It's not about color

TonyCooper

Not these photos, anyway. I did a short series at the
March Against Gun Violence here in Orlando yesterday.
All 26 images in my gallery at:
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Other/March-Against-Gun-Violence/30608762_t532XG
All but one in color because I like it that way for this group.

This shot pulled out for the group because it shows that the routine
of dog walking goes on while others have a message to deliver.

bdcolen

Tony, are you aware of how incredibly far your photography has come since you first started posting here? This is a consistently strong set of images, one you never could have, or would have, shot back when. In terms of the subject matter, framing, willingness to visually engage with the action and subjects, these might as well be by another photographer. Congratulations!

A to the question of color: color is the language of modern photo journalism, which is the genre into which these images fall. It is indeed appropriate. However - :-) - look at each page of thumb nails, and notice how they eye is drawn immediately to the reds in th images in which its present.

TonyCooper

bdcolen wrote: »

Tony, are you aware of how incredibly far your photography has come since you first started posting here? This is a consistently strong set of images, one you never could have, or would have, shot back when. In terms of the subject matter, framing, willingness to visually engage with the action and subjects, these might as well be by another photographer. Congratulations!

Thank you for the comments. Heady stuff, indeed.

I've made some slight changes in my shooting style. I shoot an entry-level
Nikon D60 with the kit lenses and no live view. (I figure if I ever outgrow my camera,
I'll upgrade, but that hasn't happened yet.) I go out now with the 18/55 and leave
the 55/200 in the bag. That forces me to get closer and engage.

I shoot much lower than I used to shoot. I'm now more conscious of the lens
being at eye level to the subject. With the child in one photo, and the lady in
the wheelchair, I got down to one knee to get to eye level. That seems to help.

A to the question of color: color is the language of modern photo journalism, which is the genre into which these images fall. It is indeed appropriate. However - :-) - look at each page of thumb nails, and notice how they eye is drawn immediately to the reds in th images in which its present.

I followed the dictate of "There's a story here". To me, it wasn't just about
people. It was about people with signs. Their story was in the signs. They
used colors, primarily red, to make the signs more eye-catching. To reduce
those signs to black and white seemed to minimize the story they wanted to
tell. It seemed to blend the signs in with the overall image, and that wasn't
the story I saw.

bdcolen

Well thought out decision - as was moving to the wider lens from the sniper scope.;-)