Thursday, October 8, 2009

Mr. Mielke's advice on black and white photography

Mr. Mielke is a professional photographer with his own web site for his photography at timmielke.efoliomn2.com
He also teaches photography classes at Maranatha Baptist Bible College.

Mr Mielke gave this advice/opinion on black and white photography.

-"with black and white photos you want to make sure you have a good amount of contrast."

-having a camera with better sensor quality and a better lens is more important than high megapixels, for any photos but especially for black and white.

- "digital cameras with noise is highly unrecommended for B&W photos but grain from a film camera can add an artistic affect."

Mr. Mielke recommends these black and white photographers for some inspiration on B&W photos:
Ansel Adams - landscapes. and Dorothea Lange - people, emotion
In conclusion Mr. Mielke stated "Black and white photography has its place without some of the distractions of color, black and white works great for portraits and landscape."

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