Selective colour is always something that I have dipped in and out of with my photography. It can be fun and creative when you want it to be and sometimes it can really make the point of your photograph really hit home such was the case with my "Lest we forget" photograph where you are drawn to the poppies.
Lest We Forget
I've been told by other people to stop doing it in order to make myself that little bit more professional, I used it when photographing a friend and again I thought it just made the photo that little bit better in my eyes and drew the attention to my friend more than what the full colour image would have done.
It also gives me a little time to get creative, recently I had the idea to do some selective colouring with fruit and crayons. The idea was simply to make it look like the fruit was in the process of being coloured in. It was simple and fun.
Should this be such a frowned upon technique in the photography world? I don't think so and as long as I can still have fun with it I will be doing it for a long time to come.
