Static Blur Tutorials

One cannot grasp all the concepts involved in color and digital photography without already understanding black and white photography. Black and white photography can be considered in many ways: something old-fashioned, a course you can take in high school to boost your mark, way to express yourself or as a great learning tool.

Have ever had an under-exposed negative, poor prints, fingerprints on the pictures that come back from being developed? One used to learn photography by taking the black and white negatives, processing them and enlarging them in chemicals. To prevent fingerprints or any other undesirable things of a photo, this slow developing process must to be done. The best benefit is seeing what the photo looks like during each step so if its not likable, it would be easier to change.

A color film can be seen as 3 black and white films on top of each other: one sensitive to red, one to blue, one to green. The overlap creates the color. To change the brightness and contrast of a photo, a filter should be used in the process of development. This is where the sensitivity to colors comes in handy. For example, if you use a green filter, what was green will be white or light gray. It's known to use filters for black and white photography. The red filter is very dramatic. The best filter to use would be a green-yellow filter for realistic looking pictures. Remember, the picture is yours and what you create it to be.

These are the basics of black and white photography.