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Here is an image I captured during a snow storm in central Utah. This is my first attempt at b&w. The print turned out lovely and I have had many favorable comments and requests to purchase. I shot this with my D70 w/18-70mm at 38mm focal length, 1/125 sec. f/8 ISO400 TTL +1.0 EV. I wanted to get a bit overexposed and do some pp with PictureProject. I enhanced the brightness level to get the level of contrast I was looking for. Question: Since I have had so many ask me to sell them signed copies, what should I charge as a limited edition print with a print limit of say 200? Also, your comments on how I could do better in the future are most welcomed.

Thanks a million.

dk

Nice Black and White conversion, while I like the effect you've acheived with the over exposure, its almost too stark for me (but that could just be my LCD). I have no experience with making prints, or selling them, but I'm sure a number of the members can help you out on that front.

It's an interesting fine art print IMO. Good heavy contrast, a snowstorm is clearly black and white with not much inbetweeen greys, and you've portrayed that well.

I was more awestruck by the other images in that collection - the beautiful LDS temples from all around UT. I take it you were comissioned by the church to shoot those?!

Sorry for the delay in responding to these post.

Thanks for the comments too. I really enjoy black and white but I need a better editing program to make the conversion a true b&w.

The shots I did of the LDS Temples (although I placed them in the commissioned gallery) were taken for my pleasure.

Thanks again.

dk

A very artistic feel to this high key image. I like it
cheers
marco

Hi dk,

This is a very nice image. I like the B&W conversion.

Well done
Alex

Brrrr.... I can almost feel that temperature Regarding charging, it would of course depend on the size of the print. Its difficult to say as you are in the US where the prices are a tad different. Are you going to print it yourself or outsource it? Are you going to matboard them too. If so, I would shop around for matboards. Seek out a framing company rather than buying matboards in stores as you can normally get a good deal this way. A rule of thumb I read somewhere is to multiply your costs by four. This works fairly well.

Cheers
Sheila

Thank you all for taking the time to share your thoughts.

dk

a nice image.......but high key images need not lack detail and I feel that a lot of detail has been lost in this conversion, with a bit more time spent on pp I am sure it can be made into a fantastic image as all the pieces are there........