Category Archives: Black and White

Colour is great but don’t forget black and white.

Using the techniques of old, a black and white photograph can sometime make for a much stronger image.

There is a real art to black and white photography…something the old masters used to great effect and it is still worth considering as a process even in the digital world.

It can add drama, subtlety and depth. Removing the colour sometimes takes away a distraction from the story being told.

It doesn’t work for every image though.

The Great Wall of China. Fuji X-Pro 1 f 11, shutter 1/60th sec, ISO 400