Alan Harding Photography

Why do some images end up as black and white?

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Join me as I look through I few photos I from a recent party I shot. The party was very bright and colourful and I didn't make many pictures black and white but the ones I wanted to put by for future website or social media use were mainly the ones without colour. Which got me thinking. Why do I pick certain pictures? I also give you a bit of an overview of my thoughts when editing, what I like about certain pictures and where and when I apply masks.

Editing photos is a personal and solitary pursuit. Most photographers use the same software, there are only 3-4 to choose from. We are met with many different sliders that make changing a picture very easy. The difficult part is making it look how you want. However, everyone does it differently, from where they store files and catalogue their images to which settings they change first. Most people us presets but some do not.

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I do not have all the answers when it comes to editing, I am always honing my skills and looking to improve. I continually realise that less is more but you still need enough, or what's the point? I have more answers than I did. I would say I edit on feel, I am sure that I would edit 20 different photos in 20 different ways on 20 different days. I would like those photos more today than I would have a year ago.

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Selecting images for black and white is sometimes immediate, I see it and think "get rid of the colour", sometimes I don't feel like I am getting enough from an image so I try it out. Some picture I take knowing I'll go black and white. Like I said, I edit on feel.

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Back on the horse

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Now we can get moving, there is no Horse. I've spent a long time building this website and now i will use it.

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A lot has changed over the last few months which is the result of a lot of thought and development. I wanted to bring other areas of my work into my website and show them off to the wider world. I wanted to post about photography trips I have taken, I wanted to offer workshops and share other projects I've been working on but I didn't want it to be confusing. I needed to restructure everything so I could provide shoots in different areas of photography. This is some of my journey.

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Welcome to my Adventures

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I think photography is the adventure, its the journey, the destination. It's getting lost, asking for help, finding a new path and being so damn proud of yourself when you like back at what you did.

Photo Adventures

I love what photography brings to the party. It can be as much about documenting what you have done as giving you a reason to get out. You may want to climb a mountain and take photos to remember, you may also want to climb a mountain so you can get sunset shots. I love it when you get lost in the middle of them both.

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Small Business Photography Essentials

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Practical skills to help small businesses create professional-quality photos.

Workshops

Learn simple, practical skills to improve your business photos using the tools you already have

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Why do some images end up as black and white?

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Deciding which pictures we edit in colour and which ones to make black and white is a choice I have pondered over for a long time. I was once asked why I choose black and white for some shots and not others and I didn't have a good answer.

Deciding which pictures we edit in colour and which ones to make black and white is a choice I have pondered over for a long time. I was once asked why I choose black and white for some shots and not others and I didn't have a good answer.

Back on the horse

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Now we can get moving, there is no Horse. I've spent a long time building this website and now i will use it.

Welcome to my Adventures

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I think photography is the adventure, its the journey, the destination. It's getting lost, asking for help, finding a new path and being so damn proud of yourself when you like back at what you did.

Small Business Photography Essentials

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200

Practical skills to help small businesses create professional-quality photos.

Contact Alan Harding Photography

Why do some images end up as black and white?

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Deciding which pictures we edit in colour and which ones to make black and white is a choice I have pondered over for a long time. I was once asked why I choose black and white for some shots and not others and I didn't have a good answer.

Deciding which pictures we edit in colour and which ones to make black and white is a choice I have pondered over for a long time. I was once asked why I choose black and white for some shots and not others and I didn't have a good answer.

Get in touch

Get in touch

Back on the horse

Prices from £

Now we can get moving, there is no Horse. I've spent a long time building this website and now i will use it.

Welcome to my Adventures

Prices from £

I think photography is the adventure, its the journey, the destination. It's getting lost, asking for help, finding a new path and being so damn proud of yourself when you like back at what you did.

Small Business Photography Essentials

Prices from £

200

Practical skills to help small businesses create professional-quality photos.

Contact Alan Harding Photography