-My View-
Black and White Photography
As I Experience
As I Experience
Black and White photography is a fine medium of expression. This medium fascinates me for below mentioned reasons:
• The impact of light and shadow is often greater in black
and white photographs as compared to that in coloured photographs. However, by
ensuring adequate amount of light while photographing, we can have excellent
results in colour medium as well.
• In this genre of photography, a lot more attention is
provided to the subject. The subject in black and white medium seems more effective
than that in colour medium. As colours often (not always) become more prominent
than the subject.
• I love the play of grey tones in B&W images. A picture
with maximum tones between black and white is always impactful. The images
created by great masters with maximum grey shades in them have always
fascinated me.
• The mood and emotion is rather captured more powerfully
through black and white medium. A black and white picture can portray a story
of sentiments quite effectively.
• Few subjects, like street life, architectures, portraits
etc. look fairly impactful to me in black and white medium.
--Pankaj Sharma
