vintage shots

[DubFan]

Over the Easter weekend I visited family and on friday we went to the Great Central Railway for a special Easter event.
Obviously there were a few steam trains, but also a few other things, traction engines and stuff.
Given the subject matter I shot a lot in B&W.

Here's a selection:

The train now departing... by AlistairBeavis, on Flickr


On your guard by AlistairBeavis, on Flickr


old time fair by AlistairBeavis, on Flickr


bike by AlistairBeavis, on Flickr


old timer by AlistairBeavis, on Flickr


Station by AlistairBeavis, on Flickr

[Horney]

Love thes emate.

nick

[shepgti]

like the bike shot, maybe b&w with some grain?

[DubFan]

like the bike shot, maybe b&w with some grain?

I took several of the bike, here's a B&W one:


bike by AlistairBeavis, on Flickr

[Mr GTD]

Oh awesome, great pics!

[T_J_G]

Do you (and why if you do) shoot in B+W on camera?

[Horney]

I do sometimes, if I know it's something I want in B&W. Other times I convert later when I see it on the laptop and think it'll work as B&W.

nick

[DubFan]

I often shoot in B&W in camera because I then get instant feedback on how it looks, but also I like the B&W preset on my camera, often prefering that to a conversion done in ACR or PS.

I have a roll of B&W film, which I'm just waiting for the right moment to pop in my film SLR to try out.

[Gavv8]

I use b/w all the time especially for pictures of the kids and my niece, i just think it adds so much atmosphere to a photograph.

[Ridg]

Do you (and why if you do) shoot in B+W on camera?

RAW FTW

If you set your camera to B/W then the jpeg preview / image will be B/W but then you can tweak the conversion in PP (channel mixing).

Most cameras will allow allow you to convert to B/W, sepia or cyanotype in camera giving you a preview if you're shooting in colour.  JPEG shooters should shoot in colour and then convert as you can't get the colour information back.