{"id":653,"date":"2009-09-14T07:02:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T11:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/?p=653"},"modified":"2012-05-27T10:23:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T17:23:30","slug":"be-color-blind-black-white-photography-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/be-color-blind-black-white-photography-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Color Blind: Black &#038; White Photography Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some tips for transforming your SL photos into dramatic black and white works of art!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #1: Use contrasting colors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a choice for your backgrounds and also for clothing, use contrasting colors.\u00a0 Yellow clothing on a white background doesn&#8217;t look as dramatic in black and white as a dark red or black shirt on a whote background.\u00a0 If you are photographing a group of avatars, ask them to be sure to wear different shades of the same color or all light or all dark colors being certain to use a contrasting background.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-657\" title=\"pmbw1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/pmbw1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pmbw1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-656\" title=\"pmbw2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/pmbw2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pmbw2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #2: Turn up the Contrast!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contrast adds dramatic tone to your blackand white photos.\u00a0 Use it carefully, and use it in good tatse!\u00a0 Notice the difference between these two black and white photos after the adjustment in contrast:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"pmbw2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/pmbw2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pmbw2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-655\" title=\"pmbw3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/pmbw3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pmbw3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip\u00a0#3: Make some noise!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make your photo a old classic by adding noise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-654\" title=\"pmbw4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/pmbw4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pmbw4\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-659\" title=\"pmbw5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/pmbw5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pmbw5\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are just a few things to try that will make a difference and change the impact of your photos.\u00a0 Look for more useful tips for your Second Life photography soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some tips for transforming your SL photos into dramatic black and white works of art! Tip #1: Use contrasting colors If you have a choice for your backgrounds and also for clothing, use contrasting colors.\u00a0 Yellow clothing on a white background doesn&#8217;t look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,3],"tags":[33,32,29,25,18,34,12,23,17,24,27,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1546,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.never30.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}