Hi Condra, you are like telepathic. Your post hits home. I am a true believer of black and white photography. So love this post.

nice photo, i like

Colour mostly, but that's because they are for marketing (website) purposes. Personally i love these edited ones:
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Great shots @condra.

Black and white is my jam!  I love it.  I keep hoping I can find a client who will let me do an all black and white session.

Really beautiful. You have a gift!

I use my phone or my action cam actually,  but I enjoy dance and making videos to improve myself. Black and white has very rich texture that u can't help but to enjoy. 
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can'tcomment on photo quality but damn, nice outfit!!

I started out in photography taking a basic black and white film course.  After that, we moved on to intermediate black and white film, then advanced, before we moved into color.  the first color film we shot was E6 slide film.  Even after moving into color shooting and digital photography, sometimes I only "see" a subject/landscape/scene in black and white.  Thank you for your intelligent insight into why we as photographers should look for reasons behind the use of color, or monochrome.

Nice shots!!   I tend to go with black and white if i feel like skin tone isnt just right or i feel like it sets a different tone.    Again..  great shots!

Do you shoot in color then convert to b/w? Or do you switch the camera itself to B/W during the shoot? 
The reason I ask is because of color filters, which alter the b/w result. I personally don't own any physical color filters, so I'll usually shoot actually in color, then convert so I can have my choice of digital color filter later.

On the other hand, there are times when I like to switch over to monochrome, but I tend to avoid it just for the fact that I'll forget to switch it back.

ALSO...I've noticed - on Canon anyway - that if I shoot RAW in monochrome, the RAW file is still in color if I should want to take advantage of going b/w in post.

Black and white photography allows for greater examination of the photo beyond colour. It draws the eye in to details that may be easy to miss with the distraction of colour. However colour also has its place. Especially where it enhances the picture in an unexpected flash of detail against a more reserved background. To each his (or her) own  :-)

Keep up the great work!

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Awesome

I always shoot in color.
But I am such a fan of contrast and deep lines that I think your advice on this post will have me exploring more, and choosing to go b&w on a few more of my images down the road. :)
Thanks for educating me a bit more!
Love your blogs @condra !

This is one of my favourite sets!

My photography is in color because I am documenting the colors as part of my image. If I were more interested in contrasts and textures, I could see B&W being far more useful.

black and white are classy

There is one more reason to shoot B/W, like @g-no well pointed out – sometimes colour can simply distract viewer’s attention focus. Great job again, as usual @condra. Upvoted, resteemed & today you have a double feature in DPS 😊

Hello my friend . Beautiful photography

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I've always loved black and white photographs. I really do love these prints.  Its been a long time since I shot.  Great work.

Great pictures! I like B&W so these were great!

B&W gives this depth, you can appreciate the attention to detail. 
I don't know if it's my screen or something but it doesn't seem like it's true B&W,  I would say it's got a sepia tone.
Nevertheless it's awesome work... as usual.
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My dads hobby is photography. He mainly shoots colour but sometimes he does b&w. There is also taking out most of the colour, but leaving some in. For instance taking a photo of someones head, greying everything but the eye colour. It doesn't always work but it sometimes looks cool.

I love black and white, it's very pleasing on the eye... and I feel shows more detail.... just a shame I'm not very good at shooting it yet!

Ah! Love this! The asthetic vibes are strong with this one