black & white

Black & White in Bombay 2

A ball of twine
It's been nearly six months since I last went to Bombay; a trip I have mixed feelings about, since I mostly went for my cousin's wedding, and despite being there for a month weather and schedules and general fatigue conspired to keep me grounded most of the time.

I took a lot of pictures -- thousands -- but most of them are personal, of family and friends, and I don't share those. Looking through my haul before committing them to DVD backups (remember, kids: back up frequently, often, and in multiple mediums), I found that in between the personal photographs I had snuck in an artistic one here and there.

Rock & Scaffold


I took pictures of rocks, and also some buildy things. Then I messed around with them in the GIMP. It was fun.

Objet d'Art

Bobble head doll
Bicycle leaning against a wall
Girl checking a camera
Lamp next to a curtain

At some point after I returned from India I thought I'd just set the camera to B&W (cyan pass, JPEG) and shoot an entire card. What's the use of a digital camera if you can't just practice for a while?

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How to Make Stylish Black & White Digital Photos with the GIMP

Road Picture - beforeRoad Picture - after
How exactly do you turn the dull, boring image on the left into the one on the right? Easy, read on for the tutorial!

Head in the Black & White Clouds

The top of a cloud in black & white

I mentioned in a previous Black & White photo post that while I love the aesthetic I'd never done much of it, i.e. I'd never bothered to process my (colour) digital pictures into adequate black & white photos. But now that I've hit upon a method whose results I like, expect a lot more black & white posts on this blog!

Today I'm presenting 5 shots taken mostly during my last India trip (except the first, which was taken in Khor Fakkan). I hope you like 'em, and if you'd like to find out how I did them, do check back here in a few days when I'll put up a tutorial on how to convert images to B&W using the GIMP. (You can follow the site's RSS feed, and me on twitter).

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