Low Contrast

I often process my images using high contrast, as the contrast tends to make the image ‘pop’. But since taking the course I had previously mentioned, I am trying to experiment with looks that are more out of my comfort zone, namely, darkness, blur, and low contrast. The key is to not just use them wantonly, but to make them either fit the image or fit what you are trying to say with the photograph.

In this instance, I went out to photograph during the snowstorm we had this week while it was still snowing (which is something else I tend not to do - if I go out to photograph during the winter it is usually when the snow has already finished falling). It was definitely a low contrast situation, and looking through the falling snow I realized that I wanted to transmit that ‘white out’ feeling. Processing the photo with low contrast transmitted the feel I was looking for.

Trees In Falling Snow © Howard Grill

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