Black and White Photography
70In recent years, black-and-white photography has become popular once again. With the many features found on modern digital cameras, it has made it easier to make black and white photography, as a hobby it become more affordable and economical. The latest digital camera models have settings for black and white photography. I have a Kodak Z700 and I just love the photo editing software which enables me to change color photographs into black and white. With just a click away my colour photos turns into black and white.
For me, black-and-white photography is beautiful because it creates images that are so personal and meaningful. To be able to enjoy black and white photography, you have to experiment, capture what is around you, take a lot of shot and have fun with it. The elegance and timelessness of black and white photography ensures its continual popularity. The fact is that more people are becoming interested in black and white photography for many reasons. Have a look on what I have captured using my Kodak Z700.
- Black and white photography has a tendancy to make photos look more like works of art.
- Black and white photography produces a clean, crisp look.
- Transforms an overcast look into a striking photo emotion
- Black and White photography accentuates the depth of the photograph
- Black and white photography heightens emotional content
Aside from showing your black and white photographs to your family and friends through email and photoblogs, you can convert your favourite black and white photos into a set of striking matching frames and hung them in groups like a cluster in your wall. You can also make a theme like kids playing or a set of sunrise and sunset phtos. A set of nature and animal photos can be breathtaking. You are only limited by your imagination.
I hope you enjoy browsing at my photos. Be inspired, get your camera and take some stunning black and white photos.
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Black and white photos seem to add drama and feeling to a picture. Like your lens:)
Lyn
Hi Rmnathan,
thanks for dropping by and taking the time to looking at my hub. true, black and white photography is like poetry, there is a mystery somewhere hidden or left for the imagination.
Hi Lyn,
nice of you to drop by, yes, black and white photos seems to add a bit of nostalgic touch or a feeling when you look at it. I enjoy taking these photos and actually i have some more to show in my future hubs.
I love them all!
Let's see how these beautiful black and white pictures of yours will look if you try to put them on your personalized checks! I've put my own pictures on my own checks and they sure look awesome! For sure, you will also love this idea. have a little checking-it-out today!
Bring back the B&W era! =)
As a diehard black and white film photographer, I appreciate the simplicity of turning a digital picture into black and white, but it still doesn't quite have the depth of black and white film. Your pictures are beautiful however. Thanks for sharing them.
lafenty: i aggree.
the thing with discarding the colour info on a digital picture is that you lose some of the contrast, and even tho you can alter it in editing software, it does not has the same richness that film photography has. I like b/w photography because the removal of colour makes the viewer see more tones and shades, and has to work harder to have a more pronounced reaction to the image. Often in colour photography we appreciate the image because the colours lift our moods and make it a "nice" image, with b/w imagery the brain has to work harder to build an emotional respoinse through shadows and light, often produceing a more dramtic relationship with the image. Interesting work, i like the interplay of form and line in the shopping carts image.
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Rmnathan says:
2 years ago
MM Del Rosario, Very good hub. Good information and tips. I too like black and white pictures as they give the essence of the subjects or scenes allowing the people to add a bit of immagination on it, like poetry.