Black and White is the true color of Photography

I truly believe that Black and White is the way photographs should be taken. Yesterday I just set my camera to black and white and started shooting that way. I get a certain satisfaction from shooting black and white and I think its because we see the world in color and many times color can be very distracting. Once color is taken out of the scene we start to observe and enjoy what we see. I think this abstraction makes you really look at an image. If it’s a portrait of someone you will look into their eyes and not just at the color of their eyes. I sometimes think color is a wall that distracts your perception between you and a photograph. Once it is taken away, you see what is actually there. I know a lot of people will disagree with that just because by taking out color you are distorting the reality of what is actually there.

I don’t completely agree with my point either because I think there are certain photographs that are meant to be in color. Similarly I think there are certain photographers who best shoot in color (steve mccurry being one). I’m just sayin this is the way I prefer shooting.