Work Diary - Tone

Evaluation

I found the tone session quite enjoyable. It was the first time I had shot photos using the black and white mode on the camera. I felt that this benefited the result of my images as I could clearly see in viewfinder the different shadows, highlights and tones of the frame content. This was useful because If I was about to take a photo, but then saw that there was not much variation of tone in the viewfinder I would move on to take a picture of something different, however If I took the pictures in colour I might not be able to see the different tones as clear, and if I then came to Photoshop it to be black and white I might realise that there is not much contrast between the tones. As well as this, I found the tone images enjoyable and easy to edit, as the tone was already very clear due to the black and white camera mode. I also think that some of the camera angles I had used in the session enhanced the pictures and made the tones of the images stand out. I am happy with the outcome of all of my straight Images from this session and think that they all clearly show tone.

If I had to reflect on the negative aspects of this session, I would say one would be that It took me a while to find the right things to shoot. I tried to look for objects which had the most contrasting tones, so that they would show a variety of tones rather than just one. This resulted in a lack of photos, however the ones I did have were good quality. 

I like this photo I took of a rose during the tone session, because there is a large variation of tones in it. I also like how the rose is off centre so that the leaves in the background can be seen. The light tones rose contrasts well against the darker tones of the leaves. One problem of this image is that it not focused on the middle of the rose, but the petals beneath it. This has decreased the quality of the image, but I am still happy with the outcome. 

I am not so happy with this photo on the other hand. Although there is a clear contrast between the light toned sky and the dark toned leave, there is not much variation of tones, which was supposed to be the main focus of the image. If I was to shoot this image again I would take it from a different angle so that this dark silhouette was not created, as this makes the image show shape rather than tones. The light would have been coming down on the top of the leaves, so I should have taken this photograph from above. 

Progression

If I were to go out and shoot tone again I would try to experiment with different angles in order to show tone as clearly as I can. In this shoot I had a bit of trouble with angles, so that the tone was not clear in some of my pictures. I could also try shooting tones in colour. I think this would be a challenge but would result in some interesting images. 

This picture below is an example of the kind of tone photography I would like to try in the future. It is in colour, unlike any of my photos, but the variety of tones is still very clear as the colours are all similar. I think that skies are the best thing to photograph in colour for tone as they always vary in tones and colours. This picture has inspire me to try taking some colour tone images of the sky, as I think it could result in some nice Images like this one.

Defining Tone

Dictionary definition: harmonise with (something) in terms of colour.


Light, dark, contrasting, 

In this photo there is a clear contrast between the light and dark areas. The focus of this photo is the light area near the centre, and the further away from that point, the darker the tones get. This image is a good representation of tone in photography because it shows a gradual change in tone from light to dark. 

This photo is quite contrasting. The main focus of the image is the hands in the middle, which have quite bright highlights. The background and especially the corners of the frame contrast a lot against the hands as they are very dark tones. The tones also create the form of the hands. 

This photo has been edited around the outside to create more varied tones in the picture. Again, the light at the centre is the main focal point, and the further away from this point, the darker the tones get. What I like about this image is that one boy is it dark tones clothes, while the other is in light tone clothes.  

This photo, unlike the others, is in colour. In this case it works however, because all the rocks are the same colour so we can still easily tell where the light and dark tones are. 

My definition of tone: How light and dark different shades are.

Straight Images - Tone

Image Bank - Tone

These images all focus on tone. Tone is most clearly shown in black and white, however it can also be shown in duo-tone images like the one at the bottom. It is harder to notice tone in a picture of multiple colours. After looking at these images of tone, I noticed that contrast was also apparent in a lot of images of tone. The variation of tones contrast against each other. The image at the top is a clear example of this, while the dark horses in the image on the bottom highly contrast with the light tones sky.