[Leica] What are the most important aspects of a photographic image?

[richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

But isn't this a great argument for fine honing one's skill in B&W, as to
stand out? :-)


On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> Used for what?  though as I've not been making this clear nor has anyone
> else.
> Shooting for the media we sure see mainly color.
> Shooting for the fine art gallery market I think its a toss up. With color
> advancing over black and white.
> I'm not sure about what other important categories there might be.
> Commercial photography? Very little black and white at this point.
> Portrait photography? Ten percent for those artsy people.
> What else?
> Promotional
> Fashion
> Event
> Interiors
> Industrial
> Theatrical
>
> Less and less black and white I'm seeing.
> As less and less stuff is for print. Which cost more for 4 color. And more
> and more stuff is for internet. Which is all color.
>
> I did walk into my apartment building last night and there was a newspaper
> on the floor in the mail area and the cover  shot was black and white. It
> was the NY Times. So people are still seeing breaking news in black and
> white.
>
> And I think a basic issue is they don't make black and white compact flash
> cards. So people are going to tend to see in color.
>
>
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>
> > From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 09:01:02 -0800
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] What are the most important aspects of a
> photographic
> > image?
> >
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2011, at 8:39 AM, George Lottermoser wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Jan 4, 2011, at 12:12 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
> >>
> >>> or to put it another way.... if it depends on color to make its impact,
> >>> then it's largely lost,
> >>
> >> It really seems that we're slicing this subject much too thin;
> >> and expressing very personal preferences
> >
> >
> > I don't think this is true George....clearly color should be used, "if
> it's
> > about color" but "if the image depends on color (only) to make its
> impact,
> > then it's largely lost"...
> >
> >
> > is this not basically correct?  If it's not correct, why?
> >
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> >> rather than useful pointers.
> >>
> >> Fine color photographs will use color extremely well
> >> as a major and important element.
> >> Ric, Kyle and others demonstrates this on a weekly basis.
> >>
> >> In other cases - yes - color can seem to get in the way
> >> of what may be an otherwise strong graphic image.
> >>
> >> Bottom line:
> >> the photographer must speak substantively
> >> and in a style appropriate to their own vision.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> George Lottermoser
> >> george at imagist.com
> >> http://www.imagist.com
> >> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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