Category Part 3 – Exercises
Exercise: Colour into Tones in Black and White
This exercise required me to compose a simple still-life arrangement which included the following colours: Red, Yellow, Blue and Green. The original colour image was then converted into a number of black and white versions using different filter presets in Adobe Lightroom 5. The idea behind the exercise is to demonstrate how coloured filters allow […]
Exercise: Colour Relationships
There appears to be a balance between colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel. The naturally harmonious relationship between these colours is referred to as complimentary. The six colours in the colour wheel make three complimentary pairs. These complimentary colours may be used to achieve a sense of balance to a composition. […]
Exercise: Primary and Secondary Colours
This exercise required me to take a number of photographs where the composition is dominated by each of the primary and secondary colours. The idea is to match the six colours on the colour-wheel as closely as possible. This was quite difficult as the brief suggested that we try to find the necessary colours in […]
Exercise: Control the strength of a colour
A colour is defined by the following three qualities: hue, saturation and brightness. Hue is essentially the name of a colour, for example, blue, orange, red, etc. Saturation describes a colour’s intensity, from saturated, intense and pure, to unsaturated, dull and weak. Brightness describes the brilliance of colour, for example, from very bright to very […]
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