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Originally Posted by milosh
Sorry but your sarcasm doesn't make any sense..
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From a photographer who learned on B/W because that was all their was, the remark makes great sense. If you use film every time you press the shutter it cost money. The film cost money. the processimg cost money. the print cost money. All that before you see what you did. Shot gun shooting and hoping for the best was not an option. In those days one was careful about the subject matter. The composition was studied carefully. The exposure was carefully determined. All that before the shutter was snapped. Then if you did not have a darkroom you had to wit about a week to see the results. If you had a dark room you still had a couple of hours wait. Then in the darkroom you were basically limited to Dodge/burn and sight contrast adjustments.
Am I complaining no, I still do it from time to time and love it.
Might I suggest a small change to your B/W learning experience. Shoot digital and in color. Then in post do a conversion to B/W. This will better give you an idea of how "colors" appear in B/W.by comparing the two images. Next only do one capture this will force you to study the elements in the picture to get the best image. Next use only single focal length lens, this will teach perspective and promote you moving around to inlude or avoid elements in the capture.
As a side note when shooting digital I often make several captures (3 or 4) but 99% of the time my first capture is the one used to produce the final results.