Colour

Colour:

Colour :  

Colour  - the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it emits light.

Analogous Colour  - a group of colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel, charing a common colour, with one being the dominant colour, which tends to be a primary or secondary colour, and a tertiary. Red, Orange and Red0-orange are examples. An analogous colour scene has creates a rich colour chromatic scheme creates a rich, monochromatic look.

Complementary colours - colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel, consequently complementing and highlighting each other.

Hues - the attribute of a colour by virtue of which it is discernible as red, green, etc.

Muted - A dulled down colour is muted, it loses some of its saturation and becomes a pale version of the colour. This is similar to a hue.  


Saturated - A highly saturated colour would be very bright like highly pigmented paint.
 

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

Research

Robert Cartwright:

He is a professional photographer from originally from Norfolk but currently living in London. His photographs range from Scottish Landscapes and to London high streets in the rain. I enjoy his work as almost all of his photographs have character.

Most of his images use very dark colours. In the first image, the colours are very dark and dramatic yet the landscape is bleak, the sky is the only light. This symbolises that the place he was in was dark but he was hopeful to leave as the sky is dramatic and bright, this may suggest that the journey from the dark to the light may be difficult, but worth it when you get there. 

Image Bank:

Contact Sheets:

The four images highlighted in red are the images that I dislike for various reasons. 

I dislike this image as the focal point is towards the back left of the image whereas I would have liked it in the middle of the image as it better engages the observer. Next time I will move the point of focus on the camera's monitor to the centre of the image to ensure it is at the right angle.

This image isn't necessarily out of focus I just dislike the way the light has caught the balls stuck between the cork and the glass bottle and creates a blue hue. This distracts from the main focal point on the multicoloured balls in the bottle. Next time I will look at the playback on the camera and check for any small imperfections that need to be rectified.

My Best Images: 

   

 
 
 
 
 

AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

I've chosen these images because they related to the formal element colour as I have photographed an array of colours. Also, these images relate back to Robert Cartwright's abstract photographs like the rainy bus station as they too have an array of strange shapes and colours.
AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

For these images, I used a Nikon D 3100 with a macro lens, with an IOS of 10 for a good depth of field and a manual focus for the ink in the jar due to the camera being unable to focus on the clear water and white backboard. To set the manual focus a red straw was held in the middle of the jar to give it the correct depth and autofocus used to focus on it then as I was using a tripod I set it to manual focus but didn't change it.

If I were to reshoot this image again I would improve the lighting, because it was lit from the side and   you cannot see the glitter particles that I put in the ink to give it depth, the ink is also out of focus as it dropped faster than I thought it would and the focus was having trouble in the dark.

The black and red ink mixing together in water is one of my best images because both colours highlight each other and improve the vibrancy. This links to Robert Cartwright's photography of street lights blurred reflections in puddles on the pavement as the water manipulates the lights until they are distorted.

The image of the black ink in a jar was hard to shoot as I was using a macro lens the shutter speed wasn't as fast as I would have liked it so I didn't get as many photographs of the ink travelling down through the water. 

My research on Robert Cartwright has helped me as it inspired me to take photographs of different colours and perspectives as he's shot some interesting abstract photographs that can be interpreted in many different ways. 

Some of the images that didn't come out as I'd expected were due to focusing, shutter speed and lighting issues. To fix them I will edit my photos in Photoshop or I would reshoot them with better lighting.

To improve my images I edited them in photoshop.

This is the unedited photograph:

Next,  I changed the image to black and white using the black and white filter.

Then using the eraser I zoomed into the image and began removing the filter from individual beads to restore the colour, this makes it relate more to Robert Cartwright's nighttime street photograph of the distorted reflections of the street lights and store signs. 

This is the final edited image:

I edited these other images in a similar manner.

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

My photographer's research was valuable as it showed me the importance that a photograph doesn't need to have a clear-cut composition to be an effective photograph while interesting the viewer. It also helped develop my theory on colour, my experiments with ink and water showed me that colour didn't have to block colours or shades. It could be a mixed chaos of pigment and light.  I used the theory about emotions relating to colours because I put glitter into the black ink to create an oxymoron between the darkness of the colour and its beauty. Also by putting glitter into the ink when it became diluted in the water allowed the light to reflect off of the glitter and making a kind of black dust cloud. 

AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.

I think that I have made a successful and relative response to the formal element colour by taking a series of colourful images of a range of subjects and I have developed my photoshop skills and am now able to isolate colours and remove parts of a layer in order to restore colour to some parts of the image.