Friday, November 21, 2014

Project 3: Color & Grids






For this project, we took pictures where color was the dominant element, then we edited them on Lightroom to change or enchance their color. We made custom grids on Lightroom and played around with color, rotations, and grid setup to make unique grids that exemplified different types of color combinations. 



Color Compliments
I took a photo of orange petals with a blue paper background, and edited it on Lightroom to make one with red petals and green background, and one with yellow petals and purple background. I then rotated them to make a cool aztek looking print.


Color Harmonies
For this grid, I shot pictures of yellow and pink flowers, and moved each picture around to show different parts of each photo in order to get variety in the grid.

Monochrome
For this photo, I used a picture of a life saving tube that I took while I was in Mexico. I made four different colors of the tube, white, light grey, dark grey, and black. I rotated them in Lightroom but made them not exactly line up to a circle, in order to form a cool pattern that was not completely symmetrical. I thought this photo would make a very nice clothing pattern.


Personal Choice
I liked this photo because of the contrast between the orange and yellow, and how it did not necessarily form a symmetrical pattern. I also like the contrast between the purple sky and the blue sky. I like this photo because of the colors that pop in it. 


Mood
I really like this mood photo because the color of the yellow kayak combined with the deep blue sky makes a very relaxed mood. The water is also very still, and near the kayak you can see all the way down to the sand. These things give the picture a very calm and organic feel. I really like this picture because the yellow really stands out, but the blue does too at the same time and provides a calm and relaxed photo.




Color Wheel & Mood

Color Wheel

Corey Arnold uses the contrast between the red and blue colors to set the mood of tension and stress in this photo.  The waves look harsh, which is most likely enhanced by editing to give them a darker and more serious feel. The red color of the boat looks like it has been changed to have a more brighter and richer color to contrast against the blue and add the element of tension in the photo. Corey Arnold used this to make the person seeing the image to feel the stress of the large waves and the tension that occurs between the two colors.