Color

Today, October 5th and tomorrow October 6th you will be learning about color. In class we went over a powerpoint that we discussed and took notes on. If you were not in class It is your responsibility to get those notes from someone in class and copy them down. Next week I will be giving you a quiz on these terms. I will be asking for definitions and also be giving senarios and you will tell me the correct actions to take. You will also be needing these notes for the in class assignment and your homework assignments throughout the next week.

Your assignment

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4 photos demonstrating the monochromatic color scheme
4 photos demonstrating the complementary color scheme and
4 photos demonstrating the analagous color scheme

For example, if I was taking monochromatic pictures I might take a picture at Bear Lake showing the blue shy and blue water. I could take a picture of a bowl of garden tomatoes, or of my turquoise sea glass. If I was taking complementary color photos I could take a picture of the orange fall leaves and the blue sky. For the analagous photos I could take a pictre of red, red-violet, and violet flowers in my front yard.

A few things to remember

* Your monochromatic and analagous photos must be 80% of your selected color. So 80% blue or yellow or blue-green with your primary photos and that your 3 colors chosen for your analagous images are 80% those colors.

* When you are shooting your complimentary photos focus on one color and use the other color as an accent. If you have 50% orange and 50% blue in your photo your eye will not know where to go and you will bounce around the image. Instead take of photo with mainly one color and then use its compliment for empasis. If I were using green and red I could take a picutre of a tomatoe plant. I would focus the majority on the green plant and then have one or two tomatoes popping out in the picture.

* Always make sure what you are photographic is interesting. I do not want to see people take pictures of your friends orange shirt and tell me that's your monochromatic photo. It has to be interesting and follow the rules of composition that we have talked about in class. I promise this will be easier than you think!

P = Primary

S = secondary

T = terciary

monochromatic

monochromatic

monochromatic

complimentary

complimentary

complimentary

ananagous

analagous