Hillary Nystedt, Task V

My task five was inspired by Jo's presentation on the use of the colour blue in Krysztof Kieslowski's Trois Couleurs: Bleu. The original image was full of white, bright light. I felt that changing it  to a blue glow would change the mood of the photograph. Like Julie in Trois Couleurs, my friend in the image has tried to withdraw herself from live and social connections, as Julie tried in the film. I see blue as calm, contemplative and seperate from one's self.

Assignment 1 task 5

 
 One of the presentations was about the use of pastels in early 50's advertisements for women. I thought about how the same concept could be applied to men's advertising. Normally men's sports advertisements feature strong bold colours, a bright school bus yellow in this case. Using photoshop, I replaced the bright, bold yellow with subdued pastels. I think the change of colour has a huge effect on how the advertisement is viewed. Before the change, the attitude in the ad is about man power and a bit of bad ass mixed in, if running through barbed wire shirtless is any indication of how bad ass sports are, but with the pastel purple the BANG in the image kind of flops.

 

Filena Arcia Assignment 1 Task 5

I never really thought about how colour can affect our mood, health, and other areas of our life in such strong ways but after the presentations it really got me thinking about how we view the world around us and how we have grown accustom to the colours we see. The sky is blue and grass is green but what if it wasn’t? It got me thinking how it would affect us if it was the exact opposite. Using the colour wheel and an image of a river I took in the fall (because the colours that appear at this time) I manipulated it in photoshop. I chose the exact opposite colour on the wheel and used the paint bucket and other filters to change the colour of the original image. When I look at this I feel alone and cold and not like I would in fall which is alive and warm. It brought on completely opposite feelings which was interesting to experience from the same image when you do something as simple as change the colours.

Hillary Nystedt - Task IV

This is my work for "After Colour". The tomatoes without their colour bring attention to the form and shape, juices and pulp.

Task 5 - Matin Pezeshgzad

Abstract colour in photography...
Color is never within an object itself. Color is in the light reflected onto it and is ultimately what we perceive as colour.

sarah ashenhurst task5

sarah ashenhurst task4