JStheoriginal
Mu-43 Veteran
Is there some sort of history behind it? I find the B&W always suits the photos and they almost always look best in B&W...but I've got no clue why!
I agree with your statement and would add Ansel Adams - but his wasn't street photography, so why do you suggest this answer as to why street fotog in B&W? Personally I liked savvy's answer a little better - to reduce distractions.There is also a lot of history. Henri Cartier Bresson, William Klein and all the other famous street photographers shot B&W. In fact, until the 70s or 80s, almost all "art" was B&W. Color was for family snapshots.
Are B&W preference shooters shooting in raw and then converting to B&W?
Are B&W preference shooters shooting in raw and then converting to B&W?
To remove any distraction from the colour element, so you will focus on the scene, and the content.
I agree with your statement and would add Ansel Adams - but his wasn't street photography, so why do you suggest this answer as to why street fotog in B&W? Personally I liked savvy's answer a little better - to reduce distractions.
+1 to that.I understand that b&w can (and should) be used to remove distractions... but surely there can't be distractions in EVERY photo. Yet, there are photographers that will shoot exclusively in b+w for streets.
Are B&W preference shooters shooting in raw and then converting to B&W?
So is the "greater challenge" to do color street shooting
So is the "greater challenge" to do color street shooting