Color

Split Complimentary 

Monochromatic

Complimentary

Analagous

The color assignment was the third project of the year.  We focused on the color wheel and taking pictures with split complimentary, complimentary, monochromatic and analagous colors.  My favorite picture of the series was my split complimentary photo including the colors orange, purple and green.  I found the orange object on campus and never figured out exactly what is was, which made the photograph unique and thought provoking.  I added the purple flowers for two reasons; one because I needed it to become split complimentary, but also became the flowers had a softer shape as opposed to the harder shape of the orange object.  Overall, I really liked the split complimentary and thought it was the strongest and most impressive photograph.  The rest of the photos in the Color project were quite weak for all different reasons.  The angle of the monochromatic photo was not very interesting and the only reason I shot this photo was because of the monochromatic pinkish red colors.  The second photo had a slight shallow depth of field, which made it a little more diverse.  The complimentary photo and analagous photo were the weakest of the collection because the first one was shiny, blurry, out of focus and not an interesting photo at all.  The last photo of the tree and 10 MPH sign was the weakest of the group because it was shot from straight on and there was little intention in the shot.  Again, the photo was only taken because of the color scheme.  Although the purpose of this assignment was to learn the color wheel and how to take pictures with complimentary, monochromatic and other groups of colors, it forced me to focus more on the colors and less on the angle of the shot, composition and intention.