Tag: Black and White

Series of Four #9 – On the streets of Europe – Number 1

Series of Four

This is the ninth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative.  To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

On the streets of Europe

Urban street photography is a favourite of many photographers.  Catching a passing moment, finding a space which expresses and exposes a city’s sole, seeing the unseen and the mundane.  Street photography needs to be approached with care, sensitivity and not a little boldness.

 Clockwise:

  • A dog in Stockholm
  • A man and a dog in Brussels
  • A girl in Moledo, Portugal
  • Horses in Geneva

 

Series of Four #8 – English Landscapes in black and white

Series of Four

This is the eighth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative.  To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

English Landscapes

These are four English landscapes taken in the ‘Home Counties’ – Surrey and Kent – within a 20 minute drive or so from my home.  You can see where the English masters such as Turner and Constable got their skies and clouds from.  Using black and white emphasises the contrast and drama of the images, as does using different portrait and landscape formats.

  • The top two images are from Penshurst in Kent, England.  They were taken in September 2011. 
  • The third was taken near Shere in Surrey, England shortly before a storm in September 2008.
  • The fourth shot is of a Post Office in Kent, England, taken in May 2009.

 

Series of Four #7 – Stark portraits

Series of Four

This is the seventh Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative. To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

Stark portraits

These are four portraits were taken in ordinary every-day circumstances, a day out on an office retreat, on a walk on the cliffs, sitting in the pub, an ID photo.  Black and white increases the drama of the images, as does pushing the contrast.  It emphasises that any shot can can be special and every shot should be taken with that mind.

 

Series of Four #5 – Cold Trees

Series of Four

This is the fifth Blog in the “Series of Four” series. Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative.  To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

Cold Trees

These are monochromatic images in blue.  They capture the eery atmosphere of a very cold misty morning with low light and not much detail in the landscape except these trees which seemed to rise out of the cold earth.  They make very simple but provocative images.

These images were shot on 1 January 2009 near a village on the border between France and Switzerland.

Series of Four # 2 – Horizons in Black & White

Series of Four

      This is the second Blog in the Series of Four series.  Each blog focuses on a different aspect of photography, either technical or creative.   To see the full set of “Series of Four” blogs, click here.

Horizons in Black & White

      Horizons make powerful compositions with an emphasis on depth.  Using monochrome emphasises the drama of the images which, in these beach scenes, highlights the sky and clouds.  A line of poles or a tidal beacon adds interest.

 

All the shots were taken at Wittering on the Sussex coast in England.