Tag: monochrome
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Classic and Moody
My three favourite photographers — Dad, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ansel Adams — all worked with black and white film and all three achieved spectacular results and created impressive bodies of fine art photography. True that, when these gents began shooting, colour film was either a thing of the future or a very unreliable medium. Even…
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Sunday Stills: Mediocre Reflections of Beautiful Summer Locations.
Photographs that feature or highlight reflections on water are amongst my favourites. Truth is, this is not a genre I spend much time on myself (which will very quickly become apparent). I must admit, though, that it was fun to assemble these shots. Thank you Terri! ↑ Ouse Creek, Trent Hills, ON.Just south of this…
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Black and White is More!
Six months or so after moving into this home, and after many hours of discussion, we decided to sell my Rogue (affectionately, “The Mudmobile”) and become a one-car couple. There were many positives and, truly, the negatives have been minimal and manageable. But there are hiccups, and today was a very minor one of those.…
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Attempting Achromatization
Lens-Artists Challenge #381:Minimalism in Black-and-White Photography. Black and white images are where my photography journey began. My dad always and only purchased black and white film which he developed himself in his darkroom in our basement. I cannot possibly explain how magical that process was to a very young me! Back then, black and white…