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color and panoramas
Caroling Geary 2008-Aug-15 22:20:00
I've been thinking about the theme for the next event in September:
Color (Brit: Colour). It sure is different from a theme such as
Bridges. I could search out scenes or objects that have a color or
colors I like. Such as many beach balls or hot air balloons. I could
pick a scene I like and wait until the light colors it to my taste,
such as a cool foggy blue before dawn or warm rays of setting sun
reflecting off the surfaces. I could provide my own lights or filters
to get the color I like. I could bring props or arrange a still life
of fruit in bright colors. Of course absence of color is also a
statement about no color. The effect of color is always relative to
shapes and other colors.
Then there's what I can do with the software. I can vary the white
point. In Photoshop there are myriad ways to manipulate the color or
add new shapes and colors. Why would I want to do that, to search for
an effect or experiment? Choosing colors to represent a mood or
emotion is a different starting point than looking at color for
color's sake. But if I find a black dog chasing a red ball on a green
lawn, and I try to make it all emphasize the redness of the red, I
still must deal with the meanings and feelings associated with the
objects and the actions. The bouncing of the ball. Can I use color to
make it more bouncy? The action of the dog. Can color emphasize the
run? The grass, should it be intensified or dulled down to let the
other colors shine? I could do an abstract painting, getting as close
to color itself as I can.
Some of my color experiences seem elusive. I've seen rainbows and
flashing spectrums of colored light in running water in streams that
I never catch in the photo. Rainbows too, never look as radiant in my
photos.
I seem to find challenges. Still no solutions.
Caroling Geary, www.wholeo.net
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