Friday Finds: Black & White

By
Lynda Giddens
– Fri September 3, 2010Posted in: Friday Finds

Happy Friday everyone! I can hardly believe another week is at an end!

This week’s photographic topic was Black and White and the Flickr Group received a whopping 145 submissions this week! It’s by far the most submissions yet and I cannot explain how painstaking it was to select just 18 photos to highlight. Starting this week, I’m also including a short blurb next to each shot explaining something I like about it, how it makes me feel or why I chose it. I hope you enjoy the Black & White Gallery, but please do scroll down to the end of this post and enjoy as many of the submissions as possible. They are all unique and breathtaking.

Ruixat

Photo Credit: gilles chiroleu

Roots

Photo Credit: Waka Jawaka

"Not So Well"

Photo Credit: ♥ Cishore™●๋

The Portrait of Conditional Probability, With A Third Ear

Photo Credit: DerrickT

Aristocrat vodka bottle

Photo Credit: grace.marked

Photo Credit: -renegade-

Lights, Camera, Action

Photo Credit: llimllib

Ride Rykie Ride

Photo Credit: sydandsaskia

Pluto

Photo Credit: Nadia Szopinska

ireland_04 [meats]

Photo Credit: [carlo cravero]

Of Photographic Interest

  • Awarded – Over at The Onion, Melanie awards The Versatile Blogger, makes some thought provoking insights and highlights various artists. Putting me and my site aside, there are some amazing links and artists in this post, plus it’s a good introduction to Melanie’s site if you’re unfamiliar. (I have known her online for many years and she’s a regular contributor to Friday Finds!)
  • Happiness – A mostly photographic entry on happiness. It’s a feel good kind of thing.
  • A Guaranteed Method for Improving Your Photography – A three part series, this last installment written by Tasra Dawson of Tasra Mar focuses on how Project 365 can improve your skill as a photographer. I fully agree with this, going through the experience myself.
  • Wordless Wednesday: Wheels and Blossoms – A quick, calming shot. Go check it out.

Photography as a Parent

Recently, there’s some great discussion around the blogosphere about whether or not it’s wise to publish photographs of children online, especially when any real details accompany them. This is an issue I’ve obviously given a lot of thought to since I do share photographs of my kids and immediate family along with their real names.

I guess I don’t see what the big deal is in sharing that information. I’ve been interacting with people on the internet since 1996 and maybe I’m just super lucky, but I’ve never had a scary or invasive experience. I’ve met some of my closest friends, including my husband, online. I believe people are generally good, especially the type of people who find my blog. Sure, if I ever felt even remotely threatened, I’d tighten things down considerably. I don’t assume anything bad is going to happen from what I publish online. Could I be an optimist?

  • Click! – Zoey at Good Goog contemplates when her child is going to start drawing the line and opting out of being on the blog. Mr. Serious has told me not to take a picture of him at times and I won’t (or if I do, I won’t publish it publicly). Mr. Serious has seen my blog and recognized himself on it before. I know he doesn’t have a full understanding of what that means, but I’ll respect if/when he or Boa want to opt out. Of course, that leaves the question of is it my right to opt-in for them without their consent? It’s a deep, philosophical question. Legally, there’s no doubt. I respect those who may disagree with me, but I absolutely feel it’s my right to do with my children’s photograph’s what I’d like. There are some barriers I won’t cross even for private collections (like potty training shots). I don’t think my kids are going to hate me for sharing what I have though.
  • Do you think it’s alright to share your kids’ photos online? A discussion in CrayonWrangler’s Blog Frog Community. A great read and discussion on the topic with both sides well represented.
  • Photography from a Mom’s Point of View – Maureen of Tatter Scoops explores photography from her childhood and what drives her photography as a parent wanting to create lasting memories for her family.

Other Cool and Interesting Links!


Ravens-bw

Photo Credit: man@Che

More Gorgeous Monochrome Goodness

As mentioned, there were 145 submissions this week! Every single one of them is amazing and deserves to be viewed. It’ll only take 3 minutes to click through the full collection starting with the first thumbnail. I highly doubt you’ll regret it!

Next Week’s Theme Is… Bokeh!

12-31-09 - New Year's Eve Champagne - Taken by LyndaBokeh is always a favorite. People just love looking at it and photographing it! I’d love it if you’d enter up to five submissions to the Flickr Group Pool by next Friday morning. Tag your submissions with dwcff-bokeh so your thumbnail will show on my site. You can see current submissions and read through the qualification guidelines on the Friday Finds page.

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