I don’t know what my fascination with black and white photography is lately. I think it’s the contrast. Not the tonal contrast but the fact that black and white images are an interpretation of reality, not an image of reality. Merely representing shape, form and tone. It’s raw. I guess. That’s what I’m trying to say. I dig it. I was reading a blog about photography techniques. I came to the realization that “technique” is only one way of doing things. It suggests that you should use the lowest possible ISO when taking black and white images. The reason is because noise is evil and bad. Seriously. I like noisy pictures as much as I like noiseless pictures. It depends on my mood.

You may have also noticed an icon on the side of the webpage here. It’s for the 2009 Photoblog Awards (I know, you can read that). It’s a yearly competition that gives credit to Photoblogs from around the world. Awards go to: Photoblog of the Year, Best New Photoblog, Most Popular, Best Landscape, Best American, Best Black and White, Best Asian and Oceanian, Best Design, Best European. Voting is open until December 15, 2009 and at that point, blogs with a certain number of votes, the finalists, go on to be judged and the winners are announced at the end of the year, December 31, 2009. It’s run by the people at photoblogs.org which, by the way, is another really cool place to check out new and different blogs. Go check these sites out, and if you like my site, please vote for it by clicking on the link above.

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