5 SColor

Selective Color, 100 points Using selective color is usually a technique for isolating part of a photograph with a splash of color and contrasting it black and white in the other areas of the image. The selective color technique emphasizes parts of the photo and draws more attention to the subject, with small regions of color in an otherwise monochrome, the image immediately drawing the viewer’s eye. Selective coloring has its roots in hand-coloring – an artistic method of manually adding color to black and white photographs. Up until the 1950s, color film was expensive and out of reach for the average consumer, so black and white photographs were hand-colored using watercolors or oils, applied directly to the surface of the print using brushes or other tools. Talented colorists created beautiful pieces of art using this method. About 8-10 years ago, when the use of digital cameras was becoming more widespread, and more people were learning about the magic of Photoshop, selective coloring was all the rage and images using this technique were rampant. No more time-sucking hand-coloring! We can   do the SAME THING in ten minutes using Photoshop! Even better, we can compose the image and adjust the color right on the camera. Check out these links: http://www.lightstalking.com/selective-colour http://www.artfans.info/impressive-selective-color-photography/ http://www.kuriositas.com/2011/05/selective-color-outstanding-photography.html http://www.designswan.com/archives/34-beautiful-selective-color-photos.html https://www.nicholasgooddenphotography.co.uk/london-blog/selective-colour-photography https://medium.com/ubiquitense/10-cool-selective-color-photographs-bfaef988c192 https://plus.google.com/photos/106829782061473510390/albums/6044325692552543569 Assignment: Shoot at least 10 photographs of any object or subject considering which color will most enhance the composition or message of your photograph. A few of your images can be from around the school campus, but remember to look around your house, our yard, and your neighborhood for colors that would be interesting to isolate. Select at least 10 of the best images from your shoot to upload to your Picasa folder and add captions for them. Select the one image you feel is the strongest and explain why in a sentence under the picture’s comments.