Robert Scoble and I met with Steven Heiner, Nikon’s Senior Technical Manager
today to test drive the new D3, I won’t bore you with its details, but suffice it to say this is
the Ferrari of digital cameras. I had my “old” Nikon D2X and we wandered around getting a few shots:
The Ferry Building: “A famous city’s most famous landmark.” Herb Caen
This has been the jumping off spot for over 100 years (built in 1888)
tirresistible…
We bump into Mark Anders, Adobe’s “Sr. Principal Scientist”
Robert does a Scoble Show on the spot
7 reasons why I favor love black and white photography:
1. I grew up with it, and it feels natural.
2. Doing color darkroom work was too expensive and too much hassle so I decided to master B&W in the darkroom and gain control over my final prints.
3. Playing with the zones from pure white (zone X) to pure black (zone 0) or as close as you can get, is fun and causes me to look at life differently. Funny how taking color out makes more of a shot.
4. It’s just cool.
5. I have to have a good reason to shoot color anymore. I love the “raw” look of B&W.
6. Taking equipment that is capable of the most amazing specturm of color and limiting it to B&W focuses all that power on the simplicities of the image.
7. Did I mention that it’s cool?
What are your thoughts?
Thanks guys,
Yes B/W does have that subtle, quiet quality. I still shoot and print in color but only when the shot cries out for it like the carousel in Paris or the Blue Door in Mexico…
Beautiful shots. I never really thought that I liked B&W better than color until recently. There is something about all the subtleties of shades that give a photograph tremendous depth.
We’re off to Carmel (quarterly meeting) this weekend but I plan to sneak in some photography time…
Great shots, Marc! Black and white is so cool. Looks like it was a great day…