Seeing In Black and White

In yesterdays session we had a workshop called "Seeing In Black and White" which was about learning to look through our lens in Black and White. I used my Sony A58 with my 18mm-55mm Kit lens, although on my camera I couldn't shoot in monochrome as I was shooting in RAW. Whilst taking the photographs I had to take into account what would be darker tones and lighter tones when editing the photos. I also had to take into account that the photos had to be cropped into a square and that all of the 9 final photographs had to work together as a series. 

After taking the photographs, we opened them in RAW in photoshop and adjusted the contrast and clarity. Still using photoshop we changed our photographs into black and white. We also used a program in photoshop called Silver Effects where we could create a template and add it to all our photographs which is great because then we have all the same tones on each individual photograph.

I also tried to focus on what flowers had better textures as the different textures would look nicer with the tones of the blacks and whites, I think the tulip is the best example of this as the darker markings on the flower really adds to the photo and gives it substance.

If I did this series again I wouldn't use the top right photo or the bottom right as I think the flowers are too light compared to the rest of the flowers in this series. I would also lighten the top left photo as it clashes with the background too much. Other than that I think the photos work well together and I am pleased with the outcome I have achieved.