This week I was in the studio on a rainy day - perfect for studio work. I had some cool old pieces of metal that I'd been saving for some kind of art project and was about to shoot them to sell on Etsy as a vintage recycled supply, but as I was examining them and cleaning off some debris, I wondered how they might look in still life images. So I found a couple of cool old pieces of wood for background and set them up.
Before long I was clicking away, repositioning them and playing with camera settings. The wood and metal were perfect for black and white I thought.
Later, as I edited them in Paint Shop Pro, I was moving the slider for saturation, which is how I turn color images into black and white before I decide on sharpness and exposure. Of course the trick is to get these settings mostly right in the camera while shooting, so very little editing is required.
As I moved the slider on the saturation setting I noticed something I liked. If I only went to say 90% or 88% saturation, it still looked black and white, but had just enough color to give it a little more dimension. Hmm, I thought, this is cool.
So here are the first in the series. I may be listing them on my Pixels site if I'm convinced they're done, but could return to the studio for another run at it.
If you'd like a print now, contact me and I'll get one to you on either a metallic gloss or matte paper for around $20 for a 5x7 and $30 for an 8x10, plus shipping.
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