Life. Illuminated.
I miss the dark room. I miss film, but most of all I miss black and white. Since I’ve “gone digital” my color palette has exploded. Its fun to play with so much color; subdued colors, vibrant colors, selective color, there is so much you can do with a color photo. With all this excitement over color I’ve forgotten neglected black and white. Wait! You say, you have some images in black and white. Yes … some. That’s the problem its so few. I’ve been thinking about this for at least the last two months and I’ve made up my mind. Black and white is back in.
Truth be told … when I do shoot I tend to shoot in my camera body in black and white, since I shoot in RAW getting them back to color is no problem. So why do I shoot in B&W in my camera? To see shapes, form, and negative space. Its less distracting then seeing it in color.
I’m also focusing on a few rules of thumb this year as well:
So why all this craziness? I want to get back to the root of why I love photography so much, why I wanted to pick up the camera so bad, why I spent hundreds and thousands of dollars on dark room supplies, chemicals, and now digital photography supplies.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love color and will still process in color … I’m only focusing on B&W. The right tool for the right job and all that.
I love light, I love shape, I love form. Here’s to 2010!
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Interesting comments Chris. I find that I am usually drawn to more monochromatic images. They’re less distracting and help me to ‘see’ things better. That is why I requested this sort of photography at my photo shoot. I liked how my black & white head shots turned out. Even the color photos had a limited color palette which made them more interesting to me. It helps them feel more timeless.