steve10

I got bored with black and white about 20 years ago. Too easy. All

of the controls you could apply during and post exposure to "make"

the photo successful. Color, much more difficult (for me) because

you need to have greater concentration and seeing to incorporate the

color into a successful photo. However, I have noticed that a good

color photo has a good black & white photo as it's foundation. Now,

applying the color to that photo is the hard part. I find myself

looking at many B&W photos and saying, "to bad it's not color"

because I know I'm missing some information that (I think) would make

the photo communicate better.

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B&W is like fiction, it's a representation of reality, but not

reality. The best fiction is powerful and can get you to think about

reality. Color is reality and the challenge is to move the reality

off-center beyond the surface, past the colors, and into the

subject. On a so-so B&W photo people will say, "isn't it dramatic?" -

and you can get away with one dimensional presentation. Most color

photos either really work or they suck badly.

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Kind of like the difference between drama and comedy in the theater.

People will sit through a long, boring drama waiting for

the "message." But, when comedy doesn't work, they get up and walk

out because it is obvious the work is falling on it's face and just

plain stinks. Black and white - drama. Color - comedy.

You need a "home" button for each of the galleries to take you back

to your front page. Other than that, good presentation, easy to

navigate.