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Black and White Photography

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Black and white photography is timeless and where some of the most amazing images come from and shooting for black and white  makes you think outside your usual boundaries without having a color reference frame. Black and white images can be artistic,  stark, evocative, atmospheric or  textural and can convey mood and form with strong contrasts of light and shade and the strong shadow can enhance mood. Black and white requires a very different mindset to color photography where color itself can define a shot and you may need to rethink how you see and frame up a possible subject with more  concentration on  texture and form, light and shade. Monochrome photographs can be striking and dramatic with pattern, texture and contrast defining the mood and giving a depth and intensity that color can't even begin to compete.  Look for strong form too - think of angular buildings and architectural shapes in strong shadow,  the  profile of a character portrait defined by stro

Digital Photography and the Light

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Photographers -  painters of light. Ever noticed the light ? I mean really noticed the light. How it changes constantly, how it shifts and moves, comes and goes ever so slightly. How it slides to one side then the next in a subtle dance of light. Because our eyes adjust to the light shifts automatically and instantly we don't even really notice it until we start to take photographs. Get Paid For YOUR Pictures Get Paid For YOUR Pictures Get Paid For YOUR Pictures Ever start clicking and thinking you have the perfect shot and then take a look at the display to find you have a shadow over half of your photo that you didn't even spot when you took it ? Digital will force you to take note ! You will suddenly become very aware of light shifts. You  need to be if you don't want to find all your photos have come out in various shades and depths of stripes :) Once you take note of it it becomes pretty obvious but just try this as an experiment: Place an

Ben Goossens, Surrealistic Photography Video