{"id":291955,"date":"2020-12-17T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=291955"},"modified":"2020-12-17T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T18:01:22","slug":"black-and-white-photography-as-optimistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/17\/black-and-white-photography-as-optimistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and White Photography as Optimistic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A thought —<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upside of monochrome photography is that it is more optimistic?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Or deeper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make optimistic photos in monochrome is more difficult and takes more skill\/creative ingenuity than making optimistic color photos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Let us consider — color is naturally more optimistic, bright and colorful than monochrome. To make dreary, moody, and depressive photos in monochrome is easy. To make optimistic photos in monochrome is a more unique approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And perhaps also with color … perhaps color photography that is hyper-saturated but more pessimistic is interesting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n