On the 11th of March between classes and after class I decided to take photo’s centred around light. I walked around Melbourne Central shooting shadows and sunlight. I wandered down to the lower level near Elizabeth street which is a section I don’t go to often and found that there are a lot of shops down there that have really cool neon lights. After class I walked out to a very sub-par sunset but it reflected some amazing pinks, greys and blues onto the clouds above me.
I already know I can be very particular about colours I don’t mind a bit of warm oranges in my photos but I still really dislike most (to almost all) complementary, triadic and tetradic colour pairings. If I take photo’s in colour they have to be either:
- Similar tone
- Similar temperature
- Could be mixed together to create something different. Example I really enjoying taking photos of pinks and blues (together they’d make purple)
- Monochromatic
- Analogous
I really liked the photos attached the most below due to the colours, except possibly the last image which I am now realising is my least favourite of the set due to the green leaves (which I darkened in photoshop) being still slightly too green around the edges to sit harmoniously with the soft pinks in the clouds.
I also really enjoy having straight and strong lines within my photos, I feel that it really grounds/defines the space that I’m taking photo’s of. I would have liked the first image (shot tower) better if I re-positioned the camera so the light ran straight across cutting the image in two, but I could always block out the left side of the image with a bit of black. (I just went and did a second edit, it’s next to it now and I feel I like the original better, I think the space on the left hand side helps create balance and solitaries the space).
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