Stare Miasto

A walk in Warsaw Old Town. I love the atmosphere.

Joe’s Choice

Black And White Photography, Emilio, Photography

As most of you (or maybe only some of you) know by now, Joe of The Visual Chronicle is the mastermind behind Monochromia! When he saw the post I did last week on my blog, he commented: I think it looks great and has come a long way from that blah Jpeg file. The last step would be to convert it to black and white and post it on Monochromia 🙂 And remember “you could trust your car to the man who wears the star”

So here it is, my blah Jpeg file color corrected in Lightroom to glorious black and white. I think I prefer the color version this time but please let me know what you think! (That’s a not so sneaky way of getting those of you who have not yet visited our individual sites to go visit mine for a start, then go visit everyone else’s.)

Smoking

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

Innocently striking a light down at Union Square when someone comes along and sticks a camera in her face.

Shot in the full light of day using a Nikon FM2, Kodak 400 TX, it really did feel as though I were shooting in the dark.

Making Music

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Photography

Several evenings a week in my small city, it’s possible to find folks picking up their instruments and creating beautiful music. This past Friday, I had the chance to capture the sight, if not the sound, of that music. The hands fascinate me, the way they move, almost effortlessly, over the instrument.

If you’d like to see some more images from that evening, please check out Local Music at my original blog Life on the Bike.

And please visit the blogs of the other photographers on Monochromia. They make some pretty great music with their cameras!

Into the night

Black And White Photography, Joerg, Photography

This picture was by pure chance, it was late at night, totaly dark in a mountainous area (Bird´s mountains, right in the middle of Germany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogelsberg_Mountains),

A friend of mine who was driving came around the curve and I saw these reflective lines and traffic posts. Suddenly I shouted to my friend “Stop, I have to take a picture”.
We were on the road in the darkness for hours but until this moment when we went around the curve I have never seen this. There was a little bit more ambient light, but this is more like what I had envisioned in my mind when I shouted “Stop”.

More of my images can be seen
at –

https://monochrome59.wordpress.com/

A Game of Chase in the Garden

Black And White Photography, Photography

I was supposed to be packing for a weekend of lacrosse at Penn State when I took a last-minute walk around the garden.

My senses came alive to the sight of butterflies, the sound of bees buzzing, and the aroma of Hydrangeas.

An impatient chase ensued, and I was able to capture a few magnificent creatures. Above, is a butterfly or two.

Here and Now

Black And White Photography, Elina, Photography

Walking barefoot on the grass and catching up with dear friends after a long time. Enjoying the atmosphere of the countryside and watching the sun slowly disappear behind the fields. Driving back home late at night and feeling sweet happiness in my heart.

Rule Of Thirds

Black And White Photography, Emilio, Photography

Nelson NV

Brent Mail is a professional photographer from Australia who recently interviewed Cole Thompson, a fine art photographer from the United States. It is a great interview. Please go take a peek! Among many of the things he said that resonated with me concerns the Rule Of Thirds:

“I have my own “Rule of Thirds”. (I don’t like Rules of Photography so I make up my own).

My Rule of Thirds says a great image is comprised of one-third vision, one-third the shot, and one-third processing.

The vision is what drives the other two-thirds.

It drives the shot because when I know what I want the final image to look like, that directs how I capture the image.

Likewise with the processing, which is where I do the majority of the creative work on the image, the vision drives it.”

Get used to his name. Cole Thompson. I expect to be quoting more of his interview from time to time!

Photos By Emilio