Black and White

I still like images in black and white. Maybe it is because I took my first photos with a Polaroid Swinger, and they were in black and white, or maybe that I learned to develop and print black and white photographs.

New Hampshire 1966? Poloriod Swinger camera

Photographing in black and white is a different way of seeing. I could be shooting with an 35mm or 4x5 with black and white film or converting a color image today from color to black and white the computer. I still look at color for contrast in a photo and of course lighting and composition . Some potential photographs are mostly black and white, like winter scenes, black and white animals picket fences and rocks and water.

I am going to reconnect with black and white going forward. Get back to my roots. I dug out my Nikon FM2 35mm camera the other day and found it had a roll of black and white film it it ready to shoot. I have begun taking photos with it and have also looked at my 4x5 view camera.

I know shooting black and white film again will help me creatively going forward with what ever camera I choose, film or digital.