This week, Anne Sandler leads the challenge –“Black and White”.
“What I love about black and white photographs is that they’re more like reading the book than seeing the movie.”
– Jennifer Price
That said, I am not a keen B&W photographer, but I greatly admire those who are. Perhaps I am a late bloomer and just not there yet?
I almost only use black and white with people. Portraits and street photography are extremely well balanced for B&W.
Bhutan and Morocko. Old faces with character – I wish I was less shy and more open to ask for a photo. The opener, the header, shows my all time favourite from Bhutan.
My work flow is similar to Anne’s – except I don’t shoot in raw. I do sometimes, but usually not. Except from portraits and street, sometimes my landscapes fit the bill – when clouds and structures are appealing together.
So, stay well and hope to see you here next week too with our next guest host, Rusha. Thank you Anne for hosting an interesting challenge, and thank you John for last weeks beauties!
Leya 
Some character full portraits….. love the expression on the kids’ faces, each different 🙂
Thank you, David – and yes, love the kids…and they were really kids as kids should be.
I, NOT a professional/expert/talented amateur, simply shoot in the ‘raw’ if that means, I set the camera to auto settings 9 times out of 10 – try to capture in the lens frame, what my heart and eyes see, then bring home, a card full of multiple shots, (or video) to catch that one shot, with filters, or B&W output, layers of coloring, via software? That better tells the ‘story’ of what I want the picture to tell – but most often? I just resize/optimize for online – and let the raw, amateur, etc., thingee speak for itself – I SO admire those who are talented photographers – but I learned a long time ago, the minute I didn’t have a dark room/couldn’t afford to build my own, to process my B&W film, and play with darkroom options?? I just moved on to exploring other options – I was the last in my entire family/friends circle to have a digital camera, and the first one gifted, was a 10 year old hand-me-down when a family member WHO IS a talented photographer, invested in new equipment! :). KUDOS! Beautiful post/pictures!
Thank you, and thank you for your story! With Raw, I meant the larger format, and not jpeg.
These are wonderful.
Thank you kindly, Ali!
I like your black and white portraits, each face seems to have it’s own story to tell!
So glad you liked them, Sylvia. Faces. I wish I was more up to asking permission for a photo!
You certainly have some wonderful portraits here. Black and white does suit street photography I think.
I think so, yes, so, had we all lived in cities…maybe there would have been more B&W?
Hi Leya, these images are superb. The header photos is beautiful.
Thank you so much!
Judging by these shots you should use B&W even more often Ann-Christine – they are super! I especially like the man from Morocco and the landscape 🙂
Thank you kindly, Sarah – maybe we all should?
Those portrait studies are just beautiful. They really work in black and white.
Glad to share them, Margaret! So you are back! Hope you had a lovely time ♥
Wonderful, really wonderful thanks. It’ll have to last us a while, I guess.
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Some great portraits here A C….but you should shoot in RAW to have more options for tweaking the images 😊
I know…
I can see why the opener photo s a fav – it is great with the clothes. the faces, the hair and the breeze is felt – and that phone!
Yeah…the phone hurts…
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These are gorgeous. 😊
Glad you liked them, Irene!
These are very good B&W photos: a whole range of grays, so well balanced. Yes, it’s always good to think of portraits in monochrome
I must agree on portraits in B&W.
You portraits and street photography are extremely well balanced in B&W. Great images, AC!
Thank you so much, Amy!
Gorgeous, Leya. I could learn a lot studying these photos. I love the expression on the first woman. 🙂
Thank you, Marsha – she was such a lovely lady. 75 and overtaking me on the tough track…
She has a tough but kind face, Leya. Seventy-five is getting way too close to the Ingrao family. Vince will be 75 in November.
Yes, tough but kind – applies to many hard working women in those countries. And we are getting older too, as you say…my husband turned 70 two weeks ago.
My big 70 comes this year in November. It’s impossible to think I could be that old! My husband will turn 75 in Nov. He’s out playing in a pickleball tournament right now, and I’m getting ready to take pictures on a trail through the Granite Dells. So it’s not all bad. Lovely to have the freedom to do fun things. I hope your kind friend is enjoying her golden years doing something besides constant hard work. 🙂
Ah, what is picklball? And surely you are not turning 70?
And the freedom to do fun things is fantastic!
You are too kind!
Only honest!
You’re so sweet. Thanks, Leya.
I so love the photos and do agree with the quote . . . bur then I would rather read the book than see the film !! Both of my husbands were exquisite B&W photographers and I seem to have realized forever the power behind the method . . . both your photos and your trip would have made me happy . . .
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I think it works particularly well on your photos of faces. I like the quote, although I’m not at all sure I agree with it. Does give one pause for thought, though. 🙂
Mmm, thank you, Janet. And I sometimes agree with the quote…
Do you shoot in B & W or change it to greyscale or sepia after you’ve taken the image? I like B & W when it’s shot on the old-fashioned role film, it seems to have more contrast and feeling, but I’ll always want colour. To me, colour brings life to a picture.
I agree about your thoughts on colour photos. I always do colour and then convert some images to B&W. Nik is excellent to use.
I love your pictures Ann-Christine because they capture so much emotion. B&W or monochrome is ideal because it keeps the eye on the person & not the background. Excellent examples.
Thank you, Sandy, I agree with you on how B&W works.
Beautiful choices Ann-Christine. Loved the header and the old man’s portrait. I think I have an image of the same band just below him – was that in Dubrovnik? Terrific use of B&W throughout.
Thank you, Tina. So you might have met the same band too! Great!
I rarely do black and white but I love how it works on people – the faces from Bhutan are all spectacular!
Yes, it works really well with people!
Oh Ann-Christine, your photos are exquisite this week. They are all favorites in my mind 😀
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Beautiful black and whites Ann Christine! I especially loved the portraits. B &W seems to pick up the facial lines, expressions and emotions much better than color. Your street photography and landscapes are great too.
Thank you so much, Anne! A great challenge!
I love the quote at the top of your post — and then I fell in love with all your black and white photos, especially the people!
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