September 26, 2007
Narrow Path - thursday
At first I really struggled with Black and White. I really like Black and White, but everytime I tried it, it felt like I was missing something. Until I talked to my friend Krista. Krista pointed out that most of the time, when people are doing black and white, what you end up seeing is a lot of grey on grey...and gave me some pointers to get better at black and white. I'm told that scenery can be a pain with black and white, still I really liked how this shot turned out. Taken earlier in the week at Mud Lake.
I too love B&W photos and with digital photography it is a recovered art as I seen in the trade mags.
Glad to see you haven't worn out the shutter yet '-) Keep 'em coming
Posted by: IanI just realized something though. I have to find the medium when I go out with family for taking pictures and actually being with family. I was running after them and trying to catch up because I was getting caught taking this and that and the other shot. So, I might resort to being with family and taking a few photos then, and going out on my own and taking as much time as I need to shoot. It's funny but it seems like there's a real discipline here...in terms of easily getting so involved with the pics, that I rob my kids. Okay, learning early...good.
Posted by: edthere's two parts to that comment
1. if you're taking pics you're not participating (guilty) .. so indeed finding the balance
2. if you're taking the pics ... you're not in them ... Anna-Ruth now grabs the cameras
So I love black & white as well, but I think the best of them don't work because often times, there's not enough contrast in the photos, and a color photo can mask the lack better. So I'm still learning to look for more contrast, regardless of my end result for color.
On the kids and photo thing, I agree. I often don't take many pictures when we're somewhere with them, or at least, not how I would have done it, had I been alone to explore.
The good news is that when you're taking pictures of the kids, with a photography mindset, your photos will end up looking a lot more engaging than they used to.