Converting to black and white in photoshop

The portrait was converted to black and white using the red channel method.

The shot of the grapes was converted to black and white by clicking on the black and white circle at the bottom of the layers menu and selecting 'black & white'.

In both cases I created an extra layer to make these edits in so as not to destroy the original image.

Portrait photography

Architectural Photography

       

These shots were all taken on Darley Avenue in Didsbury and on the banks of the Mersey, which flows in between Darley Avenue and the golf course behind it. Historically, the area has significance in that Prince Rupert stationed himself nearby during the English Civil War and that Bonnie Prince Charlie likely crossed the Mersey in the area in 1745. [x] The architecture in the shots, however, looks to be Victorian. The area is still quite gentrified, with many gates outside houses being kept locked with buzzer systems.