A little Country

When I took this photo I took I first took it with the sun behind me. It was a nice picture, but this one has light coming form the side bringing a whole new element to the photo (I love it). Light is the key to photography. It is a photographers paintbrush and easel, and light is a tool that needs to be understood and mastered.   

Isolated Color

In this photo I was experimenting with isolated color. Sometimes isolated color is much more effective than taking a picture with a ton of  color. I heard a interesting quote in my photo class it goes, "a thimble of red is much more than a bucketful." I don't know who said it but the concept is very true. 

Just a reminder magenta and the green are complementary colors. Check out the color wheel post if you don't remember what the other complementary colors are. :)

Light

This photo was taken near Porter Park in Rexburg Idaho. I lined up the sun so that it would be in the middle of the street lamp, giving the lamp the appearance that it was on, in the middle of the day. 

In this picture I was trying to demonstrate the use of a small light source. The sun is a prime example of a small light source. Small light sources are when the light comes from a concentrated point. Small light sources also can create a sort of harsh light; making dark shadows and bright highlights.  This is why if a photographer has to take pictures in the middle of the day they will have a flash, so they can lighten up those dark shadows.

A good example of a large light source is a cloudy day. On a cloudy day the whole sky is your light source and you don't really get any shadows or a lot of highlights. Cloudy days are my favorite days to go and shoot in the middle of the day.

There are also medium light sources and a good example of that is when you are taking a picture in doors, your source of light is a window, and outside is cloudy. This will create faint shadows and highlights. But, if it is sunny outside that window can become a small light source.