Monochrome or Kodachrome?

My photography is probably 99% color photography. But it wasn’t always that way.

I started in photography as a yearbook photographer. From 1968-1970, I took thousands of black and white images of my classmates at Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Because color printing was so expensive, only the inside cover was shot in color.

There were so many people and events to photograph in my senior year that the yearbook editor, Lois Purdham, and I shared the Class of 70 Hall of Fame award for most service.

In college and medical school, I continued to use black and white film. But after marriage and children, color film became the norm.

A Different Take

Friend and fellow photographer Mike Loebach inspired this week’s Friday Photo. After viewing last Friday’s vintage railroad photograph, Mike converted it from color to a black and white version in Photoshop.

Wow! To me, the absence of color just seemed to compliment the image. Perhaps it’s time to return to my black and white roots and take advantage of a monochrome approach more often.

What Do You Think?

Which version do you prefer? The original color version is below.

Thanks for looking and let me know your favorite of the two,

Chuck Derus

https://cderus.zenfolio.com/