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Cartagena de Indias — Puertas y Ventanas by Adrian Galli

Split Black and White, Cartagena de Indias, 2024

Black and white is my favorite way to photograph. While color is sometimes a necessity and, like almost all other photographs from Cartagena, it may best display the vibrant nature of subjects, both literally and figuratively, black and white reduces things to a fundamental state of being.

Rarely do our eyes see things is in black and white. However, I would postulate that is fundamentally one of the tenets of photography—to see that which isn’t seen and to reveal that vision to the world.

My final post of 2024—Happy New Year and best wishes in 2025!

Downsize Your Photos — Bad Advice by Adrian Galli

Popular Science recently posted an article “Your smartphone photos take up too much space. Here's how to downsize them."

Firstly, don't do it. The solution the author provides is defeatist. Photos never take up too much room because, as a general rule, the more data you have the better your photo will look. For example, 14-bit RAW files from a professional camera have insane amount of detail and information. One has so much flexibility and data to work with that editing becomes very powerful.

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