I’ve bounced all over in terms of the color vs. black-and-white question over the years. And of course there’s no “right” answer, just whatever the point of the image is. It took me nearly 15 years though to embrace color - I used to find it wholly distracting. I still don’t find myself “thinking” or “seeing” in color - my focus when I’m finding and framing an image is on the composition and shapes and light. I’m often surprised when I see the image in color when I pull it up, as if my brain simply didn’t register it to begin with. I still keep my viewfinder on one of my cameras on monochrome. But beyond the surprise, now, I often find myself loving the saturation, and even how distracting it is. Especially in flowers, the depth and beauty it adds can be hard to overlook. Still, black and white is near and dear to my heart and I try to be intentional in the processing about why I’m making the choice I am. Or maybe it just depends on the day :)
