Black and White Landscape Photography Prints

The landscape as a subject has been around as long as photography itself. Early pioneers produced large glass plate negatives processed in the field - carrying thier darkrooms with them. Emulsions at the time were not sensitive enough to record blue light, due to this the skies always came out white. The solution was to print in the sky seperatley from another negative. Sound familiar?

Digital Photography has exposed a whole new generation to black and white printing. However working in black and white is till favoured by creative landscape photographers. Using black and white to do more than produce a reccord of a scene. I try to use black and white in my landscape photography to interpret the mood and character of the landscape, to communicate the non-visual, and to emphasize what it was the attracted me to the scene. But having control of the final print I am able to ensure that the same feeling and ideas I had about the final image are still when I produce the final black and white print.