Colour Work Dairy

Colour Work Diary

In this lesson we did an image bank on colour showing examples of colour in photography and then annotating each image. When i went out to shoot colour i found it fairly easy as colour is everywhere. I found contrasting colours on walls and brightly coloured flowers which stand out from the leafs. I enjoyed taking photographs of colour as you can be creative with it by shooting certain colours to have a positive effect on the photograph.

Here are 2 of the photographs i took in this lesson:

In this first photograph that i took shows the vibrant orange berries standing out from the green leaves. i feel this was one of by best photographs as it represents colour within nature.

In this photograph i am showing colour in a simple way but shooting contrasting colours. This image has no central focus as it just contains 2 block colours of white and green. 

If i was to continue with colour in photograph i would try and have as little elements in the photograph so that the image is focused on the colour rather than the elements in it. 

Definition of Colour

definition of colour

•   an attribute of things that results from the light they reflect, transmit, or emit in so far as this light causes a visual sensation that depends on its wavelengths
•  the aspect of visual perception by which an observer recognizes this attribute
•  the quality of the light producing this aspect of visual perception

Describing words for colour

• bright
• dull
• luminous
• light
• dark
• neon
• multicolored

 This image shows contain neon colors which are shown under a UV light. All the colors are mixed together which are covering the objects hands. The objects hands can hardly be seen due to the bright colors being the main focus and standing out the most.

In this image there are four brightly colored cars which are in a black and white set. The cars automatically standout as they are being contrasted against the black and white background.

This image is similar to the above image as the bight red car is being contrasted on the black and white background. Even the women in the car is in  black and white making her insignificant i  the image due the the car being the only thing in color.

In this image two main colors are being used which are blue and red. The two colors are exploding together on the person. The two colors almost look like smoke combining together.

My definition of color is an visual element which can create a mood/atmosphere within the image.

color

Color in photography is the way in which specific colors contract each other or give a positive impact on the image

I have chosen some examples of color in photography that i find the most effective.

In this first example there are 3 block colors which are blue, red and yellow. All of these colors contrast each other and make each object stand out from each other. The black roof lining is separating the colors which makes each color an object in the image.

Also in the second photograph block colors are used which separates each house and make them individual . This effectively does not give the image a central focus as all the objects are brightly colored making them all stand out in the photograph rather than just one of the houses.

  

In these two image a distinctive color has been used to give the object the central focus of the image. In the second image the background has been make black and white to make the red dress standout, drawing the viewers eye to the dress. In the first image the color red is the dominant color making objects hair standout from her pale skin and the white background.


This image has a theme color of blue which is used in all of the image. This is a good example of color as it shows how effective the use of one color in a image can be. The last image also has a theme color of green which stands out from the babies pale skin and contrast it right blue eyes.