i prefer black n white photography... but i'm just curious about the choices of follow forumers...

it depends on the mood...

hmmm... but some pro-shooters prefer one over the other... some like to play around with colors and structures.. while others with light/shadows with black n white...

i vote B&W. but dunno at future...

it actually depends.
b/w shots are usually used to bring out details if i'm not mistaken.
like facial details.
or high contrast pics.

yups..its depend on what ur own style.

It depends, if the picture's colour is not interesting, den i'll turn it into a B&W. =]

IMO..its a lil bit misconception. ppl said : Firstly you have to think in B&W before shooting in B&W . b&W / single toned pictarz is about emotion. so its mixed and play with composition and other element to make it 'alive'. and i love this phrase:

"If you're photographing in color you show the color of their clothes -
if you use black and white, you will show the color of their soul."

i'm noob. so togather-gather we learn

I usually shot in color then look at the pictures afterwards to suit what I'm trying to convey. If shoot in color can be converted into bw but shoot in bw how does to convert into colors?

Iqbal, do you use any image editors for your bw shots? Mine I used virtualphotographer .

L.I.G.H.T.R.O.O.M.

I prefer both. So null vote for me.

well yeah... it depends.. heheh... any guides on improving color/B&W shots without much post processing?

somehow, for certain subject which is kind of "old", I will prefer it to be captured in black and white... so that it will looks more "classical"...

so as the earlier post by timothyy, I strongly agreed that it should depends on the mood lo...

For those scenes that produces the "old" kind of feeling, i'd make the pic duotone, abit of sephia kind of tone.

Parents / Relatives : "Why this one is black and white? No colour wan?? "
Me : "It is called art of photography"
Parents / Relatives : "Art what art. Not nice.. Next time take colour photos only"
Me :

I used both ~~ depends on situation and place... i also use mono green~

love B/W. Best to describe texture.

wah.. nice word

are u psycologist + photographer

depend on pic.but i'm really into color photography

"If you're photographing in color you show the color of their clothes -
if you use black and white, you will show the color of their soul."

i really agree on that
b&w is best to show the emotions and mood.

tht's rite b&w also shows the heart of photography ...
i always bring my nikon fm10 for b&w film shoot...

i have been taking photos using colour as my medium for the past 6 years.
didn't touch black and white for 6 years.

last month, a curator told me to come out with a maximum of 5 pieces of black and white photographs for an exhibition. and he said no inkjet. only silver prints. i was like OMFG!!!

i think it is hard for me to take black and white anymore. sigh!

arent it depends on what photo or subject u are taking..

me asking me?
that's why... i am without any subject matter that i can take. please dont say pulau ketam or kuala selangor to take photos of pokok kelapa and broken sampan and deep blue sky and old man's wrinkles and stuffs