Claire Gillo
Claire Gillo is a photographer based in the South West of the UK. As a day job she specialises in product and commercial photography but as a sideline she sells her framed black & white fine art prints at Little Blue Budgie (www.littlebluebudgie.co.uk). You can find out more about her at www.clairegillo.com and follow her on Instagram @clairegillophotography
Fine art black & white photography is your artistic impression of a subject or a scene. When it comes to shooting in this genre the subject matter can be of anything, however the end result is often more abstract and/or artistic and not commercial in any shape or form. The only stipulation for shooting a fine art black & white image, other than it being shot or processed with your artistic impression, is the image needs to be in black & white.
What subjects and concepts work?
There are many different subjects you can explore, and a good place for you to start is with the landscape genre. When shooting landscapes in black & white think less about the golden hour and beautiful sunrises and sunsets and more about the shape and form of the land.
