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I haven't seen it around too much, but while I was going through my spam I noticed a photographers email signature:
"Photographers who know how to do selective color properly don't."
I laughed and Mr. Tattoo (graphic designer) agrees. He said that selective coloring is dated and if he does it for someone, it doesn't go into his portfolio.
That lead me to google! Apparently it's a 50/50 split. Some photographers like it while others think it's tacky.
So do you like selective coloring in your photos? Usually with bridal I see the ones where the bride is standing with her flowers and everything is black and white expect for the bouquet.
@Miss Tattoo: There are certain cliche shots where selective coloring is dated. It's dated because it's one of the first "cutting edge" techniques to be used even before digital got popular. When I see the bouquet's in color and the rest of the picture in back and white, it screams 90's to me. However I do see images with selective coloring that really work and are nice. To say it's ALL dated in my opinion is an ignorant statement.
I think they do selective color as a way to make up for their non-creative skills. There are so many other ways to position the subjects to make them stand out in a photograph without using selective coloring. I think thats the easy way out. Heck, even point and shoot cameras these days come with a feature for selective color, so if your a photographer shooting my wedding, I would expect something a little more from you then selective color which I could just do myself.
my two cents :)
it reminds me of Schindlers List (the little girl). I wont use it in wedding pictures
I hate selective color. I think it looks super cheesy. I'm not a photographer, but I think there's better ways to put the focus on something.
I'm not personally a fan.
It reminds me of the teenagers I used to work with. They loved doing selective coloring in their facebook photos. You know, the albums that have a bunch of duck lips, wayyyy blurry edges, selective coloring and writing on all the photos with horrible spelling and random capitalization.
I think it looks dated, but I don't mind dated. I mean...all wedding photos will become dated at some point...which is actually a part of what I like about looking at old wedding photos. I wouldn't mind a shot of my bouquet (bright pink, orange, and green) and shoes (which will be turquoise) in color while everything else is black and white. I wouldn't want a whole lot of photos like that...but I wouldn't mind a couple.
I'm a photographer myself and HATE selective color. to each their own though. I just find it tacky. I was emailing possible photographers for my own wedding. Inside the email, I explained that I, myself was a photographer. One girl emailed me back saying that she had looked up my website and breathed a sigh of relief when I didn't have selective color in my portfolio. That definitely made me laugh.
I hate it. Think it makes photos look like the myspace pics of a 14 year old.
I like it. But I like things that look vintage, and to me it looks vintage. My parents who were married almost 50 years ago have pictures where color was added to their B&W wedding photos, and I love those photos. So there's no way that I think '90s when I see it, because they were doing it even back in the '60s.
I think in most cases, it screams "I'm a budget photographer who has to use Photoshop tricks to make my photos interesting!!!"
Yep, it's cheesy. I think there's maybe 1 picture in 500 where I think it looks remotely good. To me it's like using those horrible filters in photoshop like posterize, it can be vaguely useful to do certain things but mostly it's just annoying to see so many people use them seriously. bleh!
I gotta say, in about 30 or so years it'll have a major resurgence when people want to make it look "classic, vintage 1990s." Hehe.
@Loribeth: That sounds pretty cool. Like technicolor but for photos? Some of my mom's photos from childhood (1960s) were done like that and they look really neat.
I like it! I think it's cute & retro when it's done in a 40's/50's style - blushing cheeks, lips, maybe flowers... it reminds me of my grandma's wedding photos.
I think the new vintage look is more dated looking than selective color. Unless it's done right, and really really few people do it right, it has that 1980's poloroid look to it. It's a fast passing fad, and I can't wait until it passes, because it will make the newbie photographers really learn something to keep up (the blownout background look, sun flare, is pretty easy photography).
I like it in certain pics, and sure, it may look dated down the road, but I really think if done properly, it can be pretty awesome! Check out this one with my husband's reflection in our friend's glasses!
I think it looks really dated and doesn't have much place in wedding photography. I could see that it might be used in advertising to get a certain feel but beyond that I don't see much use for it.
It's so bad. So. So. Bad.
It was easy for me to sort through photographers, because once I stumbled across a selective coloring photo I moved on.
I think it can look really great depending on how its done. Its all an issue of personal taste. The whole tradition of wearing a white/cream/ivory dress to a wedding is dated too but we still love it! black and white pics are dated too and I love those. Not everything "dated" is bad
I've seen it on a lot of photographer's website (including the one we picked!) but it's definitely not my style. I think it looks kind of cheesy. I've seen a few shots where I think it can be pretty, but I think it seems kind of amateurish.
@daydreamwanderer: I used to work with teenagers, and they all did the SAME thing with all of their facebook albums. That is totally what it reminds me of!
sometimes it's cool, but I wouldn't put any of those pics in my pro album or anything, they are pretty dated!!! I like clean crisp photos in the regular print quality, I'm not even into that new vintage look on photos... I like contrast, but nice clean images.
I know I'm in the minority here, but I actually like it. I would only want it used in a few of my wedding photos if applied in a way I would like, but not several. I did notice many photographers trashing it online as cheap or cheesy, but I think it can still be a cute touch to the right photo...
No way, Though I've done it for clients when they ask. To me I compare it to those photos from the 70's where they have the floating head profile shot in the corner. I agree with the others that it screams budget photog using editing to mask lack of creativity in their shots.
@MaraBeth: I saw it on our photographer's website as well. I made sure to ask that for all photos where more than basic touch up is done that we get the original photo as well as whatever they'd like to do in special post-processing.
I think it can be done really well, but most of the time it's not :/.
@7SEVENJ9: Im not a fan usually...but i have to agree with you..some shots are super cool...like this one for sintance!! I love it.
I guess the one i dont like is the boquet one to be specific.
Personally I like it so I am in the minority. If done properly it makes a picture look nice.
BAD
GOOD (im not going to lie..it took me FOREVER to find one that i liked!!!)
Some of our pics had selective color, and it worked really well because it wasn't too dramatic--sepia with some subtle touches of color.
@Baileyh: lol is that a prom? There is just so much wrong with this picture! All the guys look 12 and they are holding champagne flutes.
I voted Yes.
I love selective coloring if it's used in the right way! I think that it can add a something extra to the photos. I don't want everything in selective color but I think it's fun and adds a cool touch to some photos. Like that one in the post above that used it on the sunglasses. That's really unique.
I do agree there are some times when it shouldn't be used or it's overused like the picture uptop that had the girl in the blue dress is a bad picture.
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