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For corporate art, photographic art shows and consumer/residential interiors, black and white photographic prints continue to gain popularity. While color photographs can certainly be attention-grabbing, the more subtle and nuanced look of black and white photographic prints enhance almost any decor or color scheme.
The corporate trend toward utilizing black and white photographic prints can be used effectively not only in large corporate offices, but also in smaller companies. An oversized image in the boardroom; a parade of small images marching down a hallway; a personally selected grouping on an office wall - all are great examples of using black and white photographic prints. The black and white images throughout helps the office decor to be consistent, even with varied photographic images.
For residential use, black and white photographic prints can be combined with most decorating techniques and styles, and used with virtually any framing option. In other words, the black and white photographic prints can remain a constant even as color trends and styles are updated occasionally. Therefore, an investment in good-quality black and white photographic prints is truly an aesthetic and economical choice in home decor.
Of course, artists and photographers have long recognized the beauty of simplicity, the intense emotion that only a black and white photograph can bring. When stripped of color, the image's underlying character is visible: the structure of the composition, the subtle lighting, the glimpse into a mere moment in time. These design techniques are enhanced when output to black and white photographic prints. The market and audience is growing for black and white photographic prints.
About Outputting Black and White Photographic Prints from Color Photography
As a professional or amateur photographer, many of your original images may be in color. Of course, these color images can be converted to print in black and white, or with a monochromatic tint, but doing so successfully is a bit more complicated than simply removing (de-saturating) color. Just as colored filters or gels were used to alter the image in film photography, in a similar manner color filters are used in photograph manipulation software. In short, the color of the original image indicates the type and combination of filters to use that will avoid the mid-range gray-scale 'blah' photo conversions that sometimes happen when converting color images for output to black and white photographic prints.