Black and White or colour ?

After looking into the connotations of Black and White photography I found that many people seem to think that monochrome adds a historical feeling but others feel that colour can be distracting when the photographer is trying to focus on showing the light and shadows. Monochrome can also be used to draw attention to details that may have been lost inside a colour photograph or print.

The world as we see it is in colour which makes me think that black and white has a lonely and sad connotation because of the lack of colours.

Colour photographs are seen as contemporary because when photography first started everything was printed in black and white because of the technology available. Colour is still relatively new within photography so many people feel like this shows new and modern images.

Colour photography can be used to both extremes of making the colours bounce and pop so that the world seems happier and brighter yet can also be used to make the colours dull and look desaturated.


For where I wanted to go with my idea originally the black and white would have given the photographs a dark upsetting atmosphere which would have played on the viewers emotions, however with changing my idea I think colour photography will create a happy and playful atmosphere.