5 Day Black & White Challenge

I was recently nominated by my friend Matt Jacques, to take part in the 5 Day Black & White Challenge.  Quite simply, post a new black and white photo every day and then nominate someone else to do the same thing.  The “rules” were pretty loose, no need to have shot the photo that day for example.  I ended up sharing a mixture of older photos, and photos that I hadn’t previously gotten around to processing.  It was a really fun exercise and a great reminder of the power of B&W processing when combined with the right image.

Here are the 5 images that I shared on Instagram over the 5 days.

I was nominated by @majaphoto to take part in the 5 day black and white challenge. Posting a new B&W photo each day. Day 1: Praia do Norte in Portugal. A place famous for waves in excess of 100ft high. This day they were 'only' 60-70ft high! #photography #b&w #portugal #wave #waves #nature #storm

A photo posted by Dan Carr (@dancarrphoto) on Oct 10, 2014 at 11:57pm PDT

Day 2 of the 5 day black and white challenge. Ancient temples of #Cambodia . #photography #blackandwhite #bwchallenge #travel #exploremore

A photo posted by Dan Carr (@dancarrphoto) on Oct 10, 2014 at 8:03pm PDT

Day 3 of the Black & White challenge and we are switching to skiing here in #BritishColumbia . #skiing #winter #skier #powder #bc #explorebc

A photo posted by Dan Carr (@dancarrphoto) on Oct 10, 2014 at 10:50am PDT

Day 4 of the Black & White challenge. I was originally going to try and mix things up for each day. When I was choosing yesterday's shot from Cambodia though, I came across this one from Bayon temple that I hadn't processed yet. I couldn't resist….. On that trip I had a lot of overcast skies, I think I visited this same spot 5 mornings in a row hoping for a little more contrast and direct light to really bring the textures alive. #Cambodia #bayon #travel #history #exploremore #bwchallenge

A photo posted by Dan Carr (@dancarrphoto) on Oct 10, 2014 at 11:32pm PDT

Day 5 of the Black and White challenge and we are blasting powdery pillows in #Japan. Are you ready for #winter ?? #skiing #skier #powder

A photo posted by Dan Carr (@dancarrphoto) on Oct 10, 2014 at 10:12pm PDT