Assignment 3: Colour: Still Life: Colour Harmony – Complimentary Colours

 The assignment brief is to take four photographs to show each of the following in deliberate relationships:

• Colour harmony through complimentary colours

• Colour harmony through similar colours
  
• Colour contrast through contrasting colours

• Colour accent through any of the above

I will attempt to include the following categories in each of the groups above:

• Abstract
• Landscape (nature)
• Cityscape (man made)
• Still life (including food)

I have given this assignment a lot of thought and planning. I am starting by taking the still life photographs.

Still Life: Colour Harmony – Complimentary Colours

I have started with a simple close up image of tomato segments and lettuce for complimentary colours in proportion to their relative brightness i.e.1:1. The photo was taken in my studio setup using just one soft box to the right as shown below:



6547: 1/125s f13 80mm macro lens





Colour Diagram – notes. This image’s colours are fairly well balanced, they are in the correct proportion according to their relative brightness (1:1). The red is not fully saturated and does not overpower the green. The elements in the composition include both curves and diagonal lines introducing rhythm across the frame.