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The main reason I make a colour street photograph is because the colour has caught my eye. © Heather Milne Redcliffs at night in black and white without the punchy colour. There are so many creative opportunities for night photography, but make sure you wrap up warm and take a flask of hot coffee! Redcliffs, Christchurch, New Zealand at night in colour.
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Look for bright yellows, oranges, and reds, and include the inky blue of the night for negative space in your photograph.
COLOR IN BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO ISO
Street lights and lit shop windows are magic tools for showing off colour in your night time street photography. Set up your tripod and shutter release cable, and keep the ISO as low as possible to avoid noise in your final images. I’ve taken many night photos that really shine and tell a great story in colour, but they fade to humdrum when I convert them to black and white (and because I love black and white photography, I try converting EVERYTHING to black and white!) Downtown Auckland, New Zealand on a bright sunny day. Converting a photograph into black and white also enables me to boost the clarity and contrast, and accentuate the highlights and shadows more than I would with a colour photograph. The result is a composition that really stands out.
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This emphasises repeating shapes, textures, leading lines, and how they all interact with each other. In the same way as when I highlight emotion, I prefer to remove the distraction of colour when focusing on patterns in a street photograph. I love including shapes and lines of architecture and structures in my street photography, but sometimes these features are ‘lost’ when they’re surrounded by people and vehicles on the go. © Heather Milne Shapes and Lines In B&W Street Photography Blue and purple tones evoke a feeling of chill and melancholy. Photos with brown and orange tones suggest warmth and nostalgia. If you want to enhance the emotion, try ‘warming up’ or ‘cooling down’ the black and white image using split toning in Lightroom. Body language such as slumped shoulders, tense hands, and foot positioning also translates beautifully into black and white street photography, and tells a clearer story without colour. This is because we interpret facial expressions faster without the distraction of colour. I want viewers of my photographs to connect to the themes I capture, and conveying emotion is a great way to achieve this. If you’re aiming for emotion and personality, consider using black and white street photography. Emotion in Black and White Street Photography