These days, colour is the default from the casual smartphone shooter to the professional photographer with the high-spec DSLR. Black and white has become a filter, an afterthought, a way of ‘rescuing’ problematic shots.
But black and white is more than an editing technique, it’s a completely different way of working. A completely different photographic language.
Making the conscious choice to create black and white photography will help you develop your visual senses and force you to see the world differently.
In this video, I run through 9 tips and techniques to help you develop your black and white photography.
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Can't wait to watch this channel blow up! Keep up the good work man
Bla-bla bla :"color is for documentation,b&w for Art"-are greats paints in B&W ? NO,and the question is may be photography is NOT art ,tout simplement remember Charles Baudelaire about photography -do not be so pretentious, Art is dead,now it is commercial value only
18 yr old Jamie looking like Ryan Howard
Perhaps one of your best videos so far, Jamie. And I'm glad you've dropped the ringlight in your eyes. It doesn't work well on a man 😉
Greetings from Denmark.
funny I learnt photography at school back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I'm the same while I do take mostly colour now, my 'art' is B&W. to the point where I am going to get a film camera to do both film and B&W
B&W coveys emotion. You can play with light, shadows, DOF, composition and create emotions in the viewer.
Black and white More aesthetic and depth
Here some My work : https://abdelmajidfriha.com/
Black and White is for art 😉
I've enjoyed your videos a lot. This one is great as well. It's my opinion that we should try to stop calling it "Black and White" photography and call it Greyscale. The literal reasons, to me, seem obvious. The general tonal components are not just black or white, but a majority of gradations between the two extremes. I think B&W is a colloquialism that we've become used to. Why is it an issue to me? Because human ideas "cross-pollenate" and accurate, responsible language should be encouraged in all fields. There are other fields of human understanding where a disregard for the accurate use of the terms "black" and "white" are also an inaccurate representation. I think the social correlations are spot on. Just wanted to share. Keep up the good work.
I mentioned this in another of your posts… but it was Ansel Adams phrase: Taking vs Making a photograph…. words are important, words are so important that when you start using the words verbally, not just written, or thought of, you change the way you approach things.
so such in photography, MAKING a photograph becomes important.
great video. BnW is my favoritie and what I started w/ back in the 80s in High School. beautiful shots and great seeing all those iconic BnW images by some of the masters. It was becaue of Ansel that I wanted to start my photography
I grew up shooting nothing but color, but I never really thought of the color being the reason I shot. I just thought "Well that composition or thing looks good." and still do. I look more at contrast than I do the color. If the color of something itself didn't catch my eye, chances are what I'm shooting would look good in color or black and white. If the contrast or details caught my eye, it's probably going to look better in black and white. And God forbid I look at a clear sky. I immediately start wishing I had an infrared camera and instantly think about making a fake IR edit in post.
dodge & burn is not any different than photoshop, I don't like either
You suggest at being such a serious and thoughtful Dude but what a wonderful sense of humor! (11:16 seconds)
Plenty of nice and useful reminders. Thanks
Harrow on the hill… where I am 😀 haha
Great Video. I love Black and White images. Thanks for the inspiration
Great video!!!
I can’t even think in color when i shoot. I had a professor in art school that said that you can’t shoot color and black and white at the same time
I just watched this again and it was better than the first time.
i love u 😍
I LOVE your videos! Keep up the good work man
Excellent advice, mate. Especially the part about actually seeing and photographing in black and white in the first place rather than just simply converting in post. Shooting in black and white definitely rendered light differently for me and made me see the world and shapes differently too. I just love this channel, it's a hidden gem. Are you on Vimeo by any chance???
Your videos are solid. Good information, well presented. I always learn from them. Respect.
Well done video. You are natural teacher.
Very well done! Thanks for sharing this.
Getting more sepia & infrared film feel from some of these.
Great content! Love the use of historical facts, quotes and footage. This channel is highly educational, keep it up!
I get it. In general, BW and monochromatic images tend to require greater DOF to emphasize patterns, shapes, textures, relationship between the objects, and light and dark. Color images tend to require lesser DOF to isolate and emphasize subjects from distracting backgrounds. Of course, there are always exceptions to generalization, but it is a good start. Thanks
thank you for your wonderful video! Why don't you talk about seeing black and white through the EVF? My photographic work is mostly in BW, and the EVF of my Fuji camera is always on BW mode!
Is the Barbican where the clip for Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy was filmed?
It looks really familiar.
I started in B/W (35mm film) before you were born, and I still learned something today watching this. Well made round up and tips – thanks.
Wouldn't mind if you kept the b/g music a little lower in volume – just an aside.
You are so expressive in creating video content, why are you making photo channel (which is very, very good) but not a video one?
you're amazing, keep em coming!
A great video, lots of useful info thanks.
Another fine video tip!
What music was it you used to close out your Barbican set and leave us at Harrow on the Hill Tube stn?
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Dang, your pics at the end are great.
Grandes consejos. De verdad me han servido mucho 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
I stumbled on this video and I'm so pleased that I did.
I have always loved B&W photos,portraits in particular.
(Check out the album cover of Blood,by This Mortal Coil,for example.Or the album Down Colorful Hill,by Red House Painters)