Last week, I did a studio photoshoot with Caroline, the model pictured above. For part of the shoot we were experimenting with very high contrast fashion images which I converted to black and white.

In all of these pictures I used just two lights, each at about 90 degrees to the line of the camera. The colors versions looked fine, but I really preferred the black and white, as the bright whites and dark shadows came out more prominently. In a few places there are “blown out” highlights, where the area is so bright that all detail is lost. Usually this is to be avoided like the plague, but to my eye it works with what we were trying to accomplish here.

In the image below, it may be hard to see, but one of the nice details is the shadow of her earring on her cheek.

How do these images strike you? As always, your comments and questions are welcome.

Thank you, Caroline, for your patience – and hard work – on our shoot!

Working both in the studio and on location, photographer Blake Robinson serves the Connecticut communities of Darien, New Canaan, Stamford, Norwalk, Westport and Greenwich.