Finding my Style

I have recently begun to work more in black and white, trying out different tones and finishes and find it a challenge to resist packing too much visual information into my shots.  Taking away the colour seems to concentrate the eye by taking away some of the visual information.

After reviewing my recent images Steve pointed out that alot were cropped in a square format, perhaps subcontiously on my part, again, trying to simplyfy the image, and I think this would be an interesting format to follow for my assignment.

'Daydreaming'

The image above was converted to black and white and then overlaid with a texture to give it a slightly aged appearance.

'The Ballet Class'

Converted to b&w and tone added with 'colour balance', slightly grainy since this is a crop of a larger image, however I like the grainy finish.

'Fiesta Girls'

Converted in photoshop and cropped from a larger image, however, I had to use a high ISO since this is a night shot with no lighting.  I was trying to capture the movement and excitement of this annual Fiesta in Andalucia.

'Big Brother'

Converted in photoshop to give a high key image.  The biggest part of the frame is given to 'big brother' as the main subject, to show his role in the family, with little sister trying to get in on the shot  in the background.

I used a shallow depth of field to emphasise the main subject and throw the rest of the shot into soft focus.