Belgian Beer and Mussels

What a treat it was to be invited to spend an evening with good friends, sharing fresh mussels and delicious belgian beer! Yum!! There are not many better ways to end the work day.

To be honest, I’ve often converted to B&W when the color and lighting of an image just weren’t right. Involvement with Monochromia has encouraged me to think sans color when I am out and about with my camera, and to actively search for images that will celebrate B&W photography. I had a feeling that mussels and beer might provide good subjects. What do you think?

It seems that people often think of B&W photography as mostly dramatic, moody, and serious, so today I wanted to show the fun. Those who know me will not be surprised by that!

Thanks so much for checking out Monochromia and if you’d like to come along for the ride sometime, visit me at Life on the Bike. Be sure to visit the blogs of the other photographer / contributors as well.

Dropped Feather

Black And White Photography, Joerg, Photography

More of my images can be seen
at –

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Wonderful Silence

Black And White Photography, Elina, Photography

A lovely place to sit and enjoy the view, and listen to the wonderful silence of the forest.

Surfin’ USA

Black And White Photography, Emilio, Photography

“You goin’ in?”

“Nope!”

“Why not?”

“Too cold.”

“You’re joking, right?”

“Nope.”

“That’s like a Vapor wetsuit.”

“Right? Five hundred dollars!”

“That should keep you warm.”

“You think? I’m dying in it.”

“So go on in.”

“You’re joking! And ruin the look?”

“The look?”

“Chicks dig the look. I haven’t been in the ocean in about 3 years. I just stand at the edge of the water and wait. Never go home alone.”

“Dude, you’re giving us real surfers a bad name.”

For real color photos, please visit Photos By Emilio!

Chinatown

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

Sitting it out on the sunny side of the street in Chinatown . . . .

New York City lunchtime.

Hat Dawg ?

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

Nikon D200 and 50mm AF-S f/1.8 Lens – 1/5000 @ f/2.2 – ISO 100

On this particular day I was doing my walk around with a little different camera than I normally would use. This time I had an old Nikon D200 that already had 185,000 shutter actuations on it and a 50mm 1.8 lens. I guess you could say it was well broken in.

I had approached Devin and was talking to him about that great hat he was wearing as a way to break the ice and start a conversation with him. I finally felt comfortable enough and asked him if he wouldn’t mind if I took a street portrait of him and he gladly said “sure”.

Sometimes people agree to a photograph after having a conversation with them and making them feel at ease.

More of my images can be seen at – The Visual Chronicle

Light and Shadow

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Photography

My WordPress journey began as a chronicle of my life and travels on the bike. The bigger, planned trips, and the smaller, more spontaneous ones. As I ride along, I never know when something is going to catch my eye, and inspire me to pull over.

Sometimes I work hard to capture what I see and sometimes I get lucky and the first shot just works. Other than conversion to B&W, this image is exactly as it was when it came out of the camera.

Let me know what you think and come visit me sometime at Life on The Bike.

Broken Window

Black And White Photography, Elina, Photography

Does someone still tell stories of beautiful times spent living in this house… or are the memories buried deep inside and not worth remembering?

A broken window of an abandoned house. Makes me wonder what happened and why, and were there broken dreams as well?

Talk About The Weather

Black And White Photography, Emilio, Photography

“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it!” ~~ (Wrongfully) Attributed to Mark Twain

So who is the great thinker who designed an outdoor shopping/ restaurant center in the middle of Las Vegas, with little to no shade, knowing the temperature exceeds 100 degrees during the summer months? My wife would reply, “it was a man, of course!”

Of course!

If you like what you see, and even if you don’t, please visit my regular blog, too.

Steam Noir

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

A dark night of shadows, rain and rising steam in the streets of Philadelphia.

Photo from iPhone via strange experience of posting from iPad. As with Robyn from days before, laptop is now being repaired – the touch pad seized up and said very firmly “No More!”