I did the food shopping today and decided it gave me another opportunity for a photo in the journalistic style. It never ceases to amaze me as to how much "stuff" is available to us on a daily basis.
I took this shot in color and then bumped up the reds before I converted it to black and white. I also "ran" it through a green filter. I really like how this combination brings out the contrast in the tonal quality of the picture.
Well captured! Two things hit me when I come back from an oversea trip -- the amount of 'stuff' in our grocery stores and the violence we see in our newspapers and on the news. Your shot is definitely a documentary one! I was going after something similar in idea, but did a really different 'take' on it. Will post soon.
Looks like they're getting ready for a busy day. I like the journalistic style, and this looks great! Would you mind if I ask what you're using for processing? Is it Lightroom? I just thought that it was neat that you can adjust the reds and apply a green filter, similar to what is demonstrated in the book....Nice shot...
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri! @mzzhope Thanks Hope! Better hurry up and get out then because another foot or two will be coming this weekend! At least that's what they say! @taffy Thanks Taffy! Yes, you are quite right. WAY too much of both of those things!! Looking forward to your post. @yaorenliu Thank you Yao! Yes, we Americans have a terrible time getting shopping carts through narrow aisles! I am being sarcastic there- but sometimes it seems that way. Actually, what drives me crazy are the shoppers who in spite of a nice wide aisle park their cart right in the middle when they go to get something making it hard for others to get around them! @twr Thank you Timothy! @alia_801 Thank you Alia! Yes, sometimes it seems there's nothing more normal than food shopping! @axika Thanks Alexandra! @windridge Thanks Susan! LOL, it does, doesn't it? @sangwann Thanks Dione! @digitalrn Thanks Rick! I did! @sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry! It's pretty organized- you can see the little signs telling you where everything is. @cimes1 Thanks Carole! It took longer to wait for the other shopper to get in the right spot than it did to take the picture. @mrssmith203 Thanks Carla! It's a little different for me- but I like how this one turned out.
@gratefulness Thanks Sandi! I have no problem sharing what I do- although I may have forgotten a step or two between when I did this and now. This shot was taken in color and uploaded to Ribbet (Ribbet.com). In the basics section I used the "sharpen" to make sure everything was clear. I used the "color" adjustment and upped the saturation so that the reds and blues were just a bit more vibrant. I also raised the "temperature" for the same reason. Then under "contrast" I raised the contrast slightly to once again, refine the difference between the reds and blues. In the "effects" menu I converted the shot to black and white. When you do this in Ribbet a box appears with a color scale and you can select a "filter" so to speak. In reality what you're doing is emphasizing more distinctly whatever color you choose. So, if you choose red for example the red will stand out in contrast to the other colors in the color shot. That will translate to different degrees on the gray scale in black and white. So, in this picture, when I used a green filter, it gave more gray and black tones to all the things that were green in the color shot. I think that's the best way I can explain it. It would be better for you to just upload a shot to Ribbet and play with it there. Ribbet is free. I believe this can also be done in PicMonkey but I'm not sure since I haven't used it for this kind of processing. I also think that after I did the conversion and used the "filter" I went back to the basics menu and adjusted the contrast again. But I don't remember for sure! What Peterson is discussing in the book is based on using a better camera than mine- one with interchangeable lenses and more controls that can be set in-camera by the photographer. So this processing that I do is sort of compensating for the fact that I don't have that kind of camera. I hope that all makes sense! Sometimes it's easier to sit down and show someone what I do- but that's not possible for you and me!
That looks like a well stocked shop. Thanks for sharing your processing steps. It's always interesting to know what has been done to get the final picture
@salza Thanks Sally! This has been really a lesson in experimenting for me. I'm not really sure I actually know what I'm doing, but I am learning something I suppose! @daisymiller Thanks Daisy! I'm always glad to share what I've done- feel free to ask any time!
Nice shot, Ann! It looks good in black and white. Excellent detail and really good processing. I would never think to use filters. I am just a see it and shoot it person. You could do journalism shots and sell to papers or magazines. You're that good. Well done :)
@prttblues Thank you Bev! I'm not quite sure if it's really a filter or how you control the different color channels. Whatever it is, I'll keep experimenting with it. I'm not really crazy about journalism shots. I've just been dabbling with them. But I'd be a little reticent about actually taking shots of news events and such. I'd rather take an abstract or flower! hehehe
too many stuff. even here in the philippines, especially in the big cities, you get to see this much stuff in the department stores and in the grocery stores. they are expensive for the average-income people, but buy stuff they do, because it gives them more time to browse around in the 'colder' temperature than when they're home or outside. we are lucky in america that we can most of the time return and get refunded for the purchase, here, their return policy is almost non-existent and i think that has to do with the enjoyment of the cool environment.. excellent processing. i like it.
@mzzhope Thanks Hope! Better hurry up and get out then because another foot or two will be coming this weekend! At least that's what they say!
@taffy Thanks Taffy! Yes, you are quite right. WAY too much of both of those things!! Looking forward to your post.
@yaorenliu Thank you Yao! Yes, we Americans have a terrible time getting shopping carts through narrow aisles! I am being sarcastic there- but sometimes it seems that way. Actually, what drives me crazy are the shoppers who in spite of a nice wide aisle park their cart right in the middle when they go to get something making it hard for others to get around them!
@twr Thank you Timothy!
@alia_801 Thank you Alia! Yes, sometimes it seems there's nothing more normal than food shopping!
@axika Thanks Alexandra!
@windridge Thanks Susan! LOL, it does, doesn't it?
@sangwann Thanks Dione!
@digitalrn Thanks Rick! I did!
@sarasdadandmom Thanks Terry! It's pretty organized- you can see the little signs telling you where everything is.
@cimes1 Thanks Carole! It took longer to wait for the other shopper to get in the right spot than it did to take the picture.
@mrssmith203 Thanks Carla! It's a little different for me- but I like how this one turned out.
@gratefulness Thanks Sandi! I have no problem sharing what I do- although I may have forgotten a step or two between when I did this and now. This shot was taken in color and uploaded to Ribbet (Ribbet.com). In the basics section I used the "sharpen" to make sure everything was clear. I used the "color" adjustment and upped the saturation so that the reds and blues were just a bit more vibrant. I also raised the "temperature" for the same reason. Then under "contrast" I raised the contrast slightly to once again, refine the difference between the reds and blues. In the "effects" menu I converted the shot to black and white. When you do this in Ribbet a box appears with a color scale and you can select a "filter" so to speak. In reality what you're doing is emphasizing more distinctly whatever color you choose. So, if you choose red for example the red will stand out in contrast to the other colors in the color shot. That will translate to different degrees on the gray scale in black and white. So, in this picture, when I used a green filter, it gave more gray and black tones to all the things that were green in the color shot. I think that's the best way I can explain it. It would be better for you to just upload a shot to Ribbet and play with it there. Ribbet is free. I believe this can also be done in PicMonkey but I'm not sure since I haven't used it for this kind of processing. I also think that after I did the conversion and used the "filter" I went back to the basics menu and adjusted the contrast again. But I don't remember for sure! What Peterson is discussing in the book is based on using a better camera than mine- one with interchangeable lenses and more controls that can be set in-camera by the photographer. So this processing that I do is sort of compensating for the fact that I don't have that kind of camera. I hope that all makes sense! Sometimes it's easier to sit down and show someone what I do- but that's not possible for you and me!
@daisymiller Thanks Daisy! I'm always glad to share what I've done- feel free to ask any time!
Thank you Brian!
Thank you Nicole!