Project 3: Color and Grids

In this project, we had to edit pictures so that they showed warm, cool, and complementary colors, as well as monochromatic pictures and photos that show mood. We also had to make photo grids. All pictures were edited using Lightroom.

Warm Colors

These two pictures show warm colors--one is part of the artwork in my backyard, and the other is a flower.. I increased the saturation of the colors to make them pop while editing.

This warm-colored grid (dimensions: 3 x 3) is of the artwork in my backyard. When editing, I increased the saturation and changed the exposure.

Cool Colors

These photos show cool colors--one is of a watch that I found in a bowl full of marbles and the other is of sunset at Heceta Head on the Oregon coast. When I edited these photos, I decreased the saturation of the warmer colors (the gold of the watch and the gold of the lighthouse) and cropped them.

This grid (dimensions: 4 x 4) shows cool colors. I love the swirling patterns of this grid, and I rotated the pictures to make a pattern.

Complementary Colors

These photos show complementary colors--in both cases, the colors are blue and orange. One is of  a tree behind my house and the other is of a glass vase my uncle made. When editing, I cropped the photos square, enhanced the saturation, and sharpened the details.

This grid is of some wall art in downtown Portland, and it shows complementary colors. When making this grid, I rotated the pictures to create patterns and cropped the photos.

Monochrome

These black-and-white photos are monochromatic--one is of the trees in my backyard and the other of some rocks of the coast of Rockaway, Oregon. I edited the tree picture by making it black and white, and I cropped the beach photo and changed the exposure.

This grid (dimensions: 3 x 4) combines monochromatic photos from some of my favorite environments--the forest and the Oregon coast. I rotated the photos of the grid to make the lighthouse symmetrical and to make a pattern with the branches of the trees.

Mood

These two pictures show mood. One is my basketball hoop and the other is the one surviving flower left after a winter storm. I edited these photos to create a sort of somber mood by making it monochromatic, and for the flower picture I increased the saturation of the flower to give it an almost hopeful feel. I also made the flower off-center to affect the mood.

I decided to include this photo because it shows both cool colors and monochrome--and because I like the photo! I edited it to enhance the details of the waves and cropped out the beach behind it.