When Flashbacks Don't Work Anymore

I don't know why but nostalgia seems to be more evoked by single tone photos. Is it just because we've been brought up to think that memories are always in black&white?


Taken on a pretty cold night. Has a nostalgic air about it if I have to say so myself. Abandons all forms of clean, minimalist photography styles. Messy, grainy, kind of blurry - reminiscient of photos from the 1970s maybe (nostalgia again)? I'm aware of the fact that the photo is slightly burnt in places but that's how it should be. Imperfection seems more of the key here.





Contrast the above with this one. It's a play on colours. A hot pink against a really sickening electric blue. In editing, I had to increase the saturation by quite a bit but had to be careful not to lose some of the details on the plates on top. Honestly, I'm not entirely pleased by this photo. Note the distracting bit of pink on the right. Could have cropped it out but I realised that that'd throw the balance completely off. Can't make the photo too narrow either cause' that would make the photo seem very restricted and cramped.

contrast contrast contrast.....