Have you seen my black & white photos yet?

There's something sublime about black and white photography. The contrast of light and dark. The absence of color. Just the bones of the scene are present. And it offers an insight into the subject that color photography, for the most part, simply, cannot offer.

Black and white photography, unfortunately only has a market for those who wish to buy prints. Ad agencies, magazines, etc. don't generally want black and white photos. They prefer color, so there isn't a huge market for them. But that doesn't stop me from making them. Why? Because I like black and white photography.

If you have not yet seen my collection of black and white photos online, check them out now. Let me know what you think of them.

Have you seen my photos of autumn?

Autumn is my favorite time of the year. Unfortunately, it is also one of the shortest seasons. Sure, the calendar says it is autumn until December 21st, but for me autumn ends when the last leaves fall from the tree. So while autumn technically starts on September 21st, it is also virtually over as early as the first or second week in October.

If you have yet to see my collection of autumn photos, head on over to my collection of photo galleries and check them out. I left a link to that gallery below:

https://www.toddklassy.com/autumn-photos/

Have you seen my photos of electrical utilities and electrical plant?

When I first began photographing the Montana plains I found it difficult at times to punctuate an image with something in the foreground. An amazing sky, for example, might present itself in front of me, and given the vastness and emptiness of the eastern Montana plains I would have difficulty finding something...anything...to stick in the foreground to help provide scale and depth, or just to make the photograph more interesting. Often times the only object I could find was a row of electrical poles or telephone poles.

Electrical power lines are often the scourge of photographers. All too often these above ground structure clutter and little a photograph. I too find myself wanting to or needing to remove an errant power line or telephone pole from a photograph because it detracts from the image. In Montana, however, I have learned to embrace their existence, as you will see in this gallery of images, which includes photos of electrical utility poles, photos of electric utility plant, and much more.

See the full gallery large, go to:

https://www.toddklassy.com/electric-utility-photos/

Have you seen my photos of farmers' markets yet?

I spend a lot of time at farmers' markets. It is one of my favorite places to be. There is nothing like fresh vegetables in the summer and a good farmers' market is the best place to find them.

Bringing my camera with me to farmers' markets is commonplace. I like making ag related photographs at farmers' markets. The myriad of vegetables at a farmers' market offers tantalizing patterns to photograph. And all of the people crammed together offers a great opportunity to practice street photography, too.

Have you seen my gallery of farmers's market photos? It is still a work in progress, but I plan to spend much more time at farmers' markets making photos next summer and expanding this gallery significantly over the years. If you haven't see my photos of farmers' markets yet, why not check them out? Here is the link:

http://www.toddklassy.com/montana-blog/20-photos-of-farmers-markets

Have you seen the new photos of grain bins I added?

If you drive through rural Montana you would have a hard time not crossing paths with a grain bin. And because they are so common, you might also have a hard time remembering you did so. Grain bins, you see, are probably the most utilitarian object on the rural landscape; designed to be more useful and practical than attractive. Like the lonely period that ends a sentence, though, grain bins serve a very useful purpose. I photograph a lot of them when making photographs of rural America. And my photos of grain bins are just minor tribute.

Some call them silos. Others call them farm bins. No matter what you call them, we know grain bins are used to store....grain. Farmers growing wheat, barley, soybeans, corn, and so many other crops depend on them. Most are round, though some are square. But they all dot the rural Montana landscape and provide punctuation mark (of sorts) to everything grain farmers do.

If you haven't already seen my gallery of grain bin photos take a moment to look at them now. Hopefully you will be glad you did. Here is the link:

http://www.toddklassy.com/grain-bins-photos/