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
( ... )
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).
Comments 6
Reply
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?
Reply
Reply
Enjoy!
J
Reply
Reply
Hugz, Justine
ps Here's another b&w from "diavola" over on my other blog -- http://diavolaangelica.tumblr.com/post/51820039266
Reply
Leave a comment