This week’s theme in our Project 52 was “Black & White”. Sometimes you know when you’re shooting that you want to convert to black and white, and it impacts the process. Other times, you decide purely in the post-processing stage. Black and white is timeless. It can help to eliminate some of the distractions that may end up unintentionally in our frames. Or that shirt with the neon logo on it (which I try to avoid like the plague ; )). Sometimes I like to convert to black and white when there is really strong emotion in an image, and I want that to shine through more than anything else.
No matter the skill level of the photographer, I think we have all also converted when lighting or camera settings are less than ideal. Again, it helps to minimize distractions and focus on the moment. This was one of those moments.
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Eliot took his first steps a few weeks ago (at EIGHT months old!) while Travis was out of town. I happened to be taking a video of him at the moment, so I actually captured him toddling toward me, which was great! But that was it. He has still been mostly cruising along on furniture and with his walker. Until this week, when he decided he wants to venture out into open space : )
Merit just happened to go to bed really early this night. Eliot started holding on to me and walking out into the open. I called Travis (who was mopping in the other room — pardon the basketball shorts), and Eliot began walking back and forth between us, all the while screeching with excitement. I knew he was exhausted, and I didn’t want to miss it, so I grabbed my camera, set up the remote as quickly as I could, ballparked my settings, and set it on the couch. I had on a lens that made it a really tight shot, and the overhead lighting in my living room was horrendous. But here it is. My baby walking, in pure joy, and in black & white.
Please go visit the next photographer in our blog circle, Leilani Rogers, Photographer.
