Creative Colour Photopgrahy

Creative Colour movement as people, bikes and cars bustle around. Photography To capture a street scene requires speed of thought and reaction from the photographer. To a certain degree, the photographer can position themselves intelligently, time permitting but often it is a matter of waiting for the moving elements to reach a place where you can capture them to complete the composition of your choice. This month I want to means aligning trees, rivers, suggest a way of making rocks, clouds or hills so that This is known as ‘The decisive your colour photographs these elements appear moment’ a term popularised a little more cunning and throughout the photographic by street photographer and creative. frame. photojournalist Henri Cartier - Bresson. It takes observation and This connection between patience but is really just an foreground and background So how can you use this extension of a traditional adds depth to the image. technique to enhance your landscape technique where colour images ? Well added to you include both foreground Sometimes elements of the composition of elements and background interest in landscape can be a long that I have mentioned, the frame. distance apart meaning that you can also, with skill and With landscape, nothing is moving so it is the photographer who has to position themselves to find the best, most interesting lighting can be different on each element. Mist could pervade the background, enhancing the mood and atmosphere of the scene. patience, capture matching colours in the foreground and background. Observation is the key, a skill which photographers can develop viewpoint to create the With photographs taken over time with a little desired composition. This in the street, there is often practice.