Thinking in Shades of Gray
One of the biggest challenges photographers have when shooting black and white is that we see in color. We don’t naturally see in black and white. Even people who are color blind do not see black and white.
The challenge becomes the color! Colors can so strongly influence how we see a subject and take the picture that we can miss seeing what is really needed for a better black-and-white shot. The classic example is the bright color that shows up so well in the scene because of its color, yet it disappears in black and white.
Then another challenge kicks in ... our memory! We remember that color, the subject and the scene, and bring that memory to the photo. The subject still shows up for us! We know where the subject ...
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