Teacher: Mark Will
ROYGBIV Line 2
6080011 Tamer Sanioura
Research What is ROYGBIV? ROYGBIV or Roy G. Biv is an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up a rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.
Hand coloured photographs:
Hand-colouring refers to any method of manually adding colour to a black-and-white photograph, generally either to heighten the realism of the photograph or for artistic purposes. Hand-colouring is also known as hand painting or overpainting. Hand colouring examples (before and after):
Selective colour photographs: Selective colour is a post-processing technique where most of a photo is converted to black and white, but some parts are left in colour. This is usually achieved by using layers and masks in photo editing software (Photoshop, SilverFast, Adobe Fireworks or The GIMP for example). Selective colour examples:
HDR: High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or HDR) is a technique used in imaging and photography to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than is possible with standard digital imaging or photographic techniques. The aim is to present the human eye with a similar range of luminance as that which, through the visual system, is familiar in everyday life. The human eye, through adaptation of the iris (and other methods) adjusts constantly to the broad dynamic changes ubiquitous in our environment. The brain continuously interprets this information so that most of us can see in a wide range of light conditions. Most cameras, on the other hand, cannot. HDR examples (before and after):
In class activities
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Planning sheet
Contact sheet of the images I took for ROYGBIV
Final Images
Artist statement
For this task I was challenged to produce a series of six images representing the visible spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple in lieu of indigo and violet). I have chosen to take the images at the park because I prefer to shoot images outdoors with a great background of the sky, grass, trees‌etc. I used many things to get the images. First of all, I used the Nikon D3200 to take the images. As you can see in the images, I used my bike, a pen, a shisha (water pipe) and some friends. In the red and the green images, I used the shallow depth of field technique to focus on the colours and get a nice blurred background. And in the other images just deep depth of field. The day I shot the images was a cloudy day so the lighting was not what I was looking for. And I’ve chosen the selective colour technique to edit the images to get the final images, because I really liked the selective colour technique the most and I felt it would be the best technique with my images. Overall, I produced a series of six images representing the visible spectrum as I was challenged. I got the six images with all the colours and edited by one of the techniques we learned in class. Maybe my images are not perfect or not the best images but I am proud of them because I worked so hard to get them, I worked in class, on my free lines, at home, on the weekends to get these final images.
PMI (plus, minus, interesting)
Plus - positives I used my own ideas to get anything that I was challenged to do. Very good practice for Photoshop and shooting images.
Minus – negatives Very late shooting images. It was hard to get an SLR. My English is not good for the artist statement but tried my best.
Interesting Good experience to focus on getting six images representing the visible spectrum. Learned new techniques on Photoshop (specially selective colour)