Other than fellow contributor Laurie I have been following Elina’s blog for the longest time. We have become very good friends and I hope to make the trip to Finland and meet her in person one day. I love the way she sees things and her resulting images. She definitely has a “stop and smell the roses” style and notices the beauty in everyday objects that most people would walk right past – Joe
Stare Miasto
I had been following Robyn’s blog for a while before I asked her to join us here at Monochromia and I was thrilled when she accepted. She is a very talented photographer from Bucks County Pennsylvania and also one of the friends/contributors that I have had to pleasure to meet in person. She is every bit as sweet and friendly as her profile image suggests – Joe
Sunset Silhouette
When I first asked Joerg to be one of our Main Contributors I just thought he was a great photographer. I had no idea he was also a talented artist/graphic artist/illustator. If you don’t believe me check out Emilio’s profile image Here which was whipped up by Joerg in just a couple of minutes. Joerg’s life has gotten more hectic so he has since requested to be a guest contributor but any way you look at it he is one talented individual. Keep drawing those incredible cartoons my friend – Joe
The Shepards Pipe
Many of you might remember Meho Jarvis better known by his real name Mario Gervais. Mario was instrumental in getting Monochromia up and running and is a true friend to me. Whatever name he wants to use it fine by me because I will always consider him an extremely talented photographer as well as great web page designer – Joe
Montréal – ISO100 – F2.8 – 1/60 – GIMP and G’MIC
Taken in Montréal, Québec, in April 2014.
I like the heavy urban presence here. Unmovable concrete, bricks and windows. Then we see in the middle of this stopped urban scenery two individuals following the one way.
This week I thought we would take a look back and feature a “best of” past posts. This post is what started this incredible journey of photobloggers from all over the globe participating in a joint effort we labeled Monochromia. Since this first post I have met many of these incredible photographers and I can proudly call them friends. In addition to being a talented photographer and friend Emilio is also our resident comedian. I plan to meet this “character” in person some day soon. Since launching our site we have grown into one big family from the original seven main contributors to twelve main contributors and numerous guest contributors who post on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. This photoblog has exceeded my wildest expectations. I hope you enjoy this week of looking back and have a great Holiday Season. We will be back on January 3rd 2016 with brand new posts and I want to thank all of our contributors and followers for making this venture such a success – Joe
I am very pleased to announce the premiere edition of Monochromia, the brainchild of Joe Giordano of The Visual Chronicle. My name is Emilio and I will be one of 7 contributors, each of us posting one day a week. It will be a black and white only photo blog to which I have the distinction of being the first contributor by dint of a random drawing of names from a hat! If black and white photography is one of your passions, I hope we do not disappoint. If you do not particularly care for black and white photography, please give us at least a week for one of us to hopefully change your mind. The odds should be with us!
My family comes from Fontanarosa, a small town about 1 hour east of Naples, Italy. They settled first in New York, but now those of us who remain reside in the south-west United States. I first picked up a camera to document my passion for nature, the land, and the effects of the weather on my surroundings. My father was a film editor who worked mostly on television commercials in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, and had a black and white darkroom in our garage that he built himself. I assume that’s where my interest began.
To document my travels, I use a digital camera, but I feel the lack of texture decreases the effect I am going for, so I play in Lightroom. I began experimenting with black and white images just lately and find they are much more dramatic, I think. So this opportunity to express myself comes at an opportune time.
I have no argument with people who want to reproduce exactly what the camera sees, without manipulation of any kind. But with every choice you make; the type of lens, the use of filters, the aperture, or the setting of the camera, aren’t you manipulating the image? Therefore, I feel justified in reproducing an image with whatever is at my disposal, so that the viewer can see what I want them to see.
Thank you. I hope you will enjoy and follow our new photo blog. I will be posting on Tuesdays and more of my images can be seen at –
A mate took this shot of me playing around with a parasol that was left behind by a glamour shoot. I’d just like to say that although I may seem a little absent from what goes on behind the scenes here at Monochromia I follow a close as my time allows. A big thank you to Joe for this site (He has others too). It gets me out there taking pictures and that is what it’s all about .
Have a great Christmas and a snappy New Year. All my love and best wishes to all that read this, and my fellow contributors here at Monochromia who are a great inspiration to do better all the time.
See you in the New Year
David (From a snow free Norway)
Cheers to all of you, my Monochromia Family! See you in the New Year!
“Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”
― Paulo Coelho, “Brida”
Wishing you nothing but good offerings in the year to come.
Happy Holidays from VisualVenturing!
More of my images can be seen at – Jaytee59-Monochrome
(sometimes with a bit of color)
or some in color – Jaytee59-Images
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