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Hi all,

Here is a wedding I shot a couple of weeks ago. As I'm blogging it now, I think I want to go all B&W - but it's a little terrifying as I've never had a 100% B&W set. What do you think of it? Constructive C&C would be much appreciated. Thanks!


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Jul 06, 2015 at 01:32 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · 100% B&W wedding?


pics not loading.. never mind. now they are.

Some great moments in this set! Some oof shots but otherwise nice job.



Jul 06, 2015 at 01:33 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · 100% B&W wedding?


go for it and see what they say !!




Jul 06, 2015 at 01:58 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · 100% B&W wedding?


I'd love to deliver a purely B/W package.

These are sme of the best B/W conversions I've seen. Wonderful.



Jul 06, 2015 at 03:00 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · 100% B&W wedding?


A lovely, emotion fill set. I like the Black and White and feel like I see the people and their expressions more; not distracting.


Jul 07, 2015 at 08:19 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · 100% B&W wedding?


Great set! Excellent B&W work!

What are the clients expecting? If you showed me a mix of color and B&W, that is what I would expect you to deliver to me.

You could deliver all B&W and hold back some color stuff, just to see what they say... And then if they want some color you can have it ready. Who knows, they may ask for the color and then decide your vision in B&W is better!

Good luck,
Paul



Jul 07, 2015 at 10:48 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · 100% B&W wedding?


Great set, lots of emotions. For some reasons some shots, especially the first ones, are much softer than some latter ones. No EXIF, but I assume different lens or cameras?

Great B&W conversions, and I wouldn't hesitate to blog these. Delivering only B&W pictures to the client is another story, unless this is what they expect or requested. If you intend to blog all B&W, I'd also let the grooms know it's not indicative of what the final product will look like in case they freak out.




Jul 07, 2015 at 10:59 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · 100% B&W wedding?


Great stuff - persoanlly, I would push the contrast a bit more for some, but stong overall. I wish the striped suit groom had the darned thiing ironed tho. Drives me crazy.


Jul 07, 2015 at 11:26 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · 100% B&W wedding?


Thanks everyone for the kind comments! I blogged it 100% b&w and they loved the pictures. I delivered them a color version too of each image, in case they want one, but the b&w are closer to my heart


Jul 07, 2015 at 11:36 AM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · 100% B&W wedding?


first question... why all BW?
Just felt like it? Trying to move your brand towards BW?
As a primarily BW shooter I always love to hear peoples opinions about why they chose to go BW.

The conversions are pretty good. Some lack contrast and the lack of grain makes them look way to clean IMO.
Also some toning issues throughout. That is not a bad thing but when images are side by side and the tone appears different it can be a little distracting.

Nicely done. looks like a nice little wedding.



Jul 07, 2015 at 12:13 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · 100% B&W wedding?


Doug, are you sometimes hired specifically because you shoot B&W? Like the client told you that was the reason.


Jul 07, 2015 at 01:13 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · 100% B&W wedding?


FrancisK7 wrote:
Doug, are you sometimes hired specifically because you shoot B&W? Like the client told you that was the reason.


Yes. Only a couple times have we ever been hired to shoot only BW stuff...most times people want the focus to be on the BW but want a good variety. Our brand is built on our BW images and people come to us specifically for the hands off BW documentary approach. We do do other stuff and obviously shoot a lot of color as well but the stuff we focus on is normally centered around our BW documentary approach.

This is the real world and sometimes we just get hired and people don't care either way. I still have to put food on the table so unless someone really doesn't mesh with us or wants something totally off base with what we do we take the wedding.
All of our products are designed around the very simple BW documentary approach as well. Albums, print boxes, framed prints, etc.

We are VERY upfront with our approach and spend a good amount of time educating clients who may not know the differences in styles or understand how it can make a difference on the wedding day.



Jul 07, 2015 at 03:09 PM
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This is a fabulous set. lots of emotion showing through.

Gordon



Jul 07, 2015 at 06:36 PM





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