When you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls

”When you photograph people in colour, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls”

This is why black and white is so powerful. I’ve been experimenting with black & white and more street photography. Specifically, I want to use B&W to improve my photography skills in these areas:

• Identifying the subject
• Telling a story
• Portraying emotion
• Removing distractions
• Revealing textures
• Capturing the “human condition”
• Understanding light
• Identifying contrast
• Playing with abstract

There is something about shooting in black and white that strips a photograph to its essentials: Light and composition. I think practising this will go a long way to improving my overall photography.