Red is a color I find often mainly because I attend the University of Arkansas, but with Razorback logos off limits, I was at a loss. I resorted to finding objects around campus and even then it was difficult finding items where red was the focal point. It was incredibly difficult to find red objects that would stand alone, yet still be visually appealing. I found I am more drawn to images that are multidimensional with multiple objects which come into play, but have a focal point where one is trying to catch the attention of the audience.
I have a huge gap between two of my classes and I usually head to the library to work on homework. As I was walking towards the library I noticed this bike rack with a dozen bikes and I decided that I could capture the red bike. The original picture I took was a line of bikes all in a row. However, I found the colors of the other bikes became a distraction while I was trying to make the red one the main focal point. For the red bike to be more visually dominate in this photo, I cropped the others out and jacked up the brightness and contrast and voilá!
This photo was the one I had the hardest time with. Once in the library I was among rows and rows of books. The problem was finding a red book to stand out. I found a section I thought the color red was the focal point, but once photographed it appeared that the red blended in with the multitude of colors surrounding it. It took me a while but I played with the contrast and brightness so it appeared that the red color was vibrant and stood out more dominantly over other colors in the image. The red not only stood out in the one book, but you can actually find red in multiple places in the image.
What better way to spend your day off than eating chips and salsa you ask? Well there is not one. I took this photo while I was at lunch earlier this week (shout out to Deluxe Burger). I ordered this cheese dip appetizer and out came the salsa as well. The first thing I noticed about the plate in front of me was the red so I had to snag a quick picture. At this point I saw a pattern forming. Adjusting the contrast and brightness really helped me out when I was putting these images together with the thought of having the audience center their attention on the red object in the picture.
This is my roommate (Hi Sarah)! We were out the other day shopping and I noticed Fayetteville has really cool murals on the sides of some of its buildings. Unfortunately for me, a majority if not all of the red murals in Fayetteville are images of Razorbacks. This wall was located on College Street and the building was actually designed to use this red wall as an accent for the rest of the building. Due to the size of the wall, it was easy enough to capture the red color because I did not have to do much adjusting on the image for the color red to stand out.
Finally, this is probably one of my favorite photographs I took this week. I like this picture so much because the arrangement of items is very visually appealing and there is not just one thing to look at. In this image I had the chance to play with my camera's focus and one will notice the ketchup bottle was the main object at hand. If you look deeper into the background the image becomes a little more blurred or distorted looking and I was able to capture that on my iPhone simply by tapping the screen. By tapping the screen the foreground, middle ground, and background became very present.