Black & White Photography Secrets from 7 Masters

[markhaney]

You either see in B&W or you don't, really don't think we turn this on and off. Started my journey in 1972 at 14yrs old and have done B&W from day one and never tire from it. Bought a Lumix X85 for the fact I have 3 presets in jpeg and the viewfinder image really helps, as it is in B&W also. Still shoot film with a wet darkroom also!!!!

[chrishayes]

I can't emphasize enough how much value I get out of these videos. I am truly grateful for your knowledge and your willingness to share.

[slauter]

Back in the 80s, when I was starting out working for newspapers, BW was the only choice. In order to get a feel for tones, I got a blue gel filter to look through. It worked very well, robbing the colors in a given scene, and concentrating the eye to shape, light and shadow. After a few days, the lesson was learned. Don't know if this adds to the conversation, but it was a big help to me in the early PJ days.

[yannickpeterhans]

@9:26 is why I love this channel. Most people would cut it out or record it. Not here, here the photographers and their photography is what's most important, and being authentic when talking about their work really makes this channel an extra type of special

[yukonica]

Yousuf Karsh.
Thank you TPE for yet another thoughtful offering.

[jcthefluteman]

9:51 "Anton Corbjin was - or is - a rock"

Amazing

[Irisphotojournal]

Unfortunateley great photography is no longer widely appreciated, especially on social media where everyone is an expert.

[Glen.Danielsen]

Infrared black & white images are my favorites. 💛

[rolf_siggaard]

Thanks so much for this. Such a great and passionate presentation featuring some of my favourite photographers. Black and white its own language.

[secondstage]

I would love to see you do a video on Catherine Leroy and her photos from the Vietnam war

[studiokaufman]

Excellent presentation!
A year ago I bought and now shoot exclusively with a Leica Q2 Monochrom: it removes the prejudice of color. I now seem to see the world in shapes of light vs colors of light.

[richardowen]

Excellent piece! I started out shooting both color (Kodachrome) and Tri-X back in the late 1970's. Once I started delving more into b&w with the books of Ansel Adams, I knew that is the way I wanted to go. While Adams got my thrill of b&w started with his books, it was the subject matter of HCB that inspired my desire to hopefully, one day, be a newspaper shooter. I did finally achieve that goal after a successful career in electronics and engineering raising a family but I have to say that working for a small town weekly newspaper that showcased photography was the highlight of my working career. All of the prints I have personally made, either digitally or in the wet darkroom, have been b&w and, having sold all my digital pro gear, I am enjoying relearning the Sunny 16 rule with Tri-X in a vintage Yashica Electro35 GS.
Love your channel and will continue to revisit each time you post. Thanks for taking the time to put together something more than gear talks!

[VictorReynolds]

I did a recent self project of shooting in Black and White. Black and White allows me to bring out the textures of an object, as well as the light and shadow.

This time of the year has strong light and shadow, which is great for Black and White imagery.

Thanks for sharing a great video!

[bobbowring]

I love Black and White photography, its what my old dad taught me, He used to develop his own and had a little darkroom at home. My dads old job was a printer and he used to also do the lithoplates. Love your videos.

[danikenfermon]

This was just fantastic. Outstanding content for those who want to take it to the next level.

[williamcurwen]

Let’s change some words here. It’s not B&W or monochrome. It’s luminosity which is being recorded, and through doing so it forms the skeleton over which is draped the flesh of colour, otherwise known as chroma. It is possible to train one’s eyes to see simultaneously in both luminosity and chroma. It is possible to add and subtract colour to drape a monochrome scene and make it look convincing in colour, but you need a great monochrome image to start with. I love all the photographers you have shown, but my favourite is Sebastian Salgado who really understands this.

[Stories-in-Black-and-White]

Thank you so much for this video. I love the sample pictures in it. It shows how much diverse can B&W be.

[sofiaimagery]

Thank you so much for this channel. Narration is fantastic with great voice.

[pixels]

Thank you again. I always learn so much from you videos that give real useful and extremely valuable information on how to improve ourselves.

[RichardMaguire]

Thank you a helpful and enjoyable video. I have wrestled with black and white hotography for decades and never quite settled with it. My eyesight is unusually sensitive and colours pop out everywhere, the way my brain processes sight is unusual which is one reason photogrphy is so interesting to me, I see more colour than most people. I have been trying for so long to see past colours into tones and record them. I am also synesthesic and for me colours have a taste giving them more power, the absence of colour does not taste meaning I have to rely on sight only which is a strange thing to me. Your video has given me something else to use to get beyond colour and taste into tones.