Just One More In The Collection

Mar 30, 2024

Watching Flash Filling

Added another black-and-white photo to the construction worker collection.

I’ve previously written about these photos and why I think they look best with the color removed and the worker’s actions and stance being more visible.

Color Peak Action

Gary Gardiner

Jan 10

One of the fun parts of putting together yesterday’s newsletter about these construction workers was being able to compare the black-and-white conversions to the original color. I much prefer the conversions to the color. There is a more dynamic quality to the monochrome photos than the ones where color has an added dimension that distracts from the graphic design and the peak action.

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Reducing Information To The Essentials

Gary Gardiner

Mar 15

I continue to be fascinated by a series of black-and-white photos I’ve made of construction workers. I don’t know if it is some deep-seated nostalgic emotional cry for the days when everything was shot on black and white film or a new passion that wants to remove the distractions of color and better see shapes, textures, and tones.

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Just One More In The Collection

Watching Flash Filling

Color Peak Action

Reducing Information To The Essentials

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