Colour
William Eggleston:
In this image, we can see that he is sitting down, smoking. Even though we can see what he is doing, we cant tell where he is. For example: a living room, garage etc. |
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This is a good example of his work because it shows off his style and technique. Eggleston has created many images in this style, the main thing about his style is hidden places/objects. For example, he could take an image of someone under a table or behind a door. Or even just somewhere where we can't tell where he is.
The white backdrop contrasts with the dark brown sofa. This highlights all the other colours in the image. (The blue pillow, the orange from the cigarettes, his tie.)
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In this image, Eggleston has captured a room that is dominated with red paint. Because the room is really red, it highlights all of the other colours. For example, the red from the door frames and the white wires of the light. William Eggleston has taken this photo to show how certain colours brighten other colours to make it more noticeable.
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Miles Aldridge:
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Miles Aldridge is a British fashion photographer that takes images of 'fashion'. Or what he thinks is fashion.
Aldridge first started to take photos in 1995 and ever since, he has worked for companies like Teen vouge. The New York Times, The Face and many others. Aldridge also is life time friends with celebrities like John Lennon, Elton John and Eric Clapton. |
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Inspiring Images
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This image is interesting to me because the background of the flower is black and white while the actual flower is colourful. The contrast between the two colours highlights the yellow, pink, blue and green. the black and white background acts as a blank canvas. This image inspires me because
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This image inspires me because I like the concept of the clouds. At first, this image confused me because I did not know how this photo was achieved. I then realised that paint was put into water and then was flipped upside down. This interests me because it is a cool Concept and I think it would be good to replicate.
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This image interests me because it is a greyscale picture but it shows the colour red. Of course rain isn't red, so the photographer had to digitally edit it. This is different to my 1st inspirational picture because this colourises is more detail. The light from behind the plants, also highlights the red-ness of the rain drops. This image is also quite different to The flower image. This image does not focus on one object/thing in the image, it captures and changes small details in an image.
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This image inspires me because not only is there two different colours in the background, the drop of water that the Camera is focused on has flipped the background colours.
Not only does the image itself look appealing, the way you make it will also be interesting. |
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I like this image
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Colour - Photoshoot 1
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This is an image is a picture one strip of my wall. For this image, I highlighted/selected key colours from each 'comic'. For the Captain Marvel, I highlighted the red from the shield. For Spider-Man, I highlighted the red from Spiderman. I did this for all the images to express how colour can change how we see images.
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Photoshoot 2
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In this photoshoot, I tried to melt the crayons but they took along time for it to start to melt. So the crayons did not fully melt so I crushed the crayons to see If they would blend while crushed.
They did not blend well while melted, so I put some Blue crushed crayons onto the semi-melted grey crayon to create a blend-ish effect. |
Photoshoot 3
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For this photoshoot, I layered different colours of paint on top of each other; The lightest colour being at the bottom.
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Final Outcome
For my final project, I am going to do colour selection while making it a collage. I really enjoy the David Hockney style of joiners/collages. He takes many images that layer each other. They all layer over each other to make an image. Collages are also good to show Depth of field. Collages are a perfect example to show how layering "mini" pictures over each other to make one final picture. They show the different way you can present a picture and this is my favourite. Although you have to be very patient, the final project is worth it. I'm going to go a place where there is a diverse amount of colours, or even a minimal amount of colour.
For this final image, I went into my school canteen and took 20-30 images of one particular window. It shows window, other parts of the school and chairs. This gives the viewer a chance to see the architect of my school to show our canteen. I chose the canteen mainly because of the green chair. With the canteen being white and the contrast with the green chairs, it highlights the colour to be more impactful. So the contrasts between the colours is what made me invested in this image. I used my phone camera. I used an iPhone XS Max. I took it in 4K but it couldn't be rendered in 4K, so it is 1080p. Using my phone made it easy to take images quickly. Once I gathered around 20-30 images, imported them onto a computer and started to edit them. I went through each image, carefully selecting around each chair that is in the image. This took me a couple of hours, seeing as I wanted it to be good. After Highlighting each chair, I made the background greyscale; to make is black and white. After all the images were completed, I started building the image liked a puzzle. I started with one, then I added another that had the same window or chair or table to make it overlap. This will create the 'joiner' effect. The result of this, is the image on the top. The image below is a it different because I selected some overlapping images and made them brighter. This is so it blends more in with the rest of the image.
If I was to improve this picture, I would recommend taking more photos in the canteen so you have more to work with. It is always good to have more photos than needed because some of them can become handy.
Overall, I am happy with my final project. I think it successfully showed Depth Of Field and the question: Colour. I chose to do colour selection. Although it took awhile to edit, the final product was fantastic. The green chairs are easily visible and shows how much of an impact the chairs do.
If I was to improve this picture, I would recommend taking more photos in the canteen so you have more to work with. It is always good to have more photos than needed because some of them can become handy.
Overall, I am happy with my final project. I think it successfully showed Depth Of Field and the question: Colour. I chose to do colour selection. Although it took awhile to edit, the final product was fantastic. The green chairs are easily visible and shows how much of an impact the chairs do.
