Black and white means you can strip away distractions so there's focus on the subject, the emotion, the movement, the moment.
Black and white allows you to feeeel.
Black and white is a way of creating art.
Photos are art. I am a photographer and I'm also an artist.
You wouldn't ask Van Gogh to change the color of one of his paintings, right? So let's keep the black and white. I think they're pretty darn cool.
The funny thing about all this black and white talk is that I LOVE COLOR. #morecolorplease and #livelifecolorfully !!!
But when I edit, there are some photos that I believe look best in black and white. It's usually photos of moments that I think can be seen better without color. And when looking through a collection of photos, the black and white ones ALWAYS catch my eye first.
For Kelly and Sean's Deep Creek wedding, it was mostly black and white photos that I chose when highlighting their day on social media. Black and white moments, to be exact. Every single photo in this small collection is a moment. Undirected, observed and captured moments.
Simple, beautiful, real. Black and white.
The M Family on their first Deep Creek vacation. What a fun morning! Cold, snow, and plenty of laughs and little shenanigans.
And yes, moments.
This family was immediately friendly and completely comfortable in front of the camera. In between the stand-and-smile photos, they had ideas and personalities of their own to share. So I just kept snapping. So many unposed, undirected, natural moments and of course they look amazing in black and white!
My favorites? The older "kids" really seizing the opportunity to make some great photos. Their smiles and laughs become a bigger focus when there's a lack of color.
Playful, beautiful, real. Black and white.
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