I decided to set myself a mini project by gathering a collection of my favourite images which I took myself from out here in the Alps and converting them to black and white, this way I was able to improve on my converting skills as this was my main goal. I've never been a big fan when it comes to full colour photography and if I could convert all my images to black and white I would, but if I did that I would change the complete purpose of my blog. Colour can be quite distracting in some images and can sometimes take the focus away from your subject, so by choosing black and white the image is able to speak for itself. It's also remarkable comparing the same image in colour to black and white, you tend to see more detail if the image is stripped of its colour, more tones, shades and for some reason the image becomes quite powerful and stronger.
