Shot in black and white in natural light. Doing my own black and white theme for the month of April. Going back to class so to speak... My goal for this week is NOT to do "product" photography - I do NOT want my subject to look like it's floating in air on a washed out white background. My goal is to maintain some detail in the background and still keep a good focus on my subject. It's harder to do than I remembered!
The human eye can see about 30 shades of gray between black and white - forget about the infamous book, and an average RGB computer screen can detect 256 shades of gray which we can't see anyway. How many shades are there really? Only God knows! I did discover that the bigger the black object is - the harder it is to keep detail in the white background while focusing on the black subject. I did manage a few shades of gray in the background here, and there are still a few whites in the highlights of the shoe. This week will be an interesting re-learning experience for me. It really was an assignment so many, many years ago. God bless John Frair!
1st week - only shades of gray in natural light - done
2nd week - black on white in natural light
3rd week - black on black in natural light
4th week - white on black in natural light
5th week - white on white in natural light
@ludwigsdiana Thank you, Diana!
@wakelys Thanks, Susan!