Black and White

Changing Images to black and white


After looking at the work by Stephen Curry in which he photographed the Sedgefield Ball Game over around 10 years in black and white, I was inspired to see what my own images would look like in black and white. On the day I shot these images the sky was very grey and it was quite a cold and bleak day, As it was after all the beginning of February. I felt the colours in the images weren't as vibrant as they could of been because of this and the sky in many of the images was bleached out, which I wasn't awful keen on. This therefore encouraged me more so to want to try my images in black and white. 

I chose to use Adobe lightroom to edit my images. When changing the images to black and white I found I could experiment more with making the images more contrasted and dramatic. 

To look at, I honestly feel as though I prefer my images once converted into black and white. The feel to images is completely different. The images look more defined, dramatic and powerful. The use of black and white eliminates the trouble I was having over thinking some of my images looked very washed out due to the grey bleak sky that was experienced that day. Although I prefer the look of the images in black and white, I have to think about the deeper meaning the use of black and white portrays. As the images were originally taken in colour I am still quite reluctant to use images which have been converted from colour to black and white.