Black and white photography

Black and white photography is popular with Journalist and artist. It can provide a classic and historic look. Beautiful black and white photography doesn’t attract with its play of colors, so close attention to composition, lighting, perspective and the context are important.

To take a beautiful black and white photography, it is better for you to shoot in RAW because an image saved in the RAW file format is the digital equivalent to the (exposed but as yet unprocessed) film negative. However, if your camera doesn’t allow you to shoot in RAW, shoot in color and do your conversion to black and white later on your computer.

In addition, you should shoot with the lowest possible ISO, because the noise created by ISO will be more obvious when it comes to black and white photography. Also, choose a time to take white and black photos. Many digital photographers actually prefer to shoot images for Black and White in low contrast situations. So a dark or overcast day can be a great time to shoot out door shots.

( Toni Frissell impresses with a strong trend toward surrealism or realism.)

(Taken by Pawel Swinarski)

(Taken by Janine Mizera) 

Uncertainties and certainties of a photographer

Photography heavily depends on equipments which keep changing with new technologies. It makes photographers feel uncertain. They always ask themselves “should I change my camera?” To be a good photographer, you do not need to be equipment-oriented. You should master some basic principles.

The most important basic is that shooting who or what you love. For instance, the photos you are proud of have nothing to do with the big name folks you captured. But you can demonstrate the characters of the person with your pictures. So no matter how common your model is, you need to understand the uniqueness and express it with your thinking. As a result, your art will not have life if you do not put your passion into it, even if you own the most advanced camera and the most famous models in the world.

Also, you should follow your passion to tell a story. When I take photos, I would like to listen to stories and then tell the stories I understand. Stories will make objectives special, even for an unknown flower. I always believe that when you spend time telling a story with your arts, your audience will feel it.

 (Guess what they are doing?)

 (love between Micky and Minnie)

 (a beautiful morning, calm and serene)