Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:03 PM 10/20/98 -0700, you wrote: >Take two cameras, one with color, the other with B&W. Take the exact same >photographs with both. Print both color and B&W prints (8x10 or better). >Typically, more color photographs work than B&W, simply because of the >color. After taking the photograph, most of the color work is done. The B&W >work has just begun. > >Jim > Hi, Jim - I enjoyed reading about your background. Brooks Institute really has the right ideas for teaching photography! I agree that black and white is more difficult to work with than color but that doesn't necessarily mean that more color photographs work than B&W. I carry two cameras (at least!) one with color and one with black and white and so I have a lot of very similar shots in each. I put together a slide show to illustrate the difference for a photography class I was teaching. Since then I have presented the slide show to many more groups, always asking them to vote on whether they prefer the black and white or color. They always overwhelmingly prefer the black and white. I know my own prejudices come in here because I prefer the black and white, too, and so I probably work harder for those photos. Another factor is that all of my photographs are of people. People photographs, to me, are just more effective in black and white. I can see that landscapes might work more often in color. This is an interesting discussion. Thanks! Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html>