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.