Seeing Differently: Monochrome Mornings Day 3

This is part three of my summer series of monochrome photography, shot during early mornings in my local area.

For this part  I concentrated on learning more about black and white photography – trying to discover what makes a suitable subject or scene for black and white photography, looking at examples of shape, form and angle to see how they are affected by being shot in black and white, finding good examples of contrast in the environment, and comparing subjects shot in black and white to being shot in colour to see if I can identify how to decide the best result.

Part 3: Learning About Photography Through Black and White

This part of the series has helped me to discover how I can improve and what steps I can take next to improve my black and white photography.

My main takeaway is that I can find good subjects for black and white photography even when the light is flat, but at these times I have to look harder for natural contrast. I need to find examples of light subjects on a dark background or dark subjects against a light background. Alternatively, strong shapes, angles, textures and patterns can work well.

In the final part of the series I go out on a dull morning where there is no sunlight hitting my subjects and experiment with finding contrast within subjects.

Black and white photography is interesting, challenging and fun to do.

Have you given black and white photography a try?