Cold Spaghetti :: Playing in White and Black

{ 2007 04 09 }

Playing in White and Black

These are a few of my favorites from City Park last week, in black and white (click for a larger view). I’d be curious for reactions and thoughts…?

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Comments

Anonymous | 10-Apr-07 at 8:38 pm | Permalink

holly….
my take on black and white photos…. there is something about them that is special but it takes the right picture to make it majical. the first two pictures in this series are perfect black and white photos…. close-ups with great facial expressions, pictures with amazing black-white contrast. the second two in the series, i agree with you…. they are much better in color.

-elisa
Holly | 10-Apr-07 at 8:54 pm | Permalink

Thanks for your insight and thoughts!

I’m beginning to wonder if I prefer black and white with photographs that capture something of spacial interest… architectural detail, strong contrasts, etc. In terms of people… I just feel like something is missing?

As for the ones here, I think the first two are okay — filters would have enhanced the contrast and made a better picture. This is a good topic to pick a photographer’s brain over… the finer points of black and white photography!
Kak | 11-Apr-07 at 6:19 am | Permalink

I think I would pick the first one (definitely) and the last one (maybe soomed in a bit more though). It’s so hard. The color pics are so good as well. I do think B&W photos are greatly enhanced when grouped in frames together. If you took a bunch of them, put them on the wall, you may feel differently about them. There is always that bit of nostalgia when looking at a B&W collage for me.
Katharine

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