Thursday, April 7, 2011

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)