As I’ve started picking up my photography work again, I’ve spent a lot of time spelunking through my hard drives — and today I discovered another six months of images stashed off to the side. A bunch of portrait sessions from over the years.
While teaching the other night, Yousuf Karsh came up, and that got me thinking about black-and-white portraits. I developed a bunch in black and white, using an aproach that I have used for years. But I felt some just weren’t black and white enough.
A few YouTube videos later, I was combining bits and pieces of multiple techniques to create something that felt…well, like something.
Part of me wonders if it’s a little too much — maybe too much contrast. Part of me thinks it’s just the image I selected for this experiment. And part of me realizes I’ve been staring at it too long.
So, I’m sharing it here, curious to hear your thoughts: do you like it?
