Thursday, November 20, 2014

Project 3 Color and Grids

Harmony 
 This grid is made up of a single picture of a bike wheel that has been cropped and rotated different ways. I worked with cool colors, choosing to use green purple and blue for the photos. I felt the cool colors worked with the silver of the wheel to create a very cold mechanical feeling.

Monochrome 
For this grid I used a preset to create a uniform color scheme. I then custom created a grid of four pictures. I took that grid, rotated it different directions in order to make a new grid where the same picture pointed in from each of the former grids. I did this once more to create the final grid. I left some white space between the photos as I felt that it added to the design of the photo and mimicked the white space in each of the individual photos created by the sign structure.

Compliments 
Here I used the complimentary colors orange, and blue green. I took a picture of a brick wall and changed the color and rotated the picture so they were all pointing inward. I then took that picture and put it in a contact sheet like format grid. I once again left the white space in the grid as it seemed more visually appealing then when I removed the white space.

Rainbow 
With this grid I played with the idea of using different colors, but in muted tones. I started by making a grid of a single picture that I reimported it, made copies of it, and changed the colors.

Other 
This was another idea that I decided to play with. I took a picture of a bench and brightened the colors then repeated it in a grid creating a kind of kaleidoscope effect.


Mood Photo
For this photo I used contrasting colors in order to create the mood. I darkened the leaves in the background to emphasize the red tones, and brightened the color on the green leaf, which emphasized the contrast. This created a focus on the green leaf created a warm very alive feeling drawn out by the crisp dead feeling of the leaves that surround it.




Color

Color Wheel


Mood Photo


This photo shows the use of color to create a cold feeling environment. The use of blue gives the feeling of cool crisp atmosphere. It creates the mood of the photograph, which is very somber.