Very many thanks to David Jordan for giving us his excellent talk on Simply Black and White photography. David’s work is technically and artistically exemplary whether using pin hole, monochrome cameras or colour. He is fortunate to have the gift of good colour recognition and the ability to ‘see’ in black and white. As were taken through some of his beautiful images he explained his ethos – to produce creative and graphic images that are rich in texture and tone – and the processes he uses to bring his vision to life.
In the second half David braved a real-time session using Photoshop, Lightroom and Nik Silver Efex Pro to demonstrate the various ways of achieving a good monochrome conversion – not an easy thing to do over Zoom! He made it look ‘simple’ but that’s years of experience for you! Many thanks again David for giving us such an interesting and informative evening enjoyed by all. Very timely for us as we have a monochrome competition in a couple of weeks!
Next week we are back in Century for our Open and Portraits & People Print competitions which will be judged by Amanda Wright.
Happy October and have a good week.
