How to lie with Photographs!

tmlphoto

This is a b&w conversion of a shot I took a while back. The color image wasn't very good (flat light etc). I like the b&w much better. I was struck with how sad the hight contrast b&w picture looked. Almost looks like a lonely child behind an orphanage wall or something. In reality, she was happily playing behind a fence & I just happened to catch her in a pensive moment. The dirt on face is from playing in the dirt earlier. She also had a cold. I am struch by the differecne in the mood of the shots taken only moments apart. I just shows that one can use different techniques to convey whatever mood you with to convey in a photograph. Thanks for looking. Comments welcome.


Here is the more realistic version of the scene just moments later. Quite a difference!

Gator

I love this! Nice sharp eyes! The mood it portrays is sad, I agree. Almost one of imprisonment. Great shot!

ginger_55

Thomas, that is so true, or it could be looked at that we can better show the truth with our photographs.

There can be power there, though. So, journalists are expected to be unbiased, etc. Nice we can get our points across, though.

This is not always as dramatic as your shot.

But did you see Yuri's Old Man shot, color vs blk/white, I responded yesterday that the choice of which shot to use would be what one wanted to "say".

I saw a very dramatic example in a book in the early seventies, or before that, very dramatic.

ginger

Interesting topic, don't you think? I do, thanks, Thomas, nice shots, happy child.:D

tmlphoto

Gator wrote:

I love this! Nice sharp eyes! The mood it portrays is sad, I agree. Almost one of imprisonment. Great shot!

Thanks. Yes, maybe I should title it "Imprisonment". Thanks for commenting.

tmlphoto

ginger_55 wrote:

Thomas, that is so true, or it could be looked at that we can better show the truth with our photographs.

There can be power there, though. So, journalists are expected to be unbiased, etc. Nice we can get our points across, though.

This is not always as dramatic as your shot.

But did you see Yuri's Old Man shot, color vs blk/white, I responded yesterday that the choice of which shot to use would be what one wanted to "say".

I saw a very dramatic example in a book in the early seventies, or before that, very dramatic.

ginger

Interesting topic, don't you think? I do, thanks, Thomas, nice shots, happy child.:D

I really do think it is an interesting topic. I am always intrigued to see the behind the scenes shots of a studio shot. They give a very different impression than the final shot. There is alot of room to change your message by how you approach any shot. Just some thoughts...

ian408

But is it a lie?

It reflects the moment it was taken. If you want to remember the happy
moments, your choice is the second.

Very nice shots and a great topic too!

Ian

pathfinder

tmlphoto wrote:

I really do think it is an interesting topic. I am always intrigued to see the behind the scenes shots of a studio shot. They give a very different impression than the final shot. There is alot of room to change your message by how you approach any shot. Just some thoughts...

Very effective demonstration of how the viewer can be misled by the use of photography. The child in the B&W looks like a miserable orphan and the color image looks like a happy little child.