Black & White Photography

In the digital age, we have many options for manipulating our photographs at the tips of our fingers. A beautiful black and white photograph is more than a color image converted to grayscale with a software mouse click or camera switch, however. A black and white photograph begins before you activate the camera’s shutter. To photograph in black and white you must change your perception and see in grayscale, light and shadow. A challenge for all photographers is squeezing a three or even four dimensional world into a two dimensional image. The art of black and white photography entails the extra step of taking a world we see in color and telling it’s story with only shades of white, black and gray