Monochrome Magic

Came across this picture and thought it was beautiful. I did not have any idea who the model is, but it caught my attention. It reminds me of how captivating Black and White photography can be. To me, it is a niche branch of photography that demands an artistic resolute to do well in.



Some artists feel that the lack of colours draws the eye towards attending to the details and texture of the subject matter, which therefore renders the image a richer experience. And a few months back, I was researching into the filters for black and white photography... apparently you use different filters for different subjects and different kind of settings. For example, the filter you use to capture a sunset, is different from one you would use on a portrait. You get very different black and white results from the use of different filters.

One important thing to know for producing black and white images, it is better to take RAW formats than JPEG, as the proprietary format RAW captures the colours information even while it takes a black and white image, and this aids greatly and critically in the post-shoot processing. Do not want to get too technical until I learn more. Until then, I hope to produce nice black and whites like this one.