Tina - -
Just testing the waters with very little digital experience, I have read that shooting digital in color and then converting it to b&w is much more desirable then shooting in b&w initially. Is this correct? If so, can you tell me why. Thank you very much in advance. Cheers, Colette
Hi, Colette -
The only reason it is desirable is that you have both black and white and color. It's fairly easy to go from color to B&W but very difficult to convert a B&W to color! I still love B&W the best, but it is still true that color sells better as stock.
Photographing with color digital gives you more options. The B&W choice in most digital cameras is just the color file with the color removed. It doesn't give you any of the advantages of speed or grain that B&W film does. In other words, there is no advantage to photographing digital B&W over color.
Hope this helps.
Tina
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