Black and White Photography
Published by JM on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 8:57 PM.
For some reason (almost) everyone seems to be into black and white photography.
My case? Just look at DeviantART. The masses seem to be starting to create a B&W wave. Flickr seems to be catching it as well in certain groups.
Thankfully the 'Elites' haven't succumbed to the B&W fever.
While I understand some of the reasons behind Black & White, my argument remains the same. That while you can get texture with B&W, you can enhance the texture by about 20% or even 50% when you use color.
Granted, you must know how to use color, what shades, which palette to choose, and so on and so forth; but you have to know how to use texture in the first place, so you don't need that much more skill to factor color into the composition.
Very few Black & White photos I'll admit are better in B&W than in color. But those are few, and far between.
Sample
I am not dissing all Black & White photography. I even thought of dabbling a little bit in it myself; but I only have one thing to say about the current saturation of B&W photography.
Overkill.
That is all. Have a good day.
My case? Just look at DeviantART. The masses seem to be starting to create a B&W wave. Flickr seems to be catching it as well in certain groups.
Thankfully the 'Elites' haven't succumbed to the B&W fever.
While I understand some of the reasons behind Black & White, my argument remains the same. That while you can get texture with B&W, you can enhance the texture by about 20% or even 50% when you use color.
Granted, you must know how to use color, what shades, which palette to choose, and so on and so forth; but you have to know how to use texture in the first place, so you don't need that much more skill to factor color into the composition.
Very few Black & White photos I'll admit are better in B&W than in color. But those are few, and far between.
Sample
I am not dissing all Black & White photography. I even thought of dabbling a little bit in it myself; but I only have one thing to say about the current saturation of B&W photography.
Overkill.
That is all. Have a good day.
Labels: Black and White, Photography
