AWS 4M0 Colour Contrast VS Tonal Contrast

1. AWS 4M0 ColourContrast VS Tonal Contrast

2. When looking at your photographs you must ask yourself: is the colour helping or hindering the photograph?

3. Rule of Thumb or Just Personal Preference? • 1. Black and white images prevent the eye being distracted by different colour objects, so the eye may be more drawn to the intended subject. • 2. When the colours are a strong part of the subject matter (i.e. location, event, experience, symbolism like in a festival or market), they are unlikely to look better as black and white.

6. Not every subject is suited for black and white photography and it isn’t always easy to "see" in black and white. Some photos don’t work well in black and white and need colour to amplify the expression.

23. What to "shoot in black& white" • If your scene is already bland, removing color totally could elevate a boring snapshot to an interesting landscape. Experienced black and white photographers are able to "think away" the colour in a scene.

24. 2. If you want to recreate the nostalgia of a bygone era. Black-and-white photographs have a way of conveying an antique, sentimental feeling that isn't possible in color photographs.

25. “When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!”~ Ted Grant

28. 3. Subjectswith lots of contrast will be best suited by large variations in luminance;

29. 4. Subject matter that doesn’t have a lot of colour or have muted colours will benefit from converting to black and white.

31. Color vs. greytones Learning how film and pixels convert colors into gray tones is perhaps the hardest part of black-and-white photography. Ask yourself whether the scene before you would look better in color or black-and-white. For instance, flowers almost always look best in color. But if your emphasis is on a dew drop hanging from the flower, perhaps black-and-white is the answer. You might also imagine a stop sign against a green background. If you want to emphasize the sign, keep the color. To minimize it, use black and white, because green and red convert into nearly identical grey tones.

32. Contrast & key High-contrast (an extreme range between bright and dark) scenes may confine a viewer's attention to one element.

35. Low-contrast (with a narrow brightness range) scene may convey serenity and peace.

38. Texture, line, &Imagine how the lack of color would emphasize the texture, and how that might change the visual impact of your photo. Maybe there's an interesting weave in your sweater. Or the leaves of your plants have an interesting texture. Shape

39. Likewise, lines and shapes lead our eyes through a black-and-white picture in ways they do not in a color picture. A meandering fence, rows of corn growing in a field, and layers of rock on a cliff wall all have strong lines, and removing the color from these scenes may improve them.

40. Black and white lets you emphasis the lines and avoids distraction by colors

42. Photos of buildings and structures with recurring lines and shapes are expressed better in tonal contrast than colour contrast.

44. Lighting • Take the color away and light does become a much more important part of your picture. Imagine a weathered picket fence with an old barn in the background. Waiting for an overcast or even foggy day will result in a soft, romantic landscape. However, shooting it late on a sunny afternoon when the sun is low on the horizon and the shadows from the fence are long and dark will accentuate the texture of the fence.

45. The mood in the photos will be totally different.

46. The right light is important; light that’s coming from an angle will make textures stand out (i.e. the bark of a tree or a frayed rope);

48. Light coming from only one direction will produce big differences in light and shadow.