Week 6_Task 2_ Examples of colour theory in photography

Examples of Colour Theory in Photography

Primary: 

The row of flowers in the photograph shown consist of red and yellow, shot with a blue background. This is a perfect example of primary colours. Due to the clash between these three highly saturated hues, it creates a strong contrast.

Secondary: 

The flower in this photo has purple petals with an orange stigma and green leaves or stems, in other words it displays the three secondary colours. The purple petals are lowly saturated contrasting with the highly saturated hue of the orange stigma.

Tertiary: 

Tertiary colours are made by mixing a primary colour with a secondary colour. The red-orange, green-blue and purple in this photo display the tertiary colours.

Analogous: 

This display of red-orange flowers is a good example of analagous colours. Analagous colours create serenity and are used to create a gradient.

Complimentary: 

When used together, complementary colours intensify each other. For example, the yellow and purple in this flower, the yellow complements the purple which somewhat neutralises the colour reducing the intensity.

Week 5_Examples of Gestalt theory

Here are a few examples of Gestalt theory that I created in photoshop. I used some downloaded custom brushes for  the more complex silhouettes such as the dancing woman and the cat. The other ones were just basic shapes drawn with photoshop brush tool.

Letter A

Letter N

Letter R

Star

Star

Week 5_Task_Gestalt Law

Gestalt Law or Gestaltism is the theory of how people tend to visualise or organise visual elements into a unified whole. M.C Escher applies this law to his work by using the following principles:

1. Pegasus (No.105):

This picture is demonstrates Gestalt Law by using symmetry, figure and ground. The picture is composed purely of the same pegasus. There are two colours being used to differentiate between the pegasus however this also creates the illusion of background surrounding a figure. i.e. if looking at the white pegasus, they are surrounded by a brown ground.

 2. Day and Night
Uses a combination of the the Continuation and Reification principle. The eye is compelled to naturally follow the line of the perceived diamond. It goes from the birds above moving diagonally to the city below through the fields.

 3. Ascending and Descending
Escher  relates to the gestalt law in this picture using the multistability or multistable perception principle. The eye is going back and forth between two alternative interpretations of the stairs.