Learning Goal
- Students will be able to take creative black and white photos
Find and critique a B&W photo that inspires you (two sentences or more). Upload your image and critique to this collaborative page. Be ready to share.
When shooting black and white (B&W) photographs, try to imagine the scene as B&W. Think about the tones, shapes, patterns, contrast, and textures. You are only working with varying shades of gray.
Check out these links for a number of good B&W examples. In class, we will discuss the guidelines on the following sites.
SHOOT IN COLOR! Remember there are many ways to convert an image to B&W. In class, we'll look at a very basic method using Pixlr. There are also resources on converting images to B&W on the GIMP/Photoshop Elements/Photoshop page. Feel free to use other apps to convert to black and white.
Use the techniques we discussed to strip the world of color. Think about other concepts we've covered so far (leading lines, different angles, rule of thirds, etc.).