Connecting Essay - Colour

This is a photograph by Jim Turner which heavily features the formal element of colour.

This image makes use of lots of saturated shades of yellow.

This is one of my straight images for colour. Like the image by Jim Turner pictured above, there has been use of lots of saturated colours. However, my image has a range of colours, including different shades of saturated colours and some muted colours, whereas the Jim Turner image only uses yellow, green and blue.

Like the Jim Turner image, my image makes use of the rule of thirds composition rule. As you see, both have placed the subject along the vertical line to the right, with the subject and the background meeting at the top right point.

They also both use a narrow depth of field. Jim Turner's image keeps the flower closest to the lens in focus, the two behind it semi in focus, and the rest of the flowers in the background behind them are out of focus. In my image, the bicycle tyres are all in focus except for the one closest to the camera, and everything behind the tyres in the background is out of focus. 

The image by Jim Turner uses a large amount of very light tones to create a very tonally rich image, however it lacks when it comes to a wide tonal range. My image uses some very light tones, however, it also uses some darker tones, particularly on the floor and in the background, therefore my image has a wider tonal range than the one by Jim Turner. 

They also both make use of textures. My image contains some very smooth, slick textures, which are shown on the bicycle tyres and in some of the bicycle frames in the background. It also makes use of some rough, bumpy textures on the floor, therefore, there is a contrast in textures in my image. Jim Turner's image also uses a contrast in tones. It uses some smooth textures, which are shown in the petals of the flowers and it also shows some very bumpy textures in the centre of the flower.

Colour Manipulation

For this picture, I selected everything around the petals of the flower so it would not be effected when i converted the image to black and white. When I converted in the layer options tab, I moved some of the colours sliders down. I moved the greens slider down very low so that the background would appear very desaturated. Once I had converted to black and white, I then selected the flower petals, so that I could manipulate the colours of it. I used the colour balance option under the layer options and changed the sliders so there were high levels of magenta, red and yellow in the flower, meaning the flower looked very saturated.

For this image, I did something very similar. I selected everything around the bin with the quick selection tool, then converted to black and white in layer options. This time, I took the red, blue, green and yellows down to desaturate the background. However, I decided I wanted the bin to stay the same colour, so I didn't saturate the bin more than it already was.

Colour - Work Diary

For my colour Photoshoot, I wanted to focus on mainly bright colours, as I felt that images with bright, saturated colours in them would draw attention more than those with muted colours. I think that the photoshoot went well, as i managed to capture lots of saturated colours in my images, and because of where i shot, which was at Harlow town, there were also lots of muted colours in the background, which created a good contrast to the saturated colours in the foreground.

Above is my favourite photo from the session. I really like the colours presented on the bike wheels and how saturated they are. I think that it contrast very well to the rest of the picture, which mainly consists of muted colours, especially the pale yellows and blues on the buildings in the background.

This is probably my least favourite image on my contact sheet. Overall, just don't think there was an interesting range of colours or contrast in colours. Although there are some muted colours in the burned part of the sign, I feel a more saturated backing colour would have improved the effect of this.

If i were to retake this photoshoot, I would probably try to take some photos which contain analagous colours, which is a colour type I didn't really address in this photoshoot.

Straight Images - Colour

This image shows lots of saturated colours. Because of that and the fact the subject of the photo is a flower, it makes you think of Spring and Summer.

This image contains both saturated colours, in the man's high-vis jacket, and muted colours, in the tiles on the floor, therefore this photo creates two contrasting moods.

The Above image shows mainly saturated colours, such as in the bin, the railings, and the red plant pot, however, there are also some muted colours, such as in the floor. A contrast in colours is created.

This photo has a wide range of colours. There are lots of saturated colours such as the red, orange, pink and blue, and there is lots of grey too, shown in some of the drawings painted onto the background. There is a wide range of colours.

There are lots of colours in this photo. Lots of them are saturated, such as the bike wheels, however some are muted such as the colours on the building in the background. There are some analogous colours in the image too; the orange and yellow bike wheel.

Contact Sheet - Colour

Colour - Image bank

Image Bank

This image shows lots of very bright and saturated colours. There are analogous colours, which are the orange and red. The high saturation creates a sense of happiness and celebration.

The above image contains lots of muted colours. This creates a dull and depressing mood.

The image above uses lots of saturated colours. Overall, this image has a happy mood because of it and has connotations of Summer. However, there are some muted colours on the stems of the flowers, but i feel that they add to the piece by creating a contrast against the saturated colours.

Here is an image that contains almost entirely muted colours. As a result, it creates a sense of fear, tension and sadness.

this image contains lots of saturated colours, meaning it creates a sense of joy. It also has analogous colours - the red, orange and yellow are analogous.

Colour definitions

Colour- what you get back from an object when the light the struck it reflects back into your eyes.
Colour is one of the most important aspects of photography. The colours in a photograph will change the way we see it and the message it gives.
 For example, images theta are dark/dull in colour can give an effect of sadness, however, bright, saturated colours will make the picture seem happy and cheerful.

There are many different types of colour and ways to describe colour.
Firstly, the level of saturation in the colour is how intense and bright it is. The higher the saturation level, the brighter and more vivid the colour is.

Some colours can be described as muted colours, meaning they have den mixed with grey to create a grey, muted tone.

There are also Analogous colours. These are colours that are parallel to each other on the colour wheel, meaning they go well together in the same photography or piece of art.