L☥fe with Jordy Photography

  More photos from our Road Trip in March.  I had so many photos and it took ages for me to cull and edit! These are the shots that I knew would look better in Black and White My workflow for Black and White digital photos is to shoot in Raw colour and then convert.  It is easier to do this than to keep changing the settings in camera.  Also, shooting in colour Raw mode captures the full sensor data giving higher dynamic range for extracting more details in shadows and highlights when converted.  I can pick which photos I will be converting when I am taking them; the light and shadow in a photo is a good start to deciding which will be converted.  A dull, overcast day is always a plus; when colours are muted and don't have that bright punch to them.  Ever had a lot of clutter in the background of a photo?  Converting to Black and White can hide a lot of colourful background clutter in shadows that don't detract from the main subject. I guess I'm s...