Hi I'm Doug McKinlay and you're watching AdoramaTV. Today we're going to be looking at color,
not just the incidental color that's in every picture, but we want to get to the
roots of color, how we can shape an image.
AdoramaTV presents Stay Focused with Doug McKinlay
Like many markets, everything is on display.
It's up to us as photographers to find those great pictures. This place is fantastic,
there is just so much to shoot here. But since today our subject is color,
let's go find some great street art.
For instance, here's a piece a graffiti that's exhibiting some great bulk colors.
Lots of blues, lots of reds, primary colors, it's going to be very striking. It will
make a fantastic picture,
it will stand out
Now that's almost it, but I think what I should do is get a little tighter,
a little closer,
maybe just pick up a piece of the eye, and a little bit of color on the outside here. Make it really, really,
really tight, really really close, make it really stand out.
It's not all about bold colors
you want to see some nice quiet colors as well. With this image for instance,
we've got some yellows, some reds, some browns and some greens.
Great colors for the autumn, nice and subtle,
evokes a different kind of emotion than the bold colors, nice and quiet.
Yeah that works really well, I don't think we need to do anything more to this picture.
I love this place it's fantastic, every week it changes,
you never know what you gonna get, it's a great place for pictures.
But, before we even think about taking pictures,
we gotta think about white balance. White balance is the way to control your images in
terms of color casts.
The best way to do that is to shoot in RAW files, that way it can be changed
at anytime in computer.
Unfortunately with jpeg files, what happens is the camera will choose
the white balance, and oftentimes that leaves you with a really nasty color cast
that you cannot fix. So shoot in RAW, always shoot in RAW.
One aspect of color we haven't touched on yet are complementary colors.
This is when the shades of colors are very similar, like a blue sky against a blue sea.
Which you can see behind me the graffiti, the colors are quite similar.
It helps to evoke a sense of calm and serenity, very nice images.
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So we've just checked out some fantastic graffiti art,
now let's get deep into the market, let's go for a stroll.
Today we've been looking at different aspects in colour.
Not just the incidental color that happens on every picture, the color is a subject in itself,
and I'm confident if you take the time to plan your images around the color
photography will only improve.
That's it for today, I'm Doug McKinlay for AdoramaTV.
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