All in 'Black & White'

  These days 'black & white' becomes the new trend instead of neon colours or just 'colours'. Photographers takes pictures in black & white too and you know what? I truly love it! 

  Black and white is not old anymore. We remember the days where our grandma and grandpa had their photographs in black & white and we said it has no colour and it's boring. But the perspective that we have right now changed rapidly and now it's a rad picture. 

  Things may get even more popular with black & white photographs these days since it's a trend anyway. But black & white photographs surely does show a lot of contrast into the picture. The black & white photographs that shows a 'behind-the-scene' story made their grandchildren from the 20th century to start feeling curious of their past that has never been told to them since they didn't ask about it. That's when memories of our grandparents came rushing into their minds as they share how nostalgic it was back in their old fun days. 

  Black and white pictures is like a mystery to me. They show a mellow feeling and at the same time they show a feeling that actually calms our eyes at the same time. The simplicity in that picture does not have a bright colour that outshines the other colours in a picture. They are indeed a fair play as I can say. They don't fight against each colour. They have their different shades of black and gradients of white in it. 

  Remember that I said that black and white have a feeling of a 'behind-the-scene' story? Well, I edited a few of my photos in black & white and I really love sharing my photos to all of you readers out there. So here are some black & white photographs that I took and have a true story behind it



This photo that I have taken is a unique thing that I have discovered when I was out shopping with my friends for sunglasses. They knew I had a thing in photography so they let me took a picture of my reflection when I asked them since it became an idea for me. The shades of black from a concentrated shade of black to a light one made me knew that black isn't all that boring. That's why I used black & white. 


This was taken in J.W. Marriott hotel in Malaysia. It fascinated me when the lights sparkled like the stars. It was beautifully installed in every angle at an exact distance between them on ceilings and on floors. I edited it in black & white to show its lights clearly. This picture symbolises the lights that shines like the stars. 


This photo was taken in Taipei, Taiwan. It may seem a little vague in this photo but it has a story in it. This is the structure of one of the MRT station in Taiwan. It has only 4 of them just to let you know (it has a story behind it but I'm not really clear of it ). In the outside it will look like this (in coloured) :


BUT if you walk to the back and go in, there's an escalator that goes to the underground mrt. People may not see it but I always look up to see if there is anything interesting about its building structure and there you have it! A complicated structure! It was complicating to me when I saw it on sight as my eyes became tired after taking a few shots because of the bright lights. So I went back to my hotel to edit it ( of course it's in black and white when it comes to this ), only then I know it wasn't that complicated but a good word to top it off, "detailed". I was in love with this picture. ;) 


Last of it is this picture! It was taken in Bangkok, Thailand. It was in a shopping mall in Thailand ( I can't remember the mall's name ). There were stickers sticking on wooden floors and this sticker hit me like a rock. The sentence was short but it showed a very strong meaning to all of us. I edited it in black & white because this picture made me realized a lot of things. It made me realized that my life created by God is a gift. It may look depressing to you but this picture in black and white shows that I must appreciate and cherish my life in black & white as I choose the right beginning before I start my journey in the future. 

  These are some black and white pictures that I have taken in the past as I edited it with pure and true meaning in my mind and heart. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks for taking your time in reading it if you finish reading ALL of it! :)

  

  






  




My Taiwan Week

  People say 'A picture is worth a thousand words' right? That's why pictures that I've taken meant a lot to me. The stories behind the pictures can only be seen clearly to the ones who took it. That's why pictures that we share to our friends and family will bring memories to the present. It was the past, but it became present for just a few minutes by sharing. That is why I want to share my pictures to everybody who reads my blog and I hope you enjoy it!

  I went to Taiwan for a week and all I saw was beautiful and amazing landscapes and greenery. The skies that were painted with my favourite colour blue; the grass was evergreen; the mists surrounds the high mountains, it was in awe. 


This was taken in Cingjing farm. The little lambs were so adorable! It was cold and our hands were freezingly cold. Since it was cold, my fingers had a hard time to snap any pictures that I wanted. I snapped a few and it came out satisfactory! I took a few more pictures and I'd be happy if you really enjoy looking at the photos! 




Other than Cingjing that amazes me with their natures, I was in awe by the strong waves that hits the rocks as hard as they can and also the strong wind of course that almost blew our umbrella away in an instant haha! It was in Yeliu Geopark.




Other than those two places, there were other interesting places that I went like Jiufen and many many night markets that were always crowded at night even until 11pm! So I took a few shots that I thought it was pretty amusing and I'd love to share it all! 


THIS UP THERE! It's Taipei 101! It was raining again so I wasn't able to take the whole building all the way to the top but I guess this is alright? 


This is inside Taipei 101. The structure of it was amusing to me so I took a shot of it and it came out surprisingly okay so I was happy! 




This is Jiufen. It was crowded of course. There were many delicious food that I've tried. There's one that actually looks like a Popiah (A Penang food that everybody loves.) but it's not; it's like ice cream and peanuts wrapped in a shape of a Popiah.


This is also at Jiufen. It looks vintage so I took a photo of it! I like how when I passed by this small stall and all I could think about was to take a picture of it because I like how the side doors were painted with floral patterns and how the Chinese words completes the vintage look. 

Well I've shown places that I loved most and this time I'll post different pictures of places I went in Taiwan. It includes my hotel scenery and surroundings so I hope you'll enjoy and anticipate my pictures and I hope you can share this blog to anybody who wants to visit Taiwan! Have a great time! If you really want to see more of my photographs in Taiwan be sure to visit my Vscogrid! It's sincerelyshannon.vsco.co