From the course: 5-Day Photo Challenge: Composition

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Day five challenge: Composing with B&W in mind

Day five challenge: Composing with B&W in mind

From the course: 5-Day Photo Challenge: Composition

Day five challenge: Composing with B&W in mind

- Welcome to day five of the five day photo challenge. This is the last day, and today I'm going to ask you to abandon color. Today the assignment is simply to shoot a black and white image. Now if you've never shot black and white before, that may be a bit of a challenge. If you have shot black and white before, you may wonder, well, why is that the assignment? It's very simple, black and white shooting is really related to the other exercises we've been doing. Black and white shooting is all about line and shape, light and dark. Color is irrelevant in a black and white picture. So to go out and look for a black and white image is to go out and see the world as strong graphical elements. And that's a very, very important piece of your eye to develop as a photographer because as you begin to see the world more simply as graphic elements, you're going to start to build compositions in a different way, and that's going to open up a lot more photographic freedom for you. Now your camera…

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