Ansel Ash

Happy Birthday, Ansel Adams

Happy Birthday, Ansel Adams! In tribute to Adams’ birthday today, I went outside to photograph in black and white. I did not have any dramatic landscapes handy, so I decided to channel something like Young Oaks in Winter. I at least had some winter to work with, even if I did not have the Yosemite […]

Pine Hollow Falls

Pine Hollow Falls in Winter

Back to black and white with this winter scene. We continue to explore post-processing to black and white. We photograph in RAW. In Aperture, we desaturate. The in the Curves brick, we pull the red curve north, the blue curve south. We desaturate again, using the Saturation brush applied to the entire photograph. Then we play […]