Black & White

[KimMoore]

Hi Damien,

If I want to create something similiar to the picture below, with my picture attached.  Do I keep reading the advanced black & white's course?

https://irisawards.com/2023-iris-awards-galleries/2023-animal/#foogallery-32406/i:38

 

[Damien Symonds]

Your link takes me to a page with dozens and dozens of photos.  Which one are you looking at?

[KimMoore]

This one.

[Damien Symonds]

Come on Kim, read the posting guidelines again.

Pay particular attention to number 3.

[KimMoore]

I understand that.  But recently I asked you how to do this in another post, I will find it & you suggested I read the advanced black & whites module on how to do it,it was with a cow.

So I was checking would this be the same technique?

https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/63305-black-background/

 

[Damien Symonds]

I am not even entertaining this nonsense.  If you can't see how COMPLETELY different the lighting is in your photo, compared to the linked image, then perhaps photography isn't the pursuit for you.

[Damien Symonds]

Well?  Have you found a suitable example photo for us to work with yet?

[KimMoore]

Something along the lines of this.

Black & white background & horse in colour.

https://bythehorns.co.nz/products/whoopie?variant=32920627118173

[Damien Symonds]

Nope.  Still frontlit.

[KimMoore]

I'm struggling to find one frontlit.

https://photos.com/featured/horse-in-backlight-ryan-courson-photography.html

[Damien Symonds]

That's sidelit.  You're getting closer.

But still not backlit like yours.

[KimMoore]

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/portrait-of-a-black-horse-on-a-black-background-gm1887930099-553754017

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/silhouette-of-beautiful-horse-gm161827654-17971377

https://photos.com/featured/horse-in-backlight-ryan-courson-photography.html

[KimMoore]

https://bythehorns.co.nz/collections/shop-by-style/products/sheba?variant=32920811896925

[Damien Symonds]

10 minutes ago, KimMoore said:

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/silhouette-of-beautiful-horse-gm161827654-17971377

Yay!  Found one.

Can you tell me what gives you reason to think that this photo was taken outdoors like yours was?

[KimMoore]

The light is falling behind the horse & maybe the shadows?

[Damien Symonds]

You really truly think that this photo was taken in front of a bright sunny field like yours was, and then the  dark background was added later?

[KimMoore]

I have no idea, but I am trying to find out.

[Damien Symonds]

Look, I have to go out soon.  Can we PLEASE just fast-forward to the part where you acknowledge that the photo you're looking for doesn't exist, so we can get on with the sensible work of adding a light-coloured background to your horse photo?

[KimMoore]

I haven't read that module yet. do I need to do this first?

[KimMoore]

1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said:

Look, I have to go out soon.  Can we PLEASE just fast-forward to the part where you acknowledge that the photo you're looking for doesn't exist, so we can get on with the sensible work of adding a light-coloured background to your horse photo?

SURE!

[Damien Symonds]

Thank God.

Okay, go ahead and do your raw processing on your photo, then post it so we can discuss.

[KimMoore]

 

 

[Damien Symonds]

Something like this, I figure?

[KimMoore]

Yes, but anyway to make it black background?

[Damien Symonds]

Dafuq?

17 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

Look, I have to go out soon.  Can we PLEASE just fast-forward to the part where you acknowledge that the photo you're looking for doesn't exist, so we can get on with the sensible work of adding a light-coloured background to your horse photo?

 

17 hours ago, KimMoore said:

SURE!