Contrast

Sure, we like the metaphoric and compositional contrast and all that bullshit, but nothing gets us going like a photo where the histogram looks like a football goalpost. What’s that you say? There’s no detail in the shadows? Who cares? Those inky blacks and hyper-saturated tones look bad-ass. That guy’s face has turned into a black blob? Well, that’s just my artistic nature coming out to abstract the human form to fit whatever philosophical bullshit I’m trying to convey.

While we’re at it, let’s drop the vibrance and give it that gritty “Leica” look. You know, their promo photos don’t look like that on their own… Who gives a shit about natural tones and staying true to the subject matter. Everything can and should look like it’s fifty years old and about to fall apart from putrid decay.

Of course, we’re not doing this to feed our own ego or put more money in our bank accounts. It’s all about communicating the world’s suffering and emotion… and stuff…

(submission by Samuel Morse, standard cat photo and +100 contrast by Taylor)