Black and White Photography Gallery
Enter the Black and White Gallery
I have been taking black and white photography seriously for over 15 years. My interest in monochrome images took hold when I discovered that working in the darkroom with a black and white negative I had much more control over how the finished image looked
Black and white simplifies a picture it focuses on the form and texture, the play of light. Often colour can be distracting, we all view colour differently and what the photographer wanted to show the viewer is often lost. I find with a monochrome image I can decide at the taking stage what it is I want the viewer to see and carry this idea through to the final piece. With colour the message is often less defined and becomes more general in its interpretation
I began with film based cameras working in a traditional darkroom. I have worked with digital cameras now for about 5 years. The quality that can be achieved now equals and often exceeds traditional wet darkroom methods. Printing true black and white images has always been a problem for digital photographers. Colour printers by there very nature use colour ink, for a nuetral black and white print this nearly always causes some sort of colour shift under varying lighting. I eliminate this problem by sending my images away to be printed using traditional darkroom materials.
Landscape and outdoor photography are my favourite subjects. You will find images of the Lakedistrict national park, Snowdonia and Dartmoor. I also have galleries showing images of aircraft,
Enjoy the Images!
Best Wishes Brian.
I have used the term black and white and Monochrome to mean the same thing. The difference is subtle a Monochrome print is one which is produced using just one tone, i.e it could be a warm sepia or cold blue. Black and white is purely a range of greys from Black to White. I allow one other colour to be added to a monochrome image before I classify it as Colour. This falls in line with the rules used by the Photographic Alliance Of Great Britain.
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