Black And White Vs Color Film Skilled street photographers learn to create images that are uncluttered and that contain as few distractions as possible.

Black and white vs color film Quite simply black and white is harder to film than color films.

Black and white vs color film. Black white sharon s take. Unexposed but developed film has a mostly clear color instead of orange. But that is only part of the issue. Black and white film specifically traditional black and white negative film has a single layer of light sensitive silver halides these halides are converted into silver metal during processing.

Developing my own b w film gives me full control during development for more less contrast bigger smaller grain size sharp less sharp and so on. The hyperrealism of color it points out isn t just overly crass it s unnecessary. Black and white is a form of simplification. November 8 2017 by eric l.

By reducing an image s elements with black and white there s less for photographers and viewers to contend with. The most glamorous icons of the screen those actors who only require last names garbo bogart bacall gable dietrich are most famously photographed in black and white. White has if anything even more variations and gray is practically infinite. When i teach i tell my students there is no right or wrong way it all depends on what you are trying to convey.

Black and white films have a more surreal and dream like quality which leaves so much more to the imagination than color films. Black and white photographs comprise only highlights shadows and the shades of gray between.