Colour

Colour

"the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light."

Colour can also be linked to Emotional, Physical and Behavioural properties. 

Martin Parr

Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer and photojournalist. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.

The first photo is good in representing Martin Parr's style of using highly saturated colours to present the style of a cartoon and less serious world. The second photo is more chaotic with its use of colour and still has the highly saturated colours in there.


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Selected Images

Improvement Needed

 This photo is too over exposed and does not focus on the blue of the sign. If I was to retake the photo I would adjust my settings so it wasn't over exposed

This photo is just out of focus on the orange bin bags so the subject that I wanted to focus on is out of focus. If I was to re-take the photo I would make sure it was in focus. 

AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.
The majority of these photos turned out as I wanted, I manage to achieve a good series of images that I happy to use. My intention with this shoot was to shoot images that contained a subject with a primary or vivid colour so I could link it with Martin Parr, his images has a large contrast overall so I would have to develop them further to achieve his style. With these photos I want to use photoshop to create more contrast to link the photos more to the work of Martin Parr. 

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

With this photo I want to change the contrast using curves within photoshop and change the saturation using the hue/saturation tool within photoshop. 

I adjusted the saturation and contrast to try and create a Martin Parr style. I reached this image and I felt it matched his style.

This photo has a high saturation but the cherries do not have a high enough saturation compared to Martin Parr, to make the photo more like his style I will use the hue/saturation tool to change the saturation then go on to change the contrast with curves. 

I changed the contrast and saturation to match the style of Martin Parr and eventually recently this photo that I felt was close to his style.

This photo has a good range of colours but does not have the saturation similar to Martin Parr, I am going to change the saturation with photoshop and edit the contrast.

I adjusted the contrast and saturation until I reached this image that matched Martin Parr's style. 

With this image I want to use photoshop to bring out the open sign's colours using the hue/saturation tool. Also using curves to bring the image closer to the style of Martin Parr. 

 

I raised the saturation and adjusted the contrast using curves creating an image that was similar to the style of Martin Parr.










AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.