I have always loved black and white photography. It was actually the motivation behind giving up my point-and-shoot and buying a good camera. You can see details in a black and white photograph that would be lost if they were in color. Imagine Ansel Adams,Dorothea Lange, or Irvin Penn's works in color and you will understand my point. (If you aren't familiar with them, you can view a sample of their work here.)
I took this photograph of a neighbor's child from Halloween Past. She, her twin brother, and two other neighbors' children dressed up as the rock band Kiss. It was back in the day when MoonPie and I lived in a neighborhood filled with young children. Although we didn't have any children living at home we would "spookify" the yard and fill a huge cauldron with candy that was always depleted by the end of the night. The adults in our neighborhood sat at the end of our driveways in lawn chairs doling out candy, laughing, talking, and sometimes sharing adult beverages with each other if Halloween fell on a weekend. There was loads of anticipation since the children (and their parents) had friendly competitions to come up with the "best" costumes of the night.
