An old railroad bridge, now part of the Clinton River Trail, in full color and monochrome. One not necessarily better than the other, just different.
All In Color For A Dime was the title of a book published in the 1970's detailing the history of the American comic book. In the 1960's TV shows often carried the tag line, "In Color" as part of their title
since many shows debuted in black and white and didn't broadcast in color until the show had been renewed for a second season . Color was obviously a big deal for movies, TV, periodicals
and photography. We take it for granted today but previous generations grew up in a black and white world when it came to various media. Flipping through my mother's shoe box of old photographs, the vast majority are in B&W - our family doesn't appear in full, living color until the Seventies. Over the years, color photography has become the dominant form, while B&W has fallen off the radar for many people. This is a shame since black and white can be extremely effective and dramatic for certain images. While I continue to shoot in color, I anticipate some shots going to black and white and make my conversion post-processing in Photoshop. Many digital cameras feature a monochrome conversion option in the menu, although this doesn't allow you to control contrast and density the way a software program can, it does allow you to check out your images in black and white. Give it a try - you may enjoy the results.
An old railroad bridge, now part of the Clinton River Trail, in full color and monochrome. One not necessarily better than the other, just different.
All In Color For A Dime was the title of a book published in the 1970's detailing the history of the American comic book. In the 1960's TV shows often carried the tag line, "In Color" as part of their title since many shows debuted in black and white and didn't broadcast in color until the show had been renewed for a second season . Color was obviously a big deal for movies, TV, periodicals and photography. We take it for granted today but previous generations grew up in a black and white world when it came to various media. Flipping through my mother's shoe box of old photographs, the vast majority are in B&W - our family doesn't appear in full, living color until the Seventies. Over the years, color photography has become the dominant form, while B&W has fallen off the radar for many people. This is a shame since black and white can be extremely effective and dramatic for certain images. While I continue to shoot in color, I anticipate some shots going to black and white and make my conversion post-processing in Photoshop. Many digital cameras feature a monochrome conversion option in the menu, although this doesn't allow you to control contrast and density the way a software program can, it does allow you to check out your images in black and white. Give it a try - you may enjoy the results.
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