Assignment 2: Colours

The brief for this assignment was to take photos of found or setup situations that showed one of the following:

• Colour harmony through complementary colours
• Colour harmony through similar colours
• Colour contrast through contrasting colours
• Colour accent through any of the above

Since I have had a 4 month break from any work on photography (I have a good excuse!!) I thought I would just post these assignment photos so I can move on with the new and old projects, so this is a little out of order.

Comments welcome as usual ;-)

Colour harmony through complementary colours:
Photo 1: Blue + Orange

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/4.5, 70mm,1/125sec, exposure bias -1/2 stop, ISO 400, natural light, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 2: Blue + Orange

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/4.5, 24mm, 1/6s, Tripod, ISO 400, natural light, Minor sharpening, crop, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 3: Green + Red

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/3.5, 54mm, 1/350s, ISO 200, natural light, Minor sharpening, levels, crop applied in-computer.

Photo 4: Violet + Yellow

100mm f/2.8 Macro lens, Canon 30D, f/10, 100mm, 1.200s, exposure bias -1/3 stop, ISO 200, natural light, Tripod, minor sharpening, crop, levels applied in-computer.

Colour Harmony through Similar Colours
Photo 1: Blue + Green

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/5.6, 64mm, 1/350s, ISO 200, natural sunlight, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 2: Yellow + Green

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/3.5, 57mm, 1/180s, ISO 200, nautral light, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 3: Violet

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/3.5, 70mm, 1/500s, exposure bias -1/2 stop, ISO 100, natural sunlight, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 4: Oranges + Yellows

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/4, 70mm, 1/2s, tripod, ISO 400, evening light.

Colour Contrast through contrasting colours
Photo 1: Violet + Green

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/2.8, 57mm, 1/90s, ISO 400, shade, Minor sharpening, levels, crop applied in-computer.

Photo 2: Red + Blue

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/6.3, 24mm, 1/400s, ISO 400, natural sunlight, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 3: Yellow + Red

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/4, 30mm, 1/90s, exposure bias -1/2 stop, ISO 400, indoors, natural light through skylights, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 4: Yellow + Blue

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/4.5, 24mm, 1/350s, ISO 200, natural sunlight, circular polariser, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Colour Accent
Photo 1: Yellow + Violet

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/6.7, 70mm, 1/250s, exposure bias -1/2 stop, ISO 200, natural light, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 2: Red + Blue

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/8, 24mm, 1/350s, exposure bias -1/2 stop, ISO 400, natural sunlight, circular polariser, Minor sharpening, levels applied in-computer.

Photo 3: Red + Blue

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/6.7, 70mm, 1/125s, exposure bias -1/2 stop, ISO 250, natural sunlight, Minor sharpening, levels, crop applied in-computer.

Photo 4: Blue + Orange

100mm f/2.8 macro lens, Canon 30D, f/2.8, 100mmm, 1/15s, exposure bias -1/2 stop, ISO 400, tripod, 580EX flash with diffuser, background black enhanced in-computer.

Photo 5: Red + Yellow/Blue

24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/3.5, 40mm, 1/30s, exposure bias -1/2 stop, ISO 400, tripod, 580ex flash with diffuser, minor sharpening applied in-computer.

Project 36: Warm & Cool Colours

Continuing on with the colour theme, here I am trying to seperate out warm & cool colours, and then also produce a photo which has both warm & cool colours but in a contrasting fashion.

Photo 1: Warm Colours.

Evening light at Aberlady Bay. The sun was just setting and the light lovely rich and warm. The colours are quite muted in this photo but are very evocative of warmth.

55mm, f/5.6, 1/125s, ISO200

Photo 2: Cool Colours

Sheep, grass, ruin & water, Iona, Isle of Mull. The blues and greens along with the ruins and sheep give off a cool feel to this photo.

70mm, f/13, 1/250s, ISO200

Photo 3: Warm contrasting with Cool
I don't often photograph people, but this couple looked really lovely walking down the road in Edinburghs Old Town that I thought I would make an exception. The light was quite cool as it was in shadow from the buildings. The red t-shirt and warm coloured dress contrast with the cool light and the background blue shop-fronts.

63mm, f/4, 1/45s, ISO500

Project 35: Colour Relationships

The aim was to produce one photo for each combination of primary & secondary colours, in proportions according to the colour circle balance. Then also produce 4 photos which are any mixtures of strong colours that are appealing.

Photo 1: Red:Green 1:1

48mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO200

Photo 2:Orange:Blue 1:2

34mm, f/5.6, 1/800s, ISO400

Photo 3: Yellow: Violet 1:3

100mm, f/10, 1/200s, ISO200, Tripod

Photo 4: Coloured boats on the canal

70mm, f/5.6, 1/180s, ISO200

Photo 5: Tobermory, Isle of Mull

175mm, f/5.6, 1/350s, ISO200

Photo 6: Fuchsia Cottage, Isle of Arran

38mm, f/4.5, 1/125s, ISO400

Photo 7: Cars, Bins & Shirt

55mm, f/3.5, 1/180s, ISO200

Project 30: Colour Control

Simply this project was to investigate the different colours that result from under or over exposure. I often underexpose my colour shots to emphasise the colour (deepen it), but it was still interesting to see the subtle changes from dark to light in this series of shots. I chose the front bonnet of a blue car. I kept the aperture constant (f/4.5) and changed the shutter speeds required to change the exposure.

Photo 1: -1stop

Photo 2: -1/2 stop

Photo 3: Correct exposure

Photo 4: +1/2 stop

Photo 5: +1 stop