B&W

　　So I try something B&W, and finally I understand why B&W so charming. Because, with color, there are too many aspects distractive and out of control. With B&W, it is concentrated and controlled. It sounds like compromising, you cut down a dimension, simplify it, so that to be artistic. But yes, it's charming. Everyone, everything looks more beautiful.
　　And I think in this way, the major facts are: shapes, texture, light. Especially texture, 质感。And good focus is the basis of textrue. You have no color as an execuse to cover up mistakes. Of course, you also won't have mistakes in color, ;)



自拍合影
Self portrait


合影2
Self portrait 2


瓶瓶罐罐
bottles


拍个照吧！不拍不拍！
Come on, take a shot. No No No!


FEW的帅照片
FEW in smile


夏天的尾声
end of summer


钱钱钱
money money


自行车
bicycles


路
streetlife


菜市场门口
outside of market


新鲜的黄瓜
fresh cucumber


杭椒
capsicum


半棵白菜 （看，对黑白而言，聚焦问题是致命的。我的机器在光线差的情况下自动聚焦完全不可信赖，让我丢失了许多红红绿绿好看的蔬菜照片，郁闷）
half part cabbage (my camera's auto focusing doesn't work without enough light...)


四季豆的朦胧照
blur version of beans


妈妈卖菜我打盹
sleeping while mum doing business


卖鸡蛋
egg seller


要多少鸡蛋？
How many you want?


黑白蛋，其实是咸蛋啦
B&W eggs


卖花生绿豆的
peanuts beans seller


买虾么？
Wanna shrimp? live ones.


生意不好啊
No business


喂，你的卤水鹅。
Hey, your goose.


卤水鹅店
goose shop

---------------
　　Most of all I like the b&w effect in the 'egg seller' pictures. The Eggs look so smooth and cool, like stone. (- While I definitely prefer the 'Hey, your goose'-pic in colour).
　　Many years ago I used to draw/paint b&w pictures only and prefered b&w photography. Later I discovered colour. Both of them have their own, very different appeals. Sometimes colour detracts from the picture's content - but sometimes colour is the essence of the picture.
　　
　　Interesting question: what is real? It depends on how you process the light with your camera / whithg your eye / in your memory. Sometimes a b&w photo can be more 'real' than a coloured.
　　Denise
评论人：dropin 评论日期：2006-9-4 21:57


　　Yes, 'egg seller' is the one most sharp because she has a light directly overhead. Most of the market is dim and I didn't find a way to make my camera work quick and sharp there.
　　
　　What is real? When I think of memory, interestingly it looks mostly B&W style. Is it because color easy to fade? Or just because time washes out all contricated details, only a shape left over?
　　It's so hard to recall a color, no matter how brilliant it was, inevitably it blurs, adulterated until it's finally a cliche.
　　Maybe it's different for different people.
　　Sounds like: Do you dream with colors?
　　
评论人：乱看 评论日期：2006-9-5 10:35