Hi all, I just learned photography not long ago. I would like to ask, what makes a black and white photo appealing and mysterious? What do you think of my shots here? Any inputs from you would be very much appreciated.
Hi all, I just learned photography not long ago. I would like to ask, what makes a black and white photo appealing and mysterious? What do you think of my shots here? Any inputs from you would be very much appreciated.
For me it is energy.
Colour shows the surface beauty of a subject, while black and white shows the energy.
Hi Donny,
I'm also new to photography, and I continually find myself drawn to black & whites. Our brains are hardwired to interpret colors in a way that impacts our mood and feelings. While color sometimes plays nicely with a scene (especially if color theory is used), I often find that it detracts from what I consider to be the most important element of a photograph - context.
Monochrome strips away the emotional associations that we make when seeing color, and instead we are forced to view the subject matter of a photograph in more detail. That's not to say B&W photographs are devoid of emotion; I often find it quite the opposite. Whether it's a scene of refugees from war-torn Syria, a stunning landscape vista, or a monolithic skyscraper, a black and white photo will allow me to perceive the contextual emotion of the detail, rather than the associative emotion of color.
I love your photographs by the way.
I asked the same question before: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4227712
Well, I feel like there something more that I can see in B&W, rather in color.