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 background. My goal is to maintain some detail in the background and still keep a good focus on my subject. It's much 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.
The biggest thing to watch out for when shooting black on black is too much "mud." John Frair said too much gray makes for a very muddy shot and thus - no good score. You still have to have pure black in your shadows and pure white in your highlights. I think it's a little easier than shooting black on white, but it has its own challenges with the "mud." Same black shoe as in the prior week, set on my Turkish black goat skin rug.
This week is turning out to be an interesting re-learning experience for me. This really was an assignment for John Frair's class so many, many, many years ago. God bless him! I would love a do-over in his class if he was still around.
1st week - only shades of gray in natural light - done
2nd week - black on white in natural light - done
3rd week - black on black in natural light
4th week - white on black in natural light
5th week - white on white in natural light
well maggie, I don't know how to interpret this.
Heels on a Turkish black goat skin rug.
Several ways of interpreting this, perhaps my fave is it is a bit of a tease to the viewer , almost sensual if the heels were a little higher
@phil_howcroft ROFLOL! You gave me a really good laugh with that one. Interpret it any way you like. I couldn't wear stiletto heels if I my life depended on it. Ha ha! I needed this humor!
@ljmanning Thank you, Laura! Well, write one! =)
@dutchothotmailcom Thank you, Esther!
@ryan161 Thank you, Ryan!
Heels on a Turkish black goat skin rug.
Several ways of interpreting this, perhaps my fave is it is a bit of a tease to the viewer , almost sensual if the heels were a little higher
Very funny @phil_howcroft
@phil_howcroft made me laugh with his escape into fantasy land.
@kjarn Not far off from being "mud." Phil seems to always make me laugh when I need to. =)
@wakelys Thank you, Susan! Phil and I go back a few years here. =)