Photography 11
Lesson #10 - Colour Stories
Big Idea: How can colour harmony affect overall mood?
Learning goal
To investigate colour and composition.
- Compositional strategies are used to enhances viewer interest.
- Colour adds depth, emotion, and context to the photos.
Learning Outcomes:
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To apply an understanding of compositional rules.
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To explore various colour harmonies
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To apply an understanding of depth of field working in aperture mode.
Editing
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Using Adobe Photoshop to learn how to use an overlay layer to dodge and burn.
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Using Adobe Photoshop to learn how adjust hue and saturation enhance an image.
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Using Adobe Photoshop to learn how to sharpen aspect of an image.
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Use of the eyedropper tool to pull dominate colours from images, increase canvas size and create a palette.
Assignment: Discover the magic of colour composition in photography by learning harmony rules and colour psychology to create images that evoke emotion.
Part 1 - Working with compositional rules (leading lines, rule of thirds, framing etc.) Shoot images the scream colour! Explore, Explore, Explore!!!!
Then - Edit, analyze, examine and extract dominate colours (in class demo).
Part 2
Presentation
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3 jpeg files - Your best compositions showing your exploration of a variety of colour harmonies (3 of the 5 below).
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All must be edited to enhance using the above methods,
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Dominant colours extracted and arranged in a palette either along the side or bottom of the image (Refer to in class demo and above examples).
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Label each with the colour harmony explored.
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Secondary
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Primary
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Complementary
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Analogous Colours - Cool
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Analogous Colours - Warm
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Contact sheet of 20 images that displays your multiple attempts at solution.
Primary Colours
Secondary Colours
Tertiary Colours
Complementary Colours - Blues and Yellows
Analogous Colours - Cool
Analogous Colours - Warm
Primary Colors: Red, yellow, and blue are what we call “pure colors.” They are not created by the combining of other colors.
Secondary Colors: A 50/50 combination of any two primary colors.
Example: Red + Yellow = Orange.
Complementary Colours - Two colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel. This combination provides a high contrast and high impact color combination – together, these colors will appear brighter and more prominent.
Tertiary Colors: A combination of a primary color and secondary color at various ratios. Example: Blue + Green = Anywhere from a turquoise to dark green.
Analogous Colors - sit next to each other on the color wheel. These can often a warm or cool vibe
