051: Is Shooting Black-and-White an Easy Option If You're Uninspired?

Is it too easy to grab people's attention, get kudos, and make dramatic pictures shooting black-and-white rather than struggling with colour? I go out on the streets of Stockport to test my hunches with a little photo shoot experiment.
#bwphotography #streetphotography #opinion

[@macboy001]

I find, personally, that b&w works when there’s a subject structure to the photograph, and colour works when it’s colour that’s the subject of the photo. Hope that made sense.

[@studioswinden]

Yes, I agree to a large extent. If colour IS the point, then it's necessary, and if colour would be a distraction then it should be avoided. My "beef" is when draining colour just makes a banal scene look "interesting" simply because we don't usually see that scene in B/W...where making the shot monochrome hasn't revealed a structure, it has just made it "different from reality". Thanks for watching, and commenting. I appreciate your input :)