Mike at a playing local blues bar this evening... Actually, no, he's in our 'middle' room. I used a second light to add some flare and the harsh lighting to the side of his face. Very gig like! And you know what? It was shot in B&W jpg mode with the orange 'filter' switched on. So to those that insist you should shoot in raw mode for more control I say "Phooey!" Shoot jpg and be proud! I haven't shot a single frame in raw for months... and even then I regreted it. All this raw nonsense is spouted in the photo forums by people who like playing with technology more than making photographs. In particular, at the moment it's spouted by a 'photographer' who took 70lbs of gear worth around $15,000 to a distant land, shot 5000 frames and claimed that his '75 keepers' was a good hit ratio for him. Well Mr. Raw Mode, I needed 24 shots to get this one... and all in jpg / b&w mode. Always remember, the picture is more important than the technology!(rant mode off)

My 'minimal Photoshop' for this was increasing the contrast, (contrast on the camera was already set to max), the addition some grain scanned from a frame of Tri-X and little bit of 'warm tone'. I feel bad about the grain thing as I should have just shot it on Tri-X in the first place.