Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 5, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Bob Adler wrote: > Curious if folks feel that applies to landscapes too... > Are the majority of impactful landscape photos BW or color? or both? > > I don't know if it's right to leave Adams out of the mix as he essentially > has > defined landscape photography for our generation. Maybe try to think of > more > recent landscape images that have impacted you. > > Just curious as one who concentrates more on landscape photography... I don't even think it even necessarily applies to "people photographs." It certainly applies to the work of people who believe it with passion and passionately adhere to it; like Ted, others (and to a lesser extent myself). Yet "rules" are meant to be broken by those who see things differently. We certainly know of color photographers who also manage to achieve soulful photographs of our species. <http://www.redbubble.com/people/buzzimage/art/2508017-2-self-portrait-color-version> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgedeloache/3410506597/in/photostream/> One may suggest that the above examples don't show whole lot of color in clothes, etc. and that's the point - the photographer has the ability to control their use of color - both during the shoot and in post processing. That's why some call it an art (or even an Art). <http://www.fotocare.com/blog/business-and-marketing-tips/fotocare-featured-photo-blog-isotoicaeveryday/> (and by the way sometimes the clothes, tattoos, jewelry, et al are very much tied into "soul" of a subject) Still comes down to: what do YOU want to say? and how do YOU want to say it? (or as has been pointed out what does the client want you to say? and how does (s)he want you to say it?) If Bob feels strongly about the "landscape" color has something to say about that and knows how to communicate his passion for it; then he has to go for it. If another photographer finds the colors in the way of what he feels and wants to present his perceptions in rich monochrome tones then that's what he's got to do. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist