I’ve shared many many stories and images on the blog here to help illustrate the various nuances of things like light, angles, and yes, even color. I’ve talked about complementary colors, and simplicity of colors and I’d like to re-visit that today as we head into the weekend, because it’s not something I see talked about a lot.
The illustration I am trying to make in all of this is that a simplicity of color can be just as powerful as a huge rainbow of colors – and sometimes, even more so. Sometimes, a uniformity of color can have an impact and a power that all the wild variations thrown together cannot induce a positive reaction. As in all things photographic, the best way to demonstrate is through imagery. here are a few examples of the “Power of Color” In the interests of keeping things consistent, I am working hereunder the RGB principle of Red, Green, and Blue as the three primary colors, and will look at these in comparison to a scene of multiple colors. Ready? let’s go! Continue reading “The power of color”