Cold weather and extensive cloud cover don't allow for color saturated photography and force one to utilize black and white photography. Formerly not my favorite type of photography, black and whites have quickly grown to become my favorite type of pictures. High contrast punctuates black and whites and the lack of color help mask some imperfections. The subject is represented as its basic elements with no colorful distractions. Lighting conditions do not even have to be optimal to create stunning black and white images. With cold weather barreling in, the simple tones mimic the frozen city. The following photographs were taken in late January as several polar vortices waited to converge on the country in February. Temperatures were low but nowhere near the frigid tundra that has been the last few days. A strange occurrence happened as the photographs were taken on back to back days and both ended up with flocks of birds in them, the North Shore photographs with an even stranger occurrence of a giant flock of seagulls. The birds demonstrate the resilience of the region in that even in the face of below freezing temperatures, its residents, avian or otherwise will prevail.
South Shore
With countless railroad tracks, old structures and the oldest steel bridge in the country, the South Shore is ideal for black and white photography. Steel contrasts with stone and the industrial setting allows for fantastic black and whites.
North Shore
With a sprawling view of the city and an endless supply of subjects the North Shore always helps produce phenomenal photographs, the poor lighting of the season just means that some have to be black and white.
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