Aunt and niece in B&W

[Tim Pindar]

A new B&W treatment of a picture I took a year ago. I'm really pleased with it.

The original suffered from silhouetting due to a bright window behind, or unnatural colour on the faces if brightened or using fill light.

I've cropped the window out via a square crop, and switched to B&W with a vignette to complete the transformation. I started from the "soft light baby sepia" preset.

Does it need a border? I quite like the effect without one.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Oh WOW!! Tim this is a cracker!!
I bet she's happy with that shot.... Canvas worthy!

 

[Kev Pugh]

That works Tim very natural and the vignette finishes it off nicely, I like

 

[Tim Pindar]

Thanks. Here's the original, as best I could make it, for interest:

 

[Dan Cattermole]

I couldn't of done that any better to be honest Tim.....

 

[adrian jordin]

Can't fault that, Tim.
I wouldn't bother with a border, you've got picture elements to give it a frame of sorts so I can't see anything else being necessary.

 

[Tim Pindar]

I've just ordered a 12x12 inch canvas wrap of this photo. Will report back when it arrives. Maybe take a picture of it!

 

[Pete Askew]

"Maybe take a picture of it!"

In colour?!!

 

[Tim Pindar]

Well of course! Who'd take a photo in B&W these days???

 

[Chris Dodkin]

What a transformation Tim - the B&W version is just classic - all that emotional engagement with the subject

Lovely job

 

[Tim Pindar]

Thanks Chris.

All I need to do now is produce a similarly successful one of my other daughter...

 

[Hamish Gill]

Thats really nice mate!
Im actually surprised how good a shot you have got out of a tweaked version of that preset!
very nice mate!

 

[Tim Pindar]

OK well the canvas wrap of this photo has now arrived, and here it is!

(Photo in colour as promised )

Not sure how familiar this is to everyone else, but this is the first one or these I've ever had made from one of my photos. Ordered from Photobox direct from my Zenfolio site, came very quickly considering the holiday season (ordered on 31/12). Happy with the quality.

I chose not to have the photo wrap around the edges so I didn't lose the bottom detail, but that was fully configurable when ordering.

(I know Snapmad are a lot cheaper and some say they are fine and others say they are "good for the money".)

 

[Kev Pugh]

Very Nice Tim definately worth doing IMO, nice photo nice finish and presentation

 

[Pete Askew]

Now that looks nice Tim. Especially in colour. I had some photobooks done by them for someone and the quality of those was pretty good too.

 

[Hamish Gill]

That's fantastic!
Looks spot on!!

 

[Tim Pindar]

Cheers. I need one of her sister now.

One funny thing though - it's just dawned on me that these two aren't aunt and niece at all - despite the age difference they're actually cousins!

 

[Hamish Gill]

It's good your that familiar with your own family tree Tim

Do you know, its a bit like a venture photo ... But better! If you got that from venture they oils both be looking at the camera, it would be loads less personal and it probably would have cost you best part of a grand!!

 

[Tim Pindar]

From where?

 

[Tim Pindar]

Ah OK found them now.