SARASOTA – a Wider View

SARASOTA – a Wider View

Sarasota in B&W

On a recent bright sunny morning, I spent some time walking around the downtown area of Sarasota, Florida, my new hometown. I like shooting landscapes and especially architecture with a wide angle lens and processing the images as B&W. Shapes, textures, and contrast are what I look for and my morning walkabout did not disappoint. While Sarasota is not a particularly interesting city architecturally I found plenty of interesting compositions.

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

“Seeing in black and white” or visualizing an image without the distraction of color completely changes the photographic opportunities. Now you are looking at line, shape, texture, form, etc. Now those harsh shadows are your friend; they are defining and shaping the image.

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Post processing your photos in Lightroom or Photoshop unleashes a myriad of creative possibilities.

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

Elliott Erwitt

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Sarasota in B&W

Ron Mayhew

Fine Art Photographer specializing in Still Life and Commercial Photography.

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. Some really interesting photographs Ron, but that opening shot is fantastic. Everything about it is right – light, composition, depth of field. It’s quite marvellous. I also really like the one of the lady in the bar.
    Alison

    1. Ha, you picked my two favorites as well. Thanks, Alison

  2. Ron, what a wonderful variety of shots!! Love the first one and I am trying to figure out where that is. I want to go back, I only travelled a few short blocks and have seen some other members great shots of places I missed.

    1. Carolyn, the shot you were wondering about was across the street from the yacht basin looking over a small pond. Not far from the Kissing Couple. Thanks, Carolyn

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