Black and white photography has always demanded more imagination from the viewer than color photography. Keeping images monochrome, restricted to shades of gray, means the viewer must make personal choices and subjective interpretations in evaluating the photograph.
Erotic photography works best where more is hidden than revealed and, like black and white images, requires imagination on the part of the viewer. That’s one of the reasons that erotic photographs, as in the image below, work so well in black and white rather than in color.
Chair — Buy at AllPosters.com
See Erotic Black and White Photography for more on this intriguing topic.
When photographing wild animals, a telephoto lens is essential as you can’t normally get close enough to use a standard or wide angle lens because:
a) it’s too dangerous getting close to animals like big cats, elephants, hippos, buffalos and others;
b) you’re in the animal’s habitat and it’s not good to unduly disturb or agitate wild animals.
If you’re on foot, you’ll definitely want to keep your distance, so will need a powerful telephoto lens to fill the frame. When walking in the bush it’s also difficult using a tripod, as you have to cart it with you and you’ll usually not have the time to set it up — which means hand-holding the camera and lens.
If you’re photographing from a game drive or safari vehicle, you can get closer to animals, but again will find it difficult using a tripod from within the vehicle. This once more will require hand-holding of the camera.
Fortunately many of today’s prime and zoom telephoto lenses have image stabilization (or vibration reduction), making them easier to hand-hold. Cameras from Olympus and Sony use in-camera technology to counter camera shake, rather than including the technology in their lenses.
See Canon IS Lenses a Boon for Wildlife Photography to find out more about Canon’s IS technology and why it’s of such benefit to wildlife photographers.
Photographer Scotch Macaskill has started a new blog where he’ll be posting a variety of images, including his favorites and also experimental work, particularly those using slow shutter speeds to create motion blur, and also those using digital manipulation to give a “painterly” look (as in the MG photo below).
MG TD, a British Classic Sports Car
The blog has only just been created so there’s not yet much content, but if you’re interested in photography, then it’s worth bookmarking for future reference, or subscribing to the RSS feed. Find out more by visiting Scotch Macaskill’s Blog.
Photographic prints by world-renowned photographers such as Ansel Adams, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Margaret Bourke-White, and Art Wolfe are now available at affordable prices, thanks to improved digital technology and lower production costs.
Spectacular images, in both color and black and white, can be digitally printed on archival photographic paper, producing exceptional detail, while colors and tones are clear and pure.
Although black and white photography has always had its own special appeal, this art form became less popular as color photography took center stage.
However, digital cameras have introduced a new generation to the delights of photography. High-tech image editors and easy-to-use digital cameras meanwhile are making it much less complicated to produce black and white images - without the need for a darkroom.
This means that photographic prints and posters are today available in many styles, including:
* Black and White Photography
* Color Photography
* Hand-Colored Photography
* Sepia-Tone Photography
* Tinted Photography
* Vintage Photography
For anyone who enjoys good photography, there’s no reason why you can’t find those special images guaranteed to bring lasting pleasure and satisfaction.
Photography | scotch | 
December 27, 2009 7:57 pm | 
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