Black & White, Congo, and Israel
By Brian Auer • February 15th, 2007What’s So Great About Black & White?
The Digital Photography School poses the question “Why Black and White Photography?“ In case you haven’t noticed by the photos I’ve posted on this blog, I’ve become quite fond of black & white photography. I’ve found that it’s a great method of showing a photo in a completely different way from it’s color counterpart. According to the DPS post, some reasons photographers prefer black & white are: versatility, no distractions, subtlety of tones, and variety. Read the post for explanations to these reasons.
Stories From the Democratic Republic of Congo
Inside Aperture has a good photo essay called “Aperture in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” The author talks about his trip with a documentary film crew as they made their way through the DRC. It’s really hard to imagine what life is like there, but the photos in the essay help shed some light.
Photo Essay From the Israeli Air Force
SeeChaos has an interesting post called “Photo Essay: Serial Number 3817131.” The essay shows the lives of these 18 year old girls that are placed into the armed forces in the name of nationalism. The photos give off a very strange feeling — there’s just something not right about an 18 year old girl toting around an automatic weapon.
Photo of the Day…
Photo by Brian Auer
10/07/06Â Delaware Water Gap, NJ
Tree trunks and forest floor in the woods
Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Konica Minolta AF DT 18-200
42mm equiv * f/4 * 1/8s * ISO400
Brian Auer is a photography enthusiast from San Diego, California. He's also the guy behind the Epic Edits Weblog. As a hobbyist photographer since 2003, his passion has been to constantly improve his photography skill set, to share his own knowledge with others, and to become an integral part of the photographic community.
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Really like this image Brian.
It has that overall “stark/contrasting punch” about it, … striking!
The tonal range, the composition used, … very cool!
Thank you for the kind words about my photo – I really do appreciate that. I kind of went over the edge with that one for editing, but it just wasn’t working in color or “traditional†black & white. That photo was taken last fall in the woods at the Delaware Water Gap in New Jersey.
You bring up Delaware, Jersey, … and it reminds me of how much I want to get back up that way to do some shooting. Love it up that way, and I think that 6 years has been long enough and need to start planning a “Northern” trip again instead of a south or west trip!
Take care buddy!