Jerad Raines Photography

Gallery · 31 prints

Black & White Photography Prints

I started on Kodak T-Max 400, hand-developing negatives in a darkroom, and whatever I've learned about composition mostly traces back to that — when color isn't available to save a bad frame, you find out fast whether the frame actually works. Each frame meant slowing down and checking every detail.

Black and white still does something color can't: it pulls a subject slightly out of reality and hands you back a version of it with more gravitas, sometimes a whole different truth than the color version told. Each image is available as a limited edition fine art print.

Wind-carved sandstone from Antelope Canyon in Page Arizona Frozen Flame Also in: Desert Southwest 01 Near-monochrome slot canyon interior with a single glowing warm light source at a narrow opening, dark rock fin in the foreground, Page, Arizona Smoldering Also in: Desert Southwest 02 A sea stack standing off the Olympic coast in Washington, reflected in the flat water left behind by the tide Monumental Also in: National Parks 03 Winding Virgin River in Zion National Park during winter Virgin in the Storm Also in: National Parks 04 Ladder poles rising toward the roof opening inside Agate House, a pueblo built from petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona Rise Up Also in: National Parks 05 A brown bear reads the current at Katmai National Park, Alaska, waiting on the next fish Searching Also in: National Parks 06 Heavy fog on the Olympic National Park coast in Washington, reducing the sea stacks to shapes and the whole scene to a few tones Inferno's Haunt Also in: National Parks 07 A bison in winter in Yellowstone National Park True Grit Also in: National Parks 08 Sandstone near Page, Arizona, rendered in black and white to isolate the layering and drop the color out of the equation Half Life Also in: Desert Southwest 09 Large Saguaro cacti in Saguaro National Park Three Kings Also in: National Parks 10 Mountain goat among the boulders, Greater Yellowstone, Wyoming Surveying the Valley Also in: National Parks 11 A deer working a quiet corner in Japan, in black and white Snack Time Also in: Japan 12 Zion National Park Watchman in winter Dark of Winter Also in: National Parks 13 A waterfall in Yellowstone National Park, worked in black and white so the falling water reads as a single continuous shape against the dark canyon Flow State Also in: National Parks 14 Mount Hood reflected in Trillium Lake, Oregon Sleeping Giant Also in: Mountains 15 mountain goat walking along the edge of a mountain ridge, Greater Yellowstone, Wyoming The Long Walk Also in: National Parks 16 Steep low-angle view of Matsumoto Castle’s stacked black tiered roofs against open sky, in near-monochrome Invasion Force Also in: Japan 17 High canyon walls and winding valley of Zion The Expanse Also in: National Parks 18 A sea stack off the Olympic National Park coast in Washington, mirrored in the wet sand at low tide Breath of the Wild Also in: National Parks 19 Hay bales scattered across a ranch field below the Sneffels Range under storm cloud, Ridgway, Colorado Haymaker Also in: Mountains 20 Two pronghorn bucks regarding each other across a sage meadow, rendered in black and white, Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park Showdown Also in: National Parks 21 Pier at Loch Earn looking out at the water with storm clouds, Southern Highlands, Scotland Stormfront Also in: Scottish Highlands 22 Large mountain goat ram on boulders, Greater Yellowstone, Wyoming Patriarch Also in: National Parks 23 Bison herd with calf and bull, Yellowstone National Park Keep Your Family Close Also in: National Parks 24 Mule deer buck in velvet antlers at the edge of a dark spruce forest, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah Like Velvet Also in: Wildlife 25 Two sika deer appearing to whisper in Nara Park, Japan Sharing Secrets Also in: Japan 26 Snow across the buttes of Monument Valley Snow Mittens Also in: Desert Southwest 27 Ginkgo leaves in Japan, rendered in black and white so the fan shape and the overlap carry the frame Fantail Also in: Japan 28 A castle on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in black and white Formidable Also in: Scottish Highlands 29 The peaks above Glencoe, Scotland, in black and white Highland Shepherd Also in: Scottish Highlands 30 Koa tree in Hawaii The Lonely One Also in: Hawaii 31