black and white
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Today at Shutter Sisters, Tracey writes The Black and White of It. And with the digital age, we no longer place a roll of black and white film in our camera and go shoot. We now have the ability to change every photo into black and white. But how many of us do this?
I love true black and white photography. I love the contrast. The pure blacks and whites. With today's editing software, we can turn on grayscale and get a muddy version of black and white. We can play with curves and contrast and get something very close to black and white. Is it too much work? Or is the brilliance of color too much to ignore?
I seem to use black and white as a fix-it. I turn to black and white (or grayscale for you graphic artist types) when there is too much color clash like in this photo. (I hate that plaid couch!)
Other times I choose black and white is when the color may be off. In this first photo, some of the foliage is weeds and the leaves were turning brown. By turning the whole thing black and white, you focus on the all the textures rather than my poor gardening skills.
Sometimes we use black and white for a sense of nostalgia. Sepia is another choice for this.
I think the strongest case for using black and white is when the lines in the photo are strong and you want to emphasize it.
I love true black and white photography. I love the contrast. The pure blacks and whites. With today's editing software, we can turn on grayscale and get a muddy version of black and white. We can play with curves and contrast and get something very close to black and white. Is it too much work? Or is the brilliance of color too much to ignore?
I seem to use black and white as a fix-it. I turn to black and white (or grayscale for you graphic artist types) when there is too much color clash like in this photo. (I hate that plaid couch!)
Other times I choose black and white is when the color may be off. In this first photo, some of the foliage is weeds and the leaves were turning brown. By turning the whole thing black and white, you focus on the all the textures rather than my poor gardening skills.
Sometimes we use black and white for a sense of nostalgia. Sepia is another choice for this.
I think the strongest case for using black and white is when the lines in the photo are strong and you want to emphasize it.