Colour Assignment ideas

I have various ideas for this assignment but want to do something completely different to the norm. To help with this below is the colour wheel showing the secondary colours.

I prefer this one at colourlife.com as per below:

This is a Tertiary colour wheel and shows the relationships clearer.

For this assignment we have to take 4 photographs of each of the following -

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

I want something unusual to show these and will look at a theme.

Exercise - Colour Relationships

For this exercise I arranged three still life photos with the red/green , orange/blue and yellow/violet with the proportions of 1:1. 1:2 and 1:3.

Yellow/Violet on 1:3 ratio

Orange / Blue on 1:2 ratio

Red/Green on 1:1 ratio

Below are four colour combinations that appeal to me

This flower with the white and red does not clash with the green but compliments it.

I find these three colours together very calming.

This is a droplet of water on a cd. The rainbow effect shows a variety of colours that all work well together.

This Christmas decoration in Leeds castle also shows colours that work well together

There are so many different combinations that work, even those that you feel shouldnt as is in the green and red.

Exercise - Colours into tones in black and white

Blue Filter

Green Filter

Red Filter

Yellow Filter

For this exercise I used four strings of cotton with each of the primary colours as can be seen in the below picture. I then applied the filters in photoshop when the conversion to black and white was done.

Exercise - Control the strength of a colour

For this exercise I used the leaves on a plant that had a very vibrant green. Putting the camera on Auto the recommended setting was f5, 1/100, ISO 400 so this is the first photo.

f5, 1/100, ISO 400

f6.3, 1/100, ISO 400

f4.5, 1/100, ISO 400

f4.0, 1/100, ISO 400

f5.6, 1/100, ISO 400

The over exposed images look to blown out and lose a lot of the detail where the darker ones look a lot better.

Finished the model editing

At long last finished editing the model photos so I can know concentrate on the colour part of the course. A few of the pics are below. They were done using my 50mm f1.8 prime lens which I am beginning to fall in love with. The clarity of the pictures are beutiful aided by the depth of field that it can manage.

I will now be concentrating in getting the first two exercises done before Christmas.

Update

I have not posted in over a month. I'm trying to think why but other than being busy every weekend with various model shoots and work I cannot think of any.
I have submitted my assignment but I still need to upload photos for the following exercises -
1. Real and implied triangles
2. Rhythms and Pattern

I will get these finished tonight an posted on here.

I have recently bought a Nikon D90 which I am finding a very useful camera. I also purchased a Nikkor 50mm 1.8D. The reason I bought this prime lens was to stop me from becoming lazy and to start working more on the composition of the shot. I used it solely for the latest model photoshoot I did today and will post some of these photos as well.

Exercise: Implied Lines

This exercise is on implied lines. The first one was a sun ray pointing at my daughter and mum while they were walking down some steps. The second one was where one of the models is looking at the other and she is looking outside of the picture.