Good stuff, Tom. My preference for black and white is due to my red/green colourblindness, so the subtlety of colour (including Mother Nature’s efforts) is wasted on me. Through photography I now look at everything in ‘tones’, and it’s the black and white tonal range that does it for me. You simply can’t beat it, in my humble* opinion. *no pun intended
Halloa Mr. Humble. You look like you’re in a Swiss cabin or thereabouts ! I’m not convinced that black and white is superior or eclipses colour images. Though I understand your point of view. I suspect this was brewing when you did your recent project set in lockdown. I possibly am a purist that I don’t personally subscribe to conversions from colour as composition in B&W seems particularly centred on gradations of light and and it’s interrelation with the absence of light ie. Shadows. Without the distraction of colours the eye is free to focus on details I agree. Though colours are joy unto themselves. There was a time when I was greatly envious of you exposing film but that despite the trepidation eventually helped pave my path into using it myself. I’ve just gotten a second film Leica and the process of making images is a constant delight. I suspect both of us dream of monochrome sensors at night while we drift off. Glad to see you and the inimitable Mrs. Humble looking well. Take good care Tom. Perhaps sometime in the future, I’ll name a place and it’ll be coffee for you and pints for me and to the victor goes the bragging rights about colour work 😎
As I said it's just my preference and it's subjective, I still enjoy a good colour photo. Glad to hear you're back on the film wagon too! Mine's a pint 🍺
Tom, I couldn't agree with you more. Like @oldtownpaul, I have red/green color blindness. I have no idea if my eyesight played much of a part in why I enjoy B&W so much more than color. However, just about any B&W image makes me smile. A good B&W image makes me feeling like my mind is in a nice, warm and relaxing bath. :) Also, my Fujifilm digital camera is always in B&W mode when I take pictures. Thanks for the video!
I find myself setting my Fuji to black and white more and more. I have started shooting in JPEG and trying out some different recipes. Would you recommend any film sim recipes in black and white? Or do you have one that you use with the acros G? I like doing it this way because I can set up a certain look and then focus entirely on composition and light.
The image of the bride looking in the mirror...no better example of how changing the image to b/w completely changed the focus of the image and you are drawn to the birde in the mirror and not the red dress on the left...perfect example.
Excellent presentation and a point well shown thru example. Great work!
Beautiful video. I agree on everything. Bnw is true art
Excellent video. You know I love B and W, so this was an extra good video from my perspective.
Thanks Tim!
Totally agree with you on black and white. It evokes much more emotion and provides an abstraction that I enjoy much more than colour.
I shoot almost all my candid family photos in B&W. I shoot on Fuji xt-1, it’s my #1 custom preset.
Good stuff, Tom. My preference for black and white is due to my red/green colourblindness, so the subtlety of colour (including Mother Nature’s efforts) is wasted on me. Through photography I now look at everything in ‘tones’, and it’s the black and white tonal range that does it for me. You simply can’t beat it, in my humble* opinion.
*no pun intended
Haha thanks Paul!
Halloa Mr. Humble. You look like you’re in a Swiss cabin or thereabouts ! I’m not convinced that black and white is superior or eclipses colour images. Though I understand your point of view. I suspect this was brewing when you did your recent project set in lockdown. I possibly am a purist that I don’t personally subscribe to conversions from colour as composition in B&W seems particularly centred on gradations of light and and it’s interrelation with the absence of light ie. Shadows. Without the distraction of colours the eye is free to focus on details I agree. Though colours are joy unto themselves. There was a time when I was greatly envious of you exposing film but that despite the trepidation eventually helped pave my path into using it myself. I’ve just gotten a second film Leica and the process of making images is a constant delight. I suspect both of us dream of monochrome sensors at night while we drift off. Glad to see you and the inimitable Mrs. Humble looking well. Take good care Tom. Perhaps sometime in the future, I’ll name a place and it’ll be coffee for you and pints for me and to the victor goes the bragging rights about colour work 😎
As I said it's just my preference and it's subjective, I still enjoy a good colour photo. Glad to hear you're back on the film wagon too! Mine's a pint 🍺
Love this video :) i agree b&w photography is magic. I still think the family photo films you’ve made look great with colour.
Thanks man
Tom, I couldn't agree with you more. Like @oldtownpaul, I have red/green color blindness. I have no idea if my eyesight played much of a part in why I enjoy B&W so much more than color. However, just about any B&W image makes me smile. A good B&W image makes me feeling like my mind is in a nice, warm and relaxing bath. :) Also, my Fujifilm digital camera is always in B&W mode when I take pictures. Thanks for the video!
I find myself setting my Fuji to black and white more and more. I have started shooting in JPEG and trying out some different recipes.
Would you recommend any film sim recipes in black and white? Or do you have one that you use with the acros G?
I like doing it this way because I can set up a certain look and then focus entirely on composition and light.
The image of the bride looking in the mirror...no better example of how changing the image to b/w completely changed the focus of the image and you are drawn to the birde in the mirror and not the red dress on the left...perfect example.
Thanks man.