Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Jaya,
Unless one is Salgado, most attempts at B&W landscape photography are rather
lame. God made things in colour and created us to view colours. We learnt to
appreciate B&W and greys.
I like portraits in B&W and whole-heartedly agree with Ted. Just that a few
seem to think that those who do colour are not arty or professional enough.
Mind your steps though, in your journeys to record this beautiful world
around us.
Best,
David Ching
H.P. Tel. no.: +84 904684321 (Vietnam)
: +65 92321098 (Singapore)
On 17 Sep, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
wrote:
> David,
> Thanks for looking. As far as colour vs B&W is concerned, I would
> guess that most of my photography occurs naturally in places with
> subjects where colour carries much more impact, so a lot of it stays
> in colour. I am really quite neutral on colour vs B&W actually. I tend
> to convert to B&W either when the frame is naturally monochromatic and
> has a person as the central focal point, or when too much colour
> intrudes into the subject matter.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:59 AM, David Ching <davidhhching at
> yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
>> Dear Jaya,
>>
>> Keep shooting these wonderful colour photographs. As one of the few that
>> champions colour, these series and others of yours tell me that colour is
>> not dead amongst those on the LUG.
>> I may sound heretical here but I can't help but say that sometimes
>> shooting in B&W is an excuse for sloppiness or laziness. The only
>> exception is shooting people; no colour bar!
>>
>>
>>
>> David Ching
>>
>>