Photo Essay - A Good Day for Black and White
This morning as we all wandered around the backyard, I looked through my camera lens and saw this:
And I thought - this is a good day to shoot in black and white…lol! Besides the obvious clashing clothing issue, the back yard is so brown and barren that it looks a lot better in black and white than it does in color. I did add a little warmth to these shots in iPhoto and adjusted the contrast and sharpness a bit, but other than that, it was just a beautiful day to shoot outside. The sun was shining, but there was just enough cloudiness to diffuse and soften the light a little.
I wonder sometimes what Little Girl will think about being the subject of so many photos when she gets older, but I hope she will appreciate the fact that she has inspired me to do something I never really liked to do before - actually learn how to use a camera and think about what I’m doing. Enough words, though, this is supposed to be a photo essay!
Another thing I love about black and white is that objects that would just look like junk in a color picture, look really cool and interesting in black and white - like the rusty old ladders in this photo.
She insisted on wearing her cowgirl skirt on top of her pants this morning.
Melody so rarely stands still.
I wrote a lot more about this photo of Little Girl here.
Comment by Marlene
January 28, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
Gorgeous pictures!
Comment by Barbara
January 28, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
I once read that the first pictures of your baby are better in black and white.
These pictures are beautiful Karin.
Many great links below too, i clicked on most of them.
Comment by Bex
January 28, 2007 @ 6:27 pm
These turned out great! I especially love the first black and white one. And you gotta love the cowgirl skirt over the pants!! She’s so cute.
Comment by OldOldLady Of The Hills
January 28, 2007 @ 6:52 pm
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE these pictures Karin…They are fantastic! Great! Perfect and Black & White is so wonderful….The contrasts and the sharpness and detail….FABULOUS!!!
I loved what you said about that last picture, and I think you are so right. THIS is her!
Comment by Sonia
January 29, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
Just gorgeous photos! Well done!
Comment by Theresa
January 31, 2007 @ 8:34 am
I love the pics. I read about the one you really like, and you said it so well! She’s precious.
Comment by Nav
August 6, 2008 @ 7:31 am
love the photos..great work