Roy G. Biv Digital Diary

TASK INTRODUCTION A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colours; the distinct bands are an artifacts of human colour vision.

This digital file will contain six images representing the visible spectrum (the rainbow) and include continuing research of Roy G. Biv

Sarah Ramirez Due Date: Wednesday, 18th of November, 2015

ROY G. BIV Continuing Digital Photography - Assessment 3 Mark Will – Line 2

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Table of Contents Week 1 – Foundation Theory 10 Most Beautiful Movies ................................................................................................................... 2 Colour Theory in Photography ........................................................................................................ 3 Week 2 – Colour and Mood Colour Can Influence Mood ................................................................................................................ 4 Brainstorming Wildlife .................................................................................................................... 5 Complimentary Colours ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 Week 3 – Photoshop Tricks Hand Coloring Images ……………………………….………………………………………………………………………………... 8 Practical 1 – Putting it to the Test ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9 Selective Colour Image ...………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10 Practical 2 – Putting it to the Test 2 ……………………………………………………………………………… 11 Week 4 – Mood Board Using Colour for Mood ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 12 Week 5 – Combining Images High Dynamic Range ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13 Practical 3 – Putting it to the Test 3 ………………………………………………………………………………... 14 Roy G. Biv Assignment Planning Sheet ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 16 Red ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 17 Orange ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 19 Yellow ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21 Green …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 23 Blue ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25 Purple ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 27 Artist Statement …………………………………………………………………………. 30

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10 Most Beautiful Movies There were 10 movies covered in this YouTube video that was tasked on Week 11, Friday. They will be numbered from 10 to 1 being the best.

10. Russian Ark 9. Manhattan 8. Citizen Kane 7. Zool: A Space Odyssey 6. The Conformist 5. The Fall 4. Hero 3. Lawrence of Arabia 2. The Tree of Life 1. Samsara The movie that I have chosen to further research is Hero. A lot of the Asian movies with a lot of action, and colour is something that I find very interesting. Even though this movie was centred on the protagonist assassinating a King, it was quite a beautiful movie. Many of the scenes took place in the outdoors – revealing many beautiful colours, creating a specific mood depending on the amount of colour – for example in the jungle it was all green and the overall intention was to try and show a calm surrounding for the protagonist during his journey. The camera angles worked quite well as it always focused on one beautiful piece of nature – or it would show us the landscape of Asia as quite a high key image. After only a few months of the film being out in cinemas, box office etc., it was named the most expensive project – and the highest grossing motion picture in Chinese film.

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Colour Theory There were 8 topics covered in the YouTube video that was tasked on Week 11, Friday.

Below will be each topic with a brief explanation.

Hue – is defined as colour. For photographers or artists it refers to a pure colour such as red, green, blue or yellow. For scientists, hue refers to a specific waveband in the visible spectrum.

Saturation – is defined as the intensity of a hue. Vivid primary colours are highly saturated (like green, red, yellow or blue) while pastel colours are unsaturated.

Monochrome (black and white) prints are desaturated since they lack colour intensity.

Brightness/Tone – is defined as the amplitude of the colour – or its proximity to the white or black end of the tonal scale. A colour with low value is close to black, while one with high value is close to white.

Intensity/Harmony – is defined as the combining of colours in a way that is harmonious to the eye. Essentially, it is what colours work well together which are generally complimentary colours.

Colour Schemes – is defined as an arrangement or combination of colours, generally used for interior decoration purposes.

Complimentary – is defined as colours that if are combined with another given colour could make white or black. This also refers to colours opposite each other on the colour wheel that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Analogous – is defined as a group of three colours that appear next to each other on the colour with, one always being the dominant colour, which is generally either a primary or secondary colour, and on of either side of the colour. Example of this would be red. Red- dominant, and orange or violet are on either side of the colour on the colour wheel.

Monochromatic – is defined as every colour that is a tiny, tone or shade of a single hue. They are colour schemes created from a single base hue and extended by using shades, tones and tints.

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Colour Can Influence Mood

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In photography, there are many ways to show the raw emotion and mood that someone may be feeling by either viewing their expressions such as crying, laughter, sadness etc., or we can use colours to communicate a much deeper meaning for an image. Besides using visual cues, colours are also understood and known by everyone – it has its own language.

The aesthetic feel of the yellow image is quite calm. Even though we cannot see the person, we can see the umbrella and the thought behind the image is that she’s preparing for the rain. But she isn’t sad – she isn’t in a negative mind frame. All of the fresh yellow flowers indicate that she is calm, happy. Nothing is dead, everything is beautiful.

The spider image makes me feel scared. As will it with anyone who does not like spiders.

The overpowering red and defined details of his legs just give one an uneasy feeling.

Below is a brainstorm of colours, identifying animals and emotions.

Red – is an emotionally intense colour as it stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. Which is why I’ve chosen a Shark for this colour as this is exactly the sort of emotions and feelings I’d be having if I saw a Shark out in the middle of the ocean.

Orange – this colour speaks more to our mind as a colour which is connect with physical comfort such as food, warmth, shelter etc. This is why I’ve chosen a bear as the colour orange because in many movies, or even in real life – those three factors all play a big role in a bear’s life.

Yellow – more often than not, people lose their tempers in yellow rooms and is an attention getting colour. This is why I’ve chose a crow as the colour yellow – they are birds that frustrate people, and they seem to love being the ‘frustrators’ of the world.

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Green – this colour is a calming, refreshing colour most associated with nature. It also implies wealth and masculinity. This is why I’ve chosen a frog, not only because it’s green but because they represent life and fertility – just like nature.

Blue – this colour is a tranquil colour and peaceful colour but it can also be cold and depressing, but also symbolises loyalty. This is why I’ve chosen the butterfly as through-out the world they are symbols of love, life, tranquillity, hope etc. in attempts to bring prosperity and happiness.

Purple – this colour signifies royalty, and represents wealth and sophistication which is why I’ve chosen the cat. Every royal member always needs a trusty cat side-kick and only the most expensive of the cat breeds.

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Complimentary Colours

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Hand Colouring Images

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Practical 1 – Putting it to the Test!

After Hand Colouring

Before Hand Colouring

Before Hand Colouring

After Hand Colouring

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Selective Colour

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Practical 2 - Putting it to the Test 2!

Before Selective Colouring

After Selective Colouring

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Using Colour for Mood

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High Dynamic Range

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Practical 3 - Putting it to the Test 3 These three images combined‌

Made this.

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Roy G. Biv Task

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Roy G. Biv – Planning Sheet

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Roy G. Biv – Red Contact Sheet

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Roy G. Biv – Red

Metadata Shutter Speed: 1/60th sec ISO: 800 Aperture: f 5, 0 Description: This image was taken during the day inside of my house. The image consists of several red strawberries clustered together.

Recognise: The image was shot from a close up, slightly elevated position in attempts to really capture the colour of each strawberry. The image was then post-produced in Photoshop, with the levels being adjusted to adjust the contrast and saturated slightly to bring out more of the red. It was also cropped to a 16:9 photo to appear cinematic.

Understand: This shot was taken indoors with little light, so the camera’s ISO was bumped up to 800 to fit together with the slightly slow shutter speed but quite a large aperture which then creates a little bit of noise in the image. The levels were adjusted to bring out the strong red colour of the strawberries.

Motivation: The original intention for this image was to simply create a red image. An image with so much red, it was like an overkill. The idea changed, and suddenly just a couple of strawberries demonstrated a strong enough colour. The techniques that were used was to create a Deep Depth of Field image, with the centre strawberry being in focus and the rest blurred to get the viewers eye towards the strawberry.

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Roy G. Biv – Orange Contact Sheet

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Roy G. Biv – Orange

Metadata Shutter Speed: 1/60th sec ISO: 1600 Aperture: f 5, 0 Description: This image was taken during the day inside my house. The image consists of several mandarins peeled and scattered around each other in the shape of a flower.

Recognise: The image was shot up close on a slightly elevated position in attempts to try and capture the mandarin flower. The image was then post-produced in Photoshop, with the Levels being adjusted to adjust contrast and then slightly saturated again to bring out the colour of the mandarin. It was also cropped to a 16:9 photo to appear cinematic.

Understand: The shot was taken indoors with very little light, making the ISO a 1600 to accommodate for the slow-ish shutter speed and large aperture. The image has a little bit of noise, but is barely noticeable.

Motivation: The original intention of this image was to demonstrate a creative side by placing the mandarin’s in a flower, but in order to capture the detail and colour of each piece, a close up shot was needed instead. The image also works quite well with the deep depth of field.

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Roy G. Biv – Yellow Contact Sheet

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Roy G. Biv – Yellow

Metadata Shutter Speed: 1/30th sec ISO: 400 Aperture: f 4, 0 Description: This image was taken indoors in the kitchen of my home. It consists of a full banana and sliced bananas.

Recognise: This image was shot from a close up, highly elevated position to capture the whole banana. The image was then post-produced in Photoshop with the levels being adjusted to bring out the shadows of the banana and accentuate the detail of the sliced banana.

Understand: The shot was taken indoors with a little bit of the natural light from the windows. The camera’s ISO is placed at 400 to allow the large aperture and slow shutter speed to work together in capturing the image. Rule of thirds was used in this image to have the eye focus straight onto the banana. It was also cropped to a 16:9 photo to appear cinematic.

Motivation: The original intention for this image was to capture the whole banana in the photo but if that was the case then you would not have been able to view the detail of each slice of banana. It was proven quite a difficult image because the set-out and size of the object played a big part in what was in the image and what wasn’t.

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Roy G. Biv – Green Contact Sheet

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Roy G. Biv – Green

Metadata Shutter Speed: 1/60th sec ISO: 800 Aperture: f 5, 0 Description: The image was taken indoors with light entering in from the kitchen window and the light above the apples that you can slightly see from the reflection of the skin of the apple. The image consists of several green apples being cut and placed together.

Recognise: The image was shot from an elevated position in order to capture several of the apple pieces. The image levels was adjusted in Photoshop and then slightly saturated to bring out more of the apple’s colour. Each apple slice is cleverly positioned in a line directing the eye towards the centre apple slice.

Understand: The shot was taken in a lot of light, because the aperture was larger allowing more light to enter the camera therefore providing us with a brighter image. It was also cropped to a 16:9 photo to appear cinematic.

Motivation: The intention of the image was to capture as much green as possible for the image and as less of the wooden chopping board as possible. The focused centre apple makes a great focal point which was un-intentional but worked well.

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Roy G. Biv – Blue Contact Sheet

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Roy G. Biv – Blue

Metadata Shutter Speed: 1/60th sec ISO: 800 Aperture: f 5, 0 Describe: This image was taken indoors with a little bit of light entering from a window.

It consists of several blueberries scattered on a brown chopping board. The flash has been used in this image.

Recognise: This image has been shot from a slightly levelled position in attempts to capture as many blueberries as possible without losing the effect of the Deep Depth of Field. The image has been adjusted in Photoshop, slightly saturated to bring out the dark blue a little more.

Understand: The shot was taken indoors with low light, but then the flash was used in order to be able to tell that the berries were in fact blue and not black which accentuates the large aperture and slow-ish shutter speed. It was also cropped to a 16:9 photo to appear cinematic.

Motivation: The overall intention of this image was to capture berries in their blueish but delicious form. The one focussed berry in the middle demonstrates our focal point as our eye leads straight there which works quite well as the rest of the berries look quite gross.

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Roy G. Biv – Purple Contact Sheet

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Roy G. Biv – Purple

Metadata Shutter Speed: 1/60th sec ISO: 800 Aperture: f 5, 0 Description: This image was taken indoors with a lot of light. The flash was used. It consists of several berries on top of each other, and all over the place.

Recognise: The image has been shot from a levelled but slightly elevated position to try and capture as many blackberries as possible. The rule of thirds has been used to lead our eye directly to the middle berry. The image was post-produced in Photoshop being heavily saturated in order to try and bring out the purple/violet/indigo of the blackberries. It was also cropped to a 16:9 photo to appear cinematic.

Understand: With the shot containing a lot of light, a high aperture was needed to allow that amount of light into the camera which worked well with the high ISO and slow shutter speed. Deep depth of field was attempted in this image, but was not carried out well as there isn’t much blur to the image.

Motivation: The overall intention was to capture the beauty of each blackberry and manipulate it into a lighter colour than it really is to achieve a purple-y colour. Each berry with its juices helped with the flash to appear brighter than it really was. Our eye goes straight towards the good looking berry in the centre of the photo which is great, giving us our focal point in the image.

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Roy G. Biv – Artist Statement All these images have been quite a challenge to do - as all of them have the same centred idea but are all such different images. I feel as though this has been one of my best photo shoots ever. It’s brought out a side of creativity that I never knew that I really had. The techniques, colours, ideas and range of settings that had been played around with, really bring out each image in their own special way. The original idea for all these images did change but I feel as though the plain and simple did work out a lot better than the more complicated idea that was originally planned. All these images, once placed together, all fit well. They all belong together which makes this task all that much worth the while. I would have changed the shadows of some images during post production, but I will continue to learn on the job and try different creative ideas.

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