Last month, a mentor (Craig Tanner) suggested that I shoot more in color, so I have posted several color images. Recently, I saw Susan with the colorful hairdo.
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So I used that as an excuse to ask for a photograph. After all, she knows that her hair is different, and she wants to look different, so why wouldn’t she want to be photographed? But I was a teeny bit dishonest; I really didn’t want to photograph colored hair. I wanted to see into the eyes and personality of someone who wanted colorful hair. I think that I can see that better here.
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Likewise, here is Randy, who I posted a few weeks ago. Nice colors, I think. But If I get rid of the colors, the real Randy comes forward.
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My stated objective on this site is to show a part of a subject’s personality, and the aesthetic of the images should support that. Some beautiful images of Mardi Gras, and other gatherings demonstrate people with wild colorful headgear and flowing robes, but to me these are colorful images INCLUDING a person, not OF the person.
So, for now at least, I am returning solely to black and white images. I explain further reasoning in the four minute podcast below.
Bob