Black and White Baby Pictures

I swear I’ve become obsessed with photography since I had my son. I love taking his picture. After I realized how much I loved it, I began to look for other things to photograph as well. What I discovered is everything is cooler in black in white. Not all the time, but most of it. I love the way the shadows can highlight certain aspects. Just by removing the color from the photograph you can really see the subject.

For example, I did a shot of him sitting in some green feathers for St. Patrick’s Day. Those images turned out great, but when I cropped the image and removed the color I got some truly amazing shots. In one shot I had a close up of his feet sticking out from these bright green fake feathers. Well…in color you could tell they were fake and his feet kind of got lost in the midst of the fluff. When I removed the color the feathers did the opposite. Instead of hiding those cute little toes (is there anything cuter than baby feet?) they accentuated them. It was absolutely adorable! (Yes, I’m biased..but I got other opinions and everyone agreed)

How did I do this? Well my camera does have a black and white setting but I never remember to use it. Instead I use my photo software (I have several different kinds depending on what I want to do). It’s easier and it allows me to click away without having to worry about even more settings, ya know?

Have you found that you tend to prefer black and white baby pictures over those with full color?

Photo Credit Lou & Magoo

June 26th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Photo Software, Techniques | (0)