Digital Lith Prints

As I’ve previously mentioned I use B&W Styler Pro photoshop plug-in to convert my photographs from color to black and white. One of the many interesting filters that come with B&W Styler Pro is the lith film filter. I must admit my knowledge about lith film and prints was shamefully scarce until I came [...]

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Converting to B&W – My experience with B&W Styler Pro

I really like B&W photography even though I’ve never really practiced it. With the advent of digital cameras I rediscovered the tremendous visual potential a black and white image can have. I did a web search and found lots of tutorials (here), on how to convert from color to B&W but then I felt the [...]

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Recommended sites – Two great B&W photographers

Today’s picks are two black and white photographers whose works I admire a lot.

 
The first site displays Chuck Kimmerle’s wonderful images. Chuck captures beautiful and poetic landscapes as well as intriguing abstract shots.
 
The second one you should pay a visit to is Bill Schwab’s site. Bill has an amazing portfolio ranging from landscapes [...]

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Black and white, color or both?

At the beginning of the year, I decided I had to have another photoblog for my black and white photography. I had been experimenting in PS and had come up with a considerable amount of shots I was ready to show off.
I’ve always been shooting color and only after I bought my digital camera I [...]

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Martin Henson

I decided to open the Recommended Sites category with a photographer whose work I admire since I first stumbled upon his Digital-Monochrome site.
Martin Henson lives in West Yorkshire, has been into photography since his early days and shoots mainly landscapes. About four years ago he made the big leap into digital and has been [...]

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