Well, it's like I said a while back: Once it was the case that you chose black and white film because it was cheaper than colour film. Nowadays you chose it for artistic reasons. B&W means that you lose the range of colours, but you can gain something much deeper. There's an intensity with monochrome, something that concentrates the image. It's hard to put into words.
Will is terrific. Some photographers splurge themselves over their subjects and their models like custard over rice pudding, but Will teases out the essence of them.. They're not just plastic puppets for the photographer. My fave photo of Loren is AND I THINK OF YOUR SMILE (another B&W). That thoughtful, open expression on her face is fascinating, and Will makes her face the centre of the photo, shaded in gray amongst all of the light. The hat is a splendid touch, as she has the sort of longer, strong-boned face which is perfectly set off by it. The Amanda 'hoodie' photo is terribly cute. I love the sense that she's just fooling about in front of the camera. It reminds me a bit of recent ad campaign on British TV for the Red Cross. They had a young woman in a hoodie playing the personification of a crisis "I am a crisis, and I don't care who you are". It worked well, but the overall effect was slightly blunted by the fact that the actress was such a cutie and looked lovely in a hoodie. I've got a link herewww.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/actress-lost-mum-months-before-1390146
I, too, am extraordinarily impressed with Will Thompson's adroit work. He makes it seem easy...
Ah, but you sounded as if you had the answer to my implicit question -- does one do b&w photos of a regular digital camera? Or are they done on a film-type camera, simply using that film?
On our digital camera we have the option to switch to B&W, and certainly once we have stored them on our computer we can seemingly do almost anything to them, including cropping the image or removing 'red-eye'. To be honest, I would be surprised to find anywhere that actually develops old fashioned camera film anymore. The big people for developing your snaps in the UK were Jessops, who were very good at losing most of your snaps and replacing them with someone elses (I speak from experience). They went into administration, but have bounced back again, although it looks as if they are going to concentrate on digital cameras. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that all photographs seen in magazines are sent straight to the publishers via the net. The B&W photo we see nowadays are probably taken in colour and then turned into monochrome, which is a fascinating thought (if anyone out there knows different I would be fascinated to hear).
Will is terrific. Some photographers splurge themselves over their subjects and their models like custard over rice pudding, but Will teases out the essence of them.. They're not just plastic puppets for the photographer. My fave photo of Loren is AND I THINK OF YOUR SMILE (another B&W). That thoughtful, open expression on her face is fascinating, and Will makes her face the centre of the photo, shaded in gray amongst all of the light. The hat is a splendid touch, as she has the sort of longer, strong-boned face which is perfectly set off by it. The Amanda 'hoodie' photo is terribly cute. I love the sense that she's just fooling about in front of the camera. It reminds me a bit of recent ad campaign on British TV for the Red Cross. They had a young woman in a hoodie playing the personification of a crisis "I am a crisis, and I don't care who you are". It worked well, but the overall effect was slightly blunted by the fact that the actress was such a cutie and looked lovely in a hoodie. I've got a link herewww.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/actress-lost-mum-months-before-1390146
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Ah, but you sounded as if you had the answer to my implicit question -- does one do b&w photos of a regular digital camera? Or are they done on a film-type camera, simply using that film?
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Enjoy!
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