Why should I take black and white photos?

Adams's assistant Don Worth once said that Adams believes that the color is too close to reality, so that he prefers the world of black and white to enter abstract at any time. At least for him, the color photos are like you are close to him, as if you are shooting the scene, and black and white photos seem to have an emotional power, unlike the color of color photos a little frivolous.

Photography was originally black and white. Although the birth of photography, people began to try to study color photos, but due to the technical influence, for a long time, the images were almost black and white, and shooting color photos have always been a luxurious thing. It was not until Kodak's classic Kodakchrome mass production that made color photography officially popular.

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In fact, in the memory of many post -seventy -eighty -eighty -year -old memory, in the years when the photo is going to the photo studio, black and white are still a symbol of cheap. Taking color photos is always more expensive than taking black and white photos.

In the digital age, it is different. We no longer need to decide to use color rolls or black and white rolls before taking pictures. In addition to a few digital cameras that can only be taken in black and white, the photos taken by digital cameras are colorful. And what we need to decide is only to deal with photos in the later period?

In the age when choosing is no longer a problem, why take black and white photos?

1. Color may be decentralized

Color usually interferes with the theme of the picture. Our focus is easy to be attracted by color. If the color itself is part of the theme, it is naturally the bonus item, and if the color and the picture we want to express The theme has nothing to do. Excessive color elements are likely to interfere with the expression of themes, just like adding two spoons of salt in the well -made dishes. Although it is also seasoning, it will make the entire dish unable to do it. Put your mouth.

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The content we want to express, those comparisons, those textures, those light and shadow, all of them may be boring because of the interference of unsuitable colors.

If a scene, the movement and emotions of the person on the right you want to show, and the people on the left are wearing a very bright clothes, the focus of our watching will be easily biased, so at this time, the photos are processed to deal with the photos. Black and white may be more appropriate.

Black and white photos will force us to focus on forms when creating, and focus on shapes and textures. If they are colorful photos, these elements will be weakened or even ignored. As the screen becomes black and white, these colors that make us distracted have become different. The shadow of gray also allows us to focus more on the content in the picture.

2. Look at the picture in different ways

When the color is stripped from the picture, we will transfer the center of gravity of the picture to the rich colors to other composition elements. These composition elements are the basic components of your screen, and it also constitutes the desired picture of your picture. The focus of expression includes those bright and dark light shadows, including the lines, textures and shapes, including contrast and transition.

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Through the black and white picture, we can understand the composition of the picture more easily, and to understand the comparison in the picture to understand the story in the picture.

3. Increase restriction

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For many photographers, photography is a game, a sport, and a poetic form. When we shoot black and white, it is a compulsory constraint on color photography. The result may not necessarily be better or worse than color. It can only be a restriction. We can only understand what we can do in restrictions and to the extreme.

4. Consistency

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Suppose that the entire wall is covered with photos. If it is all color photos and the theme is not uniform, it may make the picture look a little confused. If it is also black and white photos, it looks relatively harmonious. The style of the noodle wall can be well integrated together and create a natural condensed work.

5. Eliminate emotions

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Black and white and different grayscales make up all of a photo. The contrast between excessive grayscale and rich dark tone and depth will make the picture attractive to us. Black and white use this method to create an effective connection, allowing us to stop at any time to follow the content that is presented to us in the picture.

When taking photos with emotions as the main body, such as street photography or documentary photography, in order to prevent viewers from being disturbed by the colors in the picture, the shooters prefer to express their emotions with black and white pictures.

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