Another Point-of-View

I've often been asked by colleges, friends and families about how I make black and white images. Usually I would tell them that the best known process is to set the camera settings to make it shoot in black and white by default. This is perhaps the most simple and common way in where nascent black and white enthusiast would start off with. It's fast and does not bleed on the time it takes to master. Images taken are in JPEG, and it's far smaller in size as compared to the other methods used – it doesn't bleed hard disk space.

I admit that when I was starting out, this is the only method that I'd use to make the black and white image. However, as I evolve in knowledge, from reading publications that are readily available off the net or from the bookshelves, I'd learn that this method is not the best of way to achieve such a purpose. I soon found out that this technique lacks in the control over the representation of creativity on its' final output. More or less, the images that I'd taken by this method were flat and lifeless. What was much more important is the fact that I was no longer satisfied with the results that I get from making black and white images straight off the camera. With heaps on tutorials and info offered on the net, I knew a swing in my accustomed process was inevitable.