Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really DON'T find that the color keeps me from paying attention to the emotion and faces. I MAY need to look for a bit longer to get past the color. I think I feel more "superior" to, more pitying of, the people in the B&W versions than the color. I DO find that the B&W seems to make these people look more depressed, the community looks dirtier, almost despondent, in the B&W version. The actual world they live in is much brighter than we would think from the B&W version. This love of color that they clearly celebrate tells me that their life is happier and richer than I would think from the B&W version. For instance: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/50601014 http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/50607349 The lady, to me, clearly uses the color material in her clothes out of choice, saying something about her life, something we cannot get from the B&W. Her bundle of branches in the B&W becomes a bouquet in the color. The child in the drab, dusty clothes, is now wearing a bright, clean shirt of many colors. I used to shoot color only when it added something to the photo. As I have gotten older, I find that I now go for B&W only when it adds something, or perhaps takes away. In general, reality is good enough for what I do. If reality is NOT what I'm looking for, B&W may be the solution. Even the youngest of our number may fall into "old fartism" by judging themselves against the greats of earlier generations who likely shot B&W because color was available or wasn't practical for the target publication. Of course, I may feel completely differently when the sun rises... Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies On Oct 11, 2005, at 10:05 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 09:59 PM 10/11/2005, you wrote: > >> Tina - Color because the colorful clothes, the red fire in the >> stove, the blue smoke in the third shot, the color of the wood in >> the houses, all make the photos more involving, at least to me. >> > > Thanks, Richard. Sometimes I agree. Sometimes I only want to see > the faces. > > Tina > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >