Black and White Book Club 15

I finally got to the reading portion of our book club this week and must confess I was a little disappointed in it. Perhaps this was because the instructional part was more technical and less artistic than our previous Patterson book. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but when you are working with a camera that only has very basic technical freedom, it's hard to see how the information applies.

However, I did take some of the information and rather than understanding it in terms of my camera, I applied it to the subject itself. In this shot I noticed how the light coming in from the sliding glass doors (subdued light as it was snowing AGAIN!) affected both the texture of Jeff's sneakers and the laces on them. It not only outlined their respective shapes, but actually gave them the appearance of volume too- especially the laces.

I would love to tell what I did here, but I forget!! What I can tell you is that even though the sneakers were black and white, I still converted the shot to black and white. It made the whites whiter and the blacks blacker. I also did do some burning in the upper left hand corner as it was just a bit overexposed.

[Kerri]

Great b&w

[Hope D Jennings]

It is a different perspective but I am glossing over the techie stuff.this image is awesome! Fabulous texture shot. Fav

[Nicole Campbell]

Fab photo Ann. I didn't actually know what it was until I read your story and then I could see the sneaker. Great composition.

[Lisa Poland]

That turned out great. Fabulous texture.

[Bev]

Nice shot, Ann! Fantastic textures in both the shoes and the laces. The detail is captured perfectly. Well done :)

[Bev]

PS - I have loaded some more photos into my Year 1 album and set them to restricted. Can you see them in your feed? I hope you can't. I did make some I posted a couple of days ago public so those might show up. I just want to know I'm not bombarding people. thanks!

[Taffy]

Good image -- the textures and the contrast are terrific.

[DonHoupt]

Very creative use of available objects for your subjects, Ann! I like it. Your technique works well with just about anything having strong details.

[Sally Ings]

Wonderful texture and great details

[Debs Stott]

Fab composition and textures!

[alia_801]

Great choice - so many textures and patterns combined into one great pic :)

[Keith Porteous]

amazing texture!

[Dione Giorgio]

Wonderful shot and textures. I wouldn't have realized those are sneekers if I hadn't read your info.

[Claire]

Nice capture!

[Rick Schies]

The textures came through nicely

[Carole Imes]

Great textures. Never realized these were sneakers.

[Laura]

Great texture.

[Daisy Miller]

Wonderful perspective. Great textures! I am finding this book a bit more difficult than the previous book. I read and reread the book. Then, I try to apply what I learned to my bridge camera (which only shoots in JPEGs).

[The Mysterious Mr Biscuit]

This is great. Like @cimes1 I didn't realise they were shows/laces until I read the description, I got lost in the pattern and texture.

[Katie]

So much cool darkness going on here! Really like it.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@kerristephens @mzzhope @nicolecampbell @homeschoolmom @prttblues @taffy @donhoupt @salza @dibzgreasley @alia_801 @kporte @sangwann @tuya @digitalrn @cimes1 @la_photographic @daisymiller @kaesebiscuit @archaeofrog


Thank you one and all! So excited to see this was featured on the TT for a bit! I'm entranced with the Olympics tonight. I'll be back to viewing and commenting more seriously tomorrow!

@prttblues I will check on that...
@mzzhope @bill_fe Thanks for the favs Hope and Bill!

[Sharon]

Great textures and light!

[Carol]

Nice details here

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@twinsplusone @caroli
Thank you Sharon and Carol!

[Bev]

@olivetreeann I uploaded photos through January 2011. If you don't see them in your feed then it works! I will bring them back slowly so not to flood feeds.

[Cindy]

I understand the technical challenges

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@fullcircle Thanks Cindy! You know, it's just helped me to focus on what I am able to do with this camera and also what I can do in post processing rather than the camera itself. So, I guess it's good.