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January 13, 2009

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B&W Better

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Using PhotoShop's Channel Mixer
I've been shooting B&W as well as colour since I started making my living in photography in the mid-60's. I actually developed my first roll of B&W film when I was 10 years old in the mid-50's.
For years as a photojournalist I would carry two camera bodies, one loaded with B&W film and one with colour. More recently, as a landscape photographer, when working in B&W I was always using red and yellow filters to darken skies and accentuate clouds, while green filters were handy for lightening foliage.
Now with the digital darkroom, I simply shoot colour and create B&W prints from these colour originals when desired, with all the control I used to have, if not more.
The trick to obtaining optimum quality is the use of PhotoShop'sChannel Mixer.
Throw Away Your B&W Filters

This photograph was taken with aCanon EOS D30digital SLR, though a...

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