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sydney photography black white

sydney photography black white

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Sydney photography black white: black white photography evokes an emotion and can relate a story in a way that colour photography seems not to. It can focus the viewer on special elements of the photographers vision that may be other lost in colour in the same way that depth of field can. Without the distraction of colour, the image of black white photography is left to structure, tones and luminance to convey the message.

Sydney is one of those cities that as soon as you get a glimpse of the harbour that you know that you are in an international city. The icon that is the Sydney Harbour Bridge presses that feeling home immediately as it is one of the world’s most recognised icons; whether it is bathed in fireworks on New Years Eve or just providing a back drop for the Harbour itself of the magnificent Sydney Opera House. The Opera House is also one of those surreal experiences when you first lay your eyes on it.

Sydney Icons

Opera Steps

Opera Clouds

Unity

Bridge Supports

Bridge Steel

Bridge Steel 2

Spans 1

Spans 2

Bollard

The Bridge

Mates

Sydney Sandstone

Waiting

The Promenade

Bondi

Bondi Baths

Sidney

Afternoon Light 1

Afternoon Light 2

Harbour Lines 1

Harbour Lines 2

Angular Lines 3

Terminal 1

Terminal Lines

Walk the Line 1

Walk the Line 2

Shadow Line

Steps

Light

Angular Lines 1

Angular Lines 2

Pictures and film can portray its unique beauty but until you have seen it in real life, in the context of the Bridge and Sydney Harbour, it is not merely an icon. One cannot help but be photographically inspired by the sights around the harbour.

There has always been something special about black white photography that can evoke an emotion and tell a story that colour photography seems not to. It can focus the viewer on special elements of the photograph that may be other lost in a colour image in the same way that depth of field can.

Without the distraction of colour, the image is left to structure, tones and luminance to convey the message. Sydney is a city of broad vistas and wonderful colours, so to capture the beauty of the 'structure' the city landscape can be a challenge.

The iconic Harbour Bridge set so wonderfully on Sydney Harbour with the 'complimentary' Opera House lends itself nicely to black white photography. It are the structures that stand out and on a moody cloudy day the tones can be superb. The same can be said for Bondi Beach and its surrounds... so without colour, the image has to rely on form and tones.

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