Being on Christmas break doesn’t mean you need to overdo the relaxation part. Don’t be a couch potato. Grab your camera, venture out into the nature (garden, park, woods) behind your house and shoot some monochrome details. Go out and be creative! And feel good about it!
Having snow as a clean background sure helps, but this exercise can be done in any light, and during anytime of the year. And everybody sure has access to some kind of natural environment where you can shoot some details. Important is to leave your home, be outside and be creative.
I took my Olympus OM-D E-M1X with the mZuiko 12-100mm and went into the woods behind the house. I did dial in a monochrome shooting mode to see the black & white live view on the LCD screen of my camera, helping with composition and visualization of the black and white shapes, textures and contrasts.
Keep it simple. Shoot what attracts your eye. You don’t need to win a photo exhibition with your work. Your images just need to please you. Make some art and feel good about it. Hopefully you will get into the flow after taking the first photographs. And the best thing is you are outside in the fresh air.
RAW processing and B&W conversion done in Lightroom Classic.
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Have a great Wednesday!
Marcus
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Thanks, your kind words are much appreciated! Marcus
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Thanks so much for commenting!
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I agree. It’s time to put those cameras to good use by shooting some admirable stuff and feeling good about it!📸
Thanks so much for visit and comment, highly appreciated! Marcus
Beautiful black-and-white images! I love the first two, in particular, but all are nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for taking the time read and comment, Alina, much appreciated! Marcus
Thanks for reblogging 🙂
Marcus, is this flower eine Christrose oder eine Amaryllis, anyhow I loved your B&W captures.
It’s a Christrose! Thanks for commenting, Cornelia, so much appreciated! Marcus
Thank you Marcus , I thought it would be eine Christrose. Guten Rutsch in’s Neue Jahr.
Frohes Neues Jahr, Cornelia! Marcus
You are such a talented photographer Marcus, great work!
Thanks, Marion, it means so much! Marcus
Thank you for the reminder … we don’t have snow, but lots of sunshine and it’s HOT … probably even more of reason to take the camera and walk along the lagoon!
You’ve got some lovely images!
Thanks so much for taking the time to read and comment. I trade you for some warmth. Marcus
I needed this push, Marcus. It has been so hot and humid here in Florida, you don’t want to go outside. But I feel like a slug sitting inside.
Glad I was able to push you. Come on, it can’t be that bad 😉 it’s only Florida…lol…
Loely photos, Marcus. I usually convert color images to BW or grayscale in processing but the Nikon can shoot in grayscale. Stay safe!
Thanks, John, as always 🙂
As you show, there is so much beauty in the every day.
Thanks, Lulu, so much appreciated! Marcus
Beauty in monochrome!
Thanks, Hien, much appreciated! Marcus