I love vibrant color – to wear, to be surrounded by, to paint - but the power of grey amazes me.
In the early days of my painting career, I didn’t understand the power of value.
What do I mean by value? Value is, in this case, shades of grey – how dark is the darkest dark and how light is the lightest light. In photographic terms, value is identified by the grey scale.
In My Shoes: Shades of Light by DJ Milton
My Father, a professional photographer and author of a book called The Writer/Photographer, was devoted to black and white even after Kodachrome became a household name for color film.