Black and White Photography

I have been trying lately to take some black and white pictures.. but most of them turned out grey (no subject or color really stand out in the picture, no bright white or dark black. Would you have any tips for me (any tips you may have for BW photography would be much appreciated). Could we get nice black and white pictures directly from the camera (I have a nikon D80). Sorry if my question seem very basic... i am still in the learning process... a! thanks! Julie

Studio Class at Syx's

Just sharing some photos from our studio class that took place a few weeks ago. It was great having the opportunity to shoot such uniquely different models.

Purple Fringe

I'm noticing that several of my images have this purple or blue fringe. Is there some technique to avoid this.

Thanks ..... Nancy

Kikon Users

NIKON D300 body only : $1767.75 (CDN)

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Photoshoot at UBC Tower beach

Just want to share another picture here. Marc mentioned that we can talk about it when we have the flash class. This was shot last summer with my girl friend at UBC Tower beach. We waited for the sunset to capture that orange shade in the middle.

External flash at almost direct angle towards the subject. ISO 500, 1/160, and f6.3. Was using P mode, but could probably use a better combination of these now.

Marc - what's the ideal combination of ISO, S speed and F no. in these situation?

I definitely want to learn more about the settings in the external flash. THANKS.

Fish eye - happy Church's chicken

Just have to share these pictures - hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Just funny, that's all. Yeah, fish eye lens aren't just for big animal head shots ^.^

Shutter speed plays

Some shots with various shutter speeds - some old and some are very recent.

Richmond night market - the night was completely dark. 0.8 second and ISO 160. Tant color and the sky created a good color contrast. No edits from computer, straight out of the camera.

The following ones are at night clubs - this is just a still picture, followed by a shot with shutter speed at 1 second while rotating the camera.

Follow pictures are set at 0.4 second while catching people playing with their ring lights....