Wilsonville, OR -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/18/2014 -- In a world where advances in photography have made it possible to represent a visual in three dimensions, there is still a need and for shooting in black and white. And that is because the choice to shoot in monochrome has less to do with technical limitations and more to do with the right mood. David Frates, for over twenty five years as a professional photographer, has tried unerringly to bring out the emotion that the setting evokes in him, into the photographs he takes. Which is why, his photograph ‘A thousand Hues in Monochrome’ of a lone tree in a Hawaiian pasture, evokes various shades of the emotion that one feels in solitude.

De-saturating a colour photograph into black and white does not give it the gravitas of a truly great photograph. Some moods require colour, while for others, the only colour of choice is black, white, and the greys in between.

David Frates has spent years practising the art of photography across various geographies, themes and moods. What sets his monochrome images apart from the rest is that fact that to this photographer, technical considerations come a far second to intuitive emotional judgement, when it comes to choosing between colour and black and white.

Technically speaking, black and white is ideal for when the composition includes multiple shapes, textures and lines. This is true of the photograph is question. Another reason for opting for monochrome is the possibility of high contrast. Since the geography of the pasture in the picture slopes down and allows for bright sunlight and deep shadows, this consideration too, holds good. In a sense, bad weather too, is a good reason to opt for black and white.

But for David Frates, the chief consideration has always been to isolate that one mood, that is evoked the most through what he sees, and then to capture that mood as an image. In this case, the mood was ‘isolation’. And this has been ably captured through not just the framing, or the contrast, or the coming together of textures and shapes and lines. It has been captured through the final or the first decision to switch to black and white.

About David Frates
David Frates is an award winning photographer whose works have been featured in National Geographic, Sierra Club and Audubon.

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