Here we find another four articles on composing with color, continuing on from the last four articles. The first link shows an article about journaling the colors that you see when you take a shot just to remember when you get to the editing process. I find this to be semi-important. If you are a purist and really want the colors to be exactly how they were when you saw them this is important to do. But for me I tend to like playing around with all of the tools at my disposal to make the colors however vibrant or contrasted I want them to be. It does have some interesting pointers on editing and how to get the effect that you are going for.
The second article talks about saturation and contrast of photos. Then it explains how to prevent over saturation. Some of the things that the author states I do not agree with. For one, I think that if for you as an artist and photographer a little bit higher contrast and saturation works then so be it. It does not mean you should sacrifice other parts of the photo or think that those are the save all. Focus and framing are also very important. He also talks about local and global saturation. This is the difference between saturating or desaturating one area or one color as opposed to the whole picture plane. He continues on to talk about various tools that can help with controlling saturation and getting the picture that you want.
The third article gives some pointers on working with color in photoshop. It is important to remember that when shooting in raw files it opens many possibilities for color changes after shooting your photographs. He also talked about the color pallets and kind of choosing what color scheme you are going for.
The fourth article touches on the differences between black and white shooting as compared to color. It explains the three different parts of color shooting and all of the different tools you can use to accomplish a goal. While this is all fine and dandy for some people because that's the way their mind works with photography, I prefer taking it one piece at a time. If i feel one piece should be black and white then I shall make it that way. If i think that the saturation would work better a little bit more saturated then I will do it. But kudos to those who have a different way of photographing than I do. That is what will make the photography world separate as the painting world did.
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