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Who needs Black
and White Photos for Their Model
Portfolio?
Black and white photos will add mystery and elegance to your model photo gallery so it's wise to include them
Who needs Black and White Photos for Their Model Portfolio?
The following article presents the very latest information on black and white photography. If you are a fashion, glamour or art model and have a particular interest in photography, then this informative article is required reading.
Models love color images but sometimes, especially if you are an art model, it's nice to have the contrast and uniqueness of black and white.
Cameras have made great strides in progress over the years. Today's digital camera can capture the finest details and the most delicate ranges of colors. However, sometimes regular black and white photos are far more interesting than color prints especially when you consider the subject.
I love spreading black and white photos throughout my model photo gallery and, in my humble opinion, the best model portfolios include at least a couple of black and white photos. The contrast is sharper with this type of image and you can pick out more details in the model's face as well. You concentrate on the person's features rather than the colors at work.
Too much color can make the onlooker lose focus. I've seen some model portfolios shot entirely with all types of busy and interesting backgrounds with too much color can lead the eye to the background instead of the model, where it should be.
Models want their faces and bodies to be seen and could care less what an agent thinks about the background used.
Sharp black and white photos provide focus and clarity for models that is often lost when there is a lot of color in the portrait. You may think that you want a color photograph to set off your ice-blue eyes but a black and white photo will work even better because of the sleek contrast.
For figure models who pose for "artistic" images, black and white makes the shadows darker and a more mysterious theme is created. These are the type photos you'll see hanging on the walls of art galleries. I love the simple beauty of the model that black and white images produce so b&w is almost imperative for art photos.
Knowledge can give you a real advantage. To make sure you're fully informed about black and white photography, keep reading.
Also, you can always opt to have some color remaining in the photographs. Many professional photographers create amazing images through adding a little color to black and white photos. This really targets the focus of the subject.
For example, one of the most striking wedding images is a black and white photo of a bride and groom. The bride is holding a bouquet of roses. The photographer adds a deep red hue to the flowers and leaves the rest of the photograph in its original state. This creates breathtaking contrast that will impress and inspire.
So if you want to focus on your eyes, you could still have the classic, clean feel of black and white photos while
still incorporating the light blue color of your eyes as well. The process works the same as in the wedding example. The focus of this image will be the eyes of the model instead of flowers.
I enjoy the color-sparse images so much that I often take my digital images from model photo sessions and create black and white photos out of them. There are endless options available in Photoshop. You can quickly learn how to navigate through the program to develop black and white photos that suit your subject as well as your tastes.
Some artists are inspired by the process as well. Creating drawings of models is often best started from black and white photos.
The details tend to be sharper and the image is far easier to recreate, especially if the artist is using charcoal or pencil. People generally love color but sometimes art, glamour or fashion model portfolios can call for black and white photos.
With today's digital camera and programs like Photoshop, you can experiment with color or the lack of color if you so choose to make your photo gallery more unique.
You can't predict when knowing something extra about black and white photography as used in fashion modeling will come in handy. If you learned anything new about art and b&w imagery in this article, you should bookmark this page so you can refer to it again.
Bob
Pardue is a professional stock
and fashion model photographer located in the Southeastern
USA. You can view some of his work and read other
interesting model tips by visiting www.bobpardue.com
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responsibility or does not insure or imply any degree of
success in a fashion modeling career by reading this
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on this website. Degrees of modeling success varies greatly
dependent upon the attitudes, attributes and ambition of
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model safety rules. Be safe and Bring A Friend to all
fashion photo shoots! And, be sure to add black and white
photos to your model portfolio or when you do your next art
or figure modeling shoot.
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