20 years of making B&W big prints
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How has Keith’s black and white workflow for prints changed over time?
Perhaps less than you might think
A video of Keith’s black and white workflow for prints – From camera to print and how some processes have changed over the years, whilst others are just the same (30mins)
What makes for a great B&W print? Keith looks at his full workflow for making his large black and white photo prints.
From taking photos, through editing and printing.
Some aspects have hardly changed in 20 years of digital photography, whilst others benefit from new software and techniques.
00:00 Start
00:27 Black and white workflow changes over 20 years
01:30 The scene in front of you
02:22 Is there a print in it?
02:49 Lighting
02:59 Is this a good B&W image?
03:40 What’s in the print for you?
04:17 Capturing the image
06:30 Careful with the exposure
08:00 Only RAW and using colour
09:00 When the best colour image does not make the best B&W
11:10 Working in colour or B&W for your B&W images
13:29 How much editing is needed
15:00 When simple adjustments will do
16:15 How much adjustment?
17:14 Does your print have to mean anything?
18:28 Aspects of printing
20:05 Screen to print
21:12 When ‘better’ tools produce side effects
22:08 What effects does picture size have
22:27 When going back to the start helps
24:09 Sharpening – changing opinions over time
25:18 Choosing some tools
27:15 The most significant changes to my workflow – and what hasn’t changed
There are many other videos and written articles referred to in the video
All of Keith’s B&W related content (video and articles/reviews) is listed at the:
- Index page for Keith’s digital black and white related videos/articles/reviews
- Index page for Printing related videos/articles/reviews
The detailed story of the first print shown is covered in more detail in:
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A result of Keith’s black and white workflow for prints…
Hood Canal, Washington.
One of those places I was just driving along and saw a potential location for a picture. The Pacific Northwest can be a damp and grey place, but here the damp morning just feels restful and quiet.
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