However, when I was shooting, I began to feel that my images would work better in black and white. Most of the artist who I have been researching utilise the high contract black and white to bring their images a sense of drama, which I find very inspiring. Also, I have always worked in colour throughout my University career, and felt that I had begun to rely on it to produce good images. I came to the conclusion that if I concentrated on black and white, I would really improve my composition skills and have to look harder to find subjects to photograph. As an artist, working in black and white would challenge me further, which is what I felt should be happening in my third year!
As a result, I produced fewer images from this shoot, but I feel that they look a lot better in black and white. The portraits still need work - they still seem too snapshot like to me, which is something that I will have to work on over the coming months. However, the signs stand out a lot more, and become more visually striking when shown in black and white.
From now on, I will be shooting in black and white, as I feel that the project would benefit from it, and it would challenge me as an artist.
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