Monochrome gallery

Long ago, there really was no alternative to monochrome photography. That’s why most of us think of the past as a world lived in shades of grey. It is only since the emergence of colour film that anyone would question whether monochrome or colour are to be preferred. Even today, some photographers only see the world in black and white… while others can’t understand why anyone would ever want to suck the colour out of life.

We don’t usually go out deliberately to shoot in monochrome, but sometimes an image really lends itself to such a treatment. Indeed, it seems rare to find an image that works equally well in either form. Shooting digitally in raw gives us the flexibility to make that decision at a later stage, and to use the colour channels to simulate traditional black and white filters. Yes, that may be a bit offensive to monochrome purists, but it works for us. We hope the gallery below is of interest!

Keep out
Tokyo salary man, returning home
Air show
West Pier after the storm
Car park at noon
High above Hong Kong
Wind farm
Kebab shop
Grass
Seeing the wood for the trees
Two faced
Athens
Winter sun at Nymans Gardens
Lighthouse staircase
View from the top
Tokyo underground
Paternoster Square
Stranger in a strange land
ICC building, Hong Kong
Roots
He is the one to blame…
The roundhouse
Dungeness wasteland
Dungeness lighthouse
Seaside solitude
Study in white
Strolling in the City
Me and my shadow
On the front
Mount Lycabettus
A fine day out
Circle of Lebanon, Highgate

© Ian and Christine Ryder, 2010-2014. Unauthorised use and/or duplication of this material (including the embedded images) without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Ian and Christine Ryder & WoolyPig Images with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

%d bloggers like this: