Monday, March 10, 2014

10/52 : The one with the black and white portrait

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One of the great things about taking part in the Living Arrows linkup every week is that it has encouraged me to become a bit more creative with my portrait photography. I've tended to shy away from black and white because there are so many bad black and white shots out there (images without enough contrast mainly) but I've seen some great ones featuring on Living Arrows over the last few weeks and its forced me to reconsider.

This image of Theo is just perfect for monochrome. It was first thing in the morning and he was looking out of the easterly windows in his bedroom watching our builders arrive for the day. A combination of strong sunlight, striking shadows and interesting shapes. 

Those windows are going to be gone in a few months, replaced by ones of a totally different size and shape, so this picture captures not just a moment in Theo's life, but a moment in our house's life too.  

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32 comments:

  1. Such a wonderful photograph!!! x

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  2. This is gorgeous, I love the shadows in the back and the way its reflected on his face.. Beautiful x

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  3. That really is very dreamy! And wonderful to think of it as a snapshot in the history of your lives!

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  4. Gorgeousness! I love the reflections on the wall behind, coupled with the thoughtful little man pose makes for a great capture! Also just made the link that we're both headed to Blogtactular! Can't way to meet up and talk all things photog!

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  5. Oh what a gorgeous post, and such an atmospheric shot - love the contrast on his lovely little face :)

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  6. Great use of dark and light, I love the way you've used black and white here. I'm a bit addicted to black and whites so I'm trying to coax myself off them!

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  7. Wonderful photo - I hadn't seen your Blog before, loving the photography :)

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  8. Great photo, captured a little man in thought

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  9. Stunning photo, great composition

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  10. What a gorgeous photo and creative way to capture both a moment in your son's life and a moment in your evolving home's life. Great memories together.

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  11. aw what a gorgoeus little face and picture , i love picturs, hoping to get a nice prof camera as with our 7 we love nothing mroe than capturing their every move x

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  12. Gorgeous photograph, it looks beautiful in black and white, the lighting is stunning :)

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  13. what a lovely photo. he looks really pensive!

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  14. What a gorgeous photo and a great memory! I don't know enough about photography to know what actually makes a good black and white photo but I do like this :)

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  15. Lovely pic and I bet Theo is loving the building work!

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  16. I love black and white photos and this is just beautiful!

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  17. perfect: I love anything with shadows, always adds a certain something to a photo!

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  18. I love your photo and how the light and shade captures his lovely face.
    (I'm new to your blog and after a scout around I have to say I have serious quilt envy. They are stunning.)

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  19. Thanks for stopping by, Clare! I'm looking forward to meeting you at Blogtacular in a few months! Love this photo of Theo; I struggle to take candid/stolen moment photographs. Lucas either stops and poses or runs away once my camera comes out, so I always admire unposed shots!

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  20. lovely picture, today i was thinking that im very superstitious person will i ever put pics of my baby online, still a debate inside my head

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  21. Such a wonderful photograph - love the light and the shadows. Will be one to look back on when you have new windows! I had a photo of my 3 YO looking through a hole in our storm damaged fence recently, it came down the following week!

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  22. What a stunning photo - love the window effects

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  23. Interesting to look at his thoughtful expression. Makes you wonder what he is contemplating...

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  24. Wow what a stunning photograph the light on it is amazing. x

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  25. Quite a beautiful photo. He looks so lost in thought.

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  26. What a lovely photo and one with a story behind it! I always used to take a lot of black and white but don't seem to anymore...I must try and remedy that!

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