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Black & White Sunday: How to tell a story through B&W photography (response to guest challenge)
Taking part in challenges means stepping out of one’s comfort zone and trying something new. I have not thought about taking photos of people before being challenged by my guest photo challengers. Today I am trying to respond to Allan’s challenge: How to tell a story through B&W photography.
Living off love
Living off coffee
Living off tourists
Please join us with your stories in photos and leave links and pingbacks to your posts. Happy Sunday!
Don’t forget to click on the links bellow to see the entries to this challenge:
Double exposure plus some street photography
Wherein the Beautiful GBH Sticks Her Landing
Lost in Translation 
That’s a nice series Paula. I wouldn’t have known you hadn’t shot people before.
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😉 Thank you, Debbie. I am glad that you like it.
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Paula is doing beautifully as a virtual newcomer to street photography.
It can be nerve-racking to get withing 20 feet of complete strangers, aim a camera at them and start shooting. With the passion for it; however, and the willingness to take the risk one can create something beautiful and culturally important for their community.
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I love black and white, they seem to create a better atmosphere/ mood..
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No arguments there. Thanks a lot, Gerry.
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I agree!
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These are great, Paula!
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Appreciate it. Have a great Sunday, Linda!
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I love your captions and you do b&w people beautifully.
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Thanks, Meg 🙂
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Paula — brilliant! If this is what stepping out of comfort zone can produce, you should really do it more often 🙂 These images are worth all the effort. I love them all, but it is the first two that really stand out for me. In both the images, the subjects are at complete ease despite your presence as a photographer. It’s almost as though you weren’t there. And by making yourself ‘invisible’ you’ve allowed the viewer to establish a direct connect with the subjects. It is the viewer who is looking at them, interacting with them, not the photographer.
I also love how you have composed these shots, especially the first one in which every single element is contributing to the image.
PS: Sunday was well worth the wait! 🙂
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Yours is opinion I have always set great store by. Thank you, Uday.
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He’s pretty amazing, Allan, isn’t he, and you’ve made a great response, Paula! I like all three and your captions are excellent too. You have a wicked sense of humour 🙂 Fascinating musical backdrop too. You scored well on this challenge! Have a happy Sunday 🙂 Hope you are relaxing.
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I appreciate your evaluation, Jo 😀 Thank you 🙂
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Three interesting stories , here…
Bravo,Paula!
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Ti ringrazio Anna. I look forward to seeing what you will do in black and white as of this summer 🙂
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Nice ones, Paula! Here’s my rather poor attempt: http://suejudd.com/2015/06/28/black-white-sunday-how-to-tell-a-story-through-bw-photography/
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Does it feel good to do something different Sue? We are both far from our usual subject matters 🙂 I Iike this response of yours.
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I have actually done similar street stuff before! 😀
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Cool shot of a couple of lovers and is in black and white
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🙂
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Love these shots! I’m currently more obsessed than usual with B&W photography, as some of my recent photography posts on my blog probably show.
It’s just so brilliant at capturing atmosphere, character, and highlighting details that colour photography can miss.
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Thank you, Ashley. I will pay you a visit soon.
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This is a great series of photos, Paula. The subjects so well caught, and aptly captioned. There’s a real quality of classic timelessness about each composition too.
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This is making me warm around the heart 🙂
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Great things are done when outside the comfort zone. You just proved that.
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🙂 Muito obrigada
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De nada!
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nice series, Paula.
Mine was taken yesterday with a “big” camera (that I rarely use for shooting people) BUT in a crowd of an open air concert and with 200mm. that’s how shy I am 🙂
http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2015/06/bw-sunday-how-to-tell-story-through-b.html
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I enjoyed looking at your response Paula – it is an interesting challenge this week. Your photos are so crisp and clear.
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Many thanks, Colline 🙂
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Paula, I like all three of your photos. I guess one day I’ll have to muster the courage… But people are even paranoid about me photographing house fronts… Well, as for your pictures, I would not mind seeing more of the kind! Thanks for sharing.
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🙂 Your appreciation means a lot to me. I may try it again sometime. I find it easier to do in a foreign place – like here in Lisbon, in a town bigger than my own. Locals at my home town would beat a c. out of me :D.
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These are wonderful street portraits Paula.
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*beaming with satisfaction* 😀
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Hi Paula – the people photos are something very different from you, and they are very dynamic – plus your titles add a lot. Living off coffee, especially.
The photo for my submission is a follow-up to my last monochrome entry – in that post, I alluded to the heron bursting into flight, and here she is mid- flight: https://babsjeheron.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/wherein-the-beautiful-great-blue-heron-sticks-her-landing/ Best, Babsje
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I am in love with these shots Paula. I’d say that you stepped out from your comfort zone right into another one. I hope you keep snapping street because you’ve got an eye for it!
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A couple of days late but nonetheless, my contribution Paula – https://beyondthebrushphotography.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/late/
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Thank you very much, Lynne. I was really surprised to see your entry. That market looks so much like one in Zagreb.
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I was in Zagreb many years ago, but no, much closer to home, Ottawa.
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Great captures, Paula. I’ve only fairly recently stepped into this realm and there are an inordinate number of shots of the backs of people 🙂 but I’m loving it. I love the story telling ability of street photography and black and white is a great medium for it.
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Thank you very much Lynne. I agree with you. Keep up the great work!
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‘Living off coffee’ is my favourite 🙂 Fab gallery and music Paula.
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😀 I know of your addiction, Madhu 🙂 Thank you so much.
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Lovely portraits, Paula and I like your theme of “working” that ties them together. It’s a little past Sunday but I wanted to get in on this one and have included a photo from April that I’ve been wanting to try in B&W and a photo that I took yesterday just for this challenge. Thanks for pushing me to look for something new. 🙂
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Oh, I am so glad you decided to participate, Lisa. Waiting for your link 🙂
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It’s ready now. 🙂
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Thank you .. reading it 🙂 🙂
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i have difficulty with street photography as I feel shy/guilty of taking them. Maybe this is just the challenge I need to overcome it. Thank you!
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I feel the same way, believe me, and I did solely because my guests requested it 🙂 I’ll be glad to see some posts from you.
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Late as ever, well I got you my guest post on time, but I have a great reason for being so. None the less here is my take on this theme. : http://daffodilhillphotography.com/2015/07/01/black-white-sunday-how-to-tell-a-story-through-bw-photography/
Peace~ John
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Outstanding photographs. That second shot is one of the ultimate bests I’ve seen! You should do something with it. A showing. Frame it. Enter it in a contest. Something. It’s really, really, really, really good!
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Nice to hear that you like it so much. That second shot is my favourite here.
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