11 Monochromatic Photography

Monochrome is defined as an object or image is whose range of color consists of shades of a single color or hue. This type of artistic work is often described to be a painting, drawing, design, or photograph in one color or shades of one colour. Images using only shades of grey (with or without black and/or white) are called grayscale or black-and-white. It may also be used to refer to other combinations containing only tones of a single color, such as green-and-white or green-and-black. For your Monochromatic CD cover project, first listen to music and let sound inspire you, write down ideas you have that can be transferred visually. Then take a series of images on B/W film that represent the music. Develop the film 1.5 - 2 mins longer than normal. And/or shoot in bright sunlight to achieve high contrasted images. Print a contact sheet in B/W and then 6 5 x 5 images on 5 x 8 paper. ***Before you start this project, try a test 5 x 8 print using B/W film using a colour filter.*** monochrome example