My most recent conceptual series, "Project: XXPhi_White" ([link]) was in part about exploring just how white a photograph can be. Normally, I make liberal use of contrast, but I wanted to stretch things as far as I could in one direction. (The contrast came in more on the concept side than visually.)

I know that I was inspired by works I had seen before, but to avoid being derivative, I didn't do any research beforehand. Now that the series is complete, I wanted to pay tribute to some beautiful images that make great use of pale whites. I think you will see there's a theme beyond the use of the color, though...

First, some favorite works by photographers I really look up to:




From there, I searched DA and found some truly amazing images. These should reassure anyone who isn't sure how striking a limited color range can be. Kudos to all of these excellent artists!



The best of these make great and striking use of the color white, pushing the image in a daring direction. However, they also avoid washing out the image, and removing those key details from the high end of the histogram. I think it is important to remember to keep your images rich with visual information. The stylization should come as much from the subject you have set up, as from the exposure and processing.

Now, I will close off with a few photos of my own along similar lines. I think I may play with limited palettes a lot more in the near future.



Also don't forget to check out the rest of the "Project: XXPhi_White" series at [link]

See you in a couple of weeks, with my next feature!