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Philosophical Q: Why do B&W images look more real than color images? Is it because I am of an age when newspaper images were almost all B&W and when some of us had B&W TVs? Or is there more to it than that?
Because I like them.
@VE2UWY@mastodon.radio Interesting. I've never thought about it that way.
The answer, for me, is that you express and emphasize different things in different media. I'm mostly interested in shapes and tone, and B&W usually works well for what I want to achieve.
But lots of photographers do great stuff with color, and I love that. Do what works for you!
@mattblaze@federate.social As a non-photographer, I appreciate you spelling out how B&W works for your vision -- I'm sure it feels straightforward for you but it helps me understand the medium better. I'm going to think about that next time I go to take a photo of something, or when I look at someone else's photo!
@mattblaze@federate.social same for me. In the end, each photographer chooses their own constraints/limitations that are appropriate for what they like or want to achieve with their images. I tend to steer away from all sorts of snobbism. I like black and white film photography. That works for me and I enjoy the process. Nevertheless, I like your digital work and I have found myself looking at the colorful portraits of Steve McCurry in amazement as well as for the work of other photographers working with color.
@mattblaze@federate.social I loooove shooting for BNW,part of the fun is thinking ahead and composing for the high contrast
@mattblaze@federate.social before digital I shot black and white only for several years. Even now a high proportion of my digital work ends up being black and white.