Road to better Black and White Photography!
Shooting color photography is great, but black and white photography always bring a new way to look at the photos. Black and white photography is not only removing color from a photo, but it's also a whole new way to view the photos. There was a time before 1960 (first colored photo taken in 1861) when it is the only way to capture. But there is something magical about this category its brings emotion in regular photos.
B&W Photography Tips:
1 Get Inspired:
Black and white photography is not only removing color from a scene. You have to know why you want to shoot in B&W, so don't get out with your camera if you haven't any interest in the B&W shooting.
You must look at old black and white photography and movies for greater inspiration. Back then the peoples ware limited with there technology so they took fantastic shots.
2 Highlight the Contrast:
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| Captured by - Pijush Ghosh |
The high contrast ratio in the color photo is often discouraging, but black and white photography is only about two opposite colors and there is no shade of red, gray, blue we have to play with contrast. We have to create photos like the smooth gradation of tone from deepest black, through the shade of gray and up to brightest white.
3 Express emotion:
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| Captured by - Arka Pramanik |
Black and White photography not just removing color from photos it's about expressing the emotion, storytelling, and lighting the subject where color is not distracting.
Focus on the eye and expression when taking a black and white portrait. Took every detail from your subject face. Feel the viewer the way your subject feeling.
“One sees differently with color photography than black-and-white… in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and materials being used.”
- Ansel Adams
4 Use long Exposure:
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| Captured by - Saurab Thakur |
Using the filter will help to use long exposure during sunlight. And don't forget to use a tripod every time you capture a long exposure shot.
5 Play with Shadow:
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| Captured by - Pami Pami |
In black and white photography shadow plays a big role to maintain contrast ratio. Shadow helps to create a dramatic effect of the deepest black. But you have to know how to represent it. Always keep practicing.
6 Pattern & Line:
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| Captured by - Snehana Basu |
A good photo contains some patterns in it. Viewer's eyes will follow the pattern anything can be a pattern like a perfect horizontal line, line of trees, a car going left to right, etc. Look for a pattern, if you find any take the shot.
7 Shot in color:
Shooting in color and then converting it to B&W will give you more freedom to process your image. You will able to enhance texture, lights, etc. Use dodge and burn effect to highlight only focused area.
M Magazine:
Here are some awesome shots by our Easel Photography group members.
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| Captured by - Bhojraj Rohilla |
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| Capture of - Pratik Mandal |
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| Captured by - Jëw Mukhi |
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| Captured by - Pratik Mandal |
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| Captured by - Ita Ahmd |
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| Captured by - S Dutta |
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| Captured by - Subhasree Ghosh |
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| Captured by - Arpan Sarkar |
C Conclusion:
Black and white photography is a choice, your choice to shoot without color, sometimes color seems a distraction for our emotion.
Without color, it shows life.
What do you think, is black and white photography will be the same craze ever? Comment down.
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