Photo a day; Week 2

This is what happens when you try to put Soya milk in coffee

A PHOTOGRAPH A DAY ASSIGNMENT....

OBSCURE....


adjective1 the truth is that many aspects of a war's outcome remain obscure for years: unclear, uncertain, unknown, in doubt,doubtful, dubious, mysterious, hazy, vague, indeterminate, concealed, hidden. ANTONYMS clear, obvious.2 obscure references to Proust: abstruse, recondite, arcane, esoteric; mystifying, puzzling, perplexing, baffling,ambiguous, cryptic, enigmatic, Delphic, oracular, oblique, opaque, elliptical, unintelligible, incomprehensible,impenetrable, unfathomable; informal as clear as mud. ANTONYMS clear, plain.3 rumors from open-mouth radio shows and obscure web sites: little known, unknown, unheard of, unnoticed,undistinguished, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, minor, lowly; nameless, anonymous; unsung,unrecognized, forgotten. ANTONYMS famous, renowned.4 an obscure shape: indistinct, faint, vague, nebulous, ill-defined, unclear, blurred, blurry, misty, hazy; dark, dim,shadowy; literary tenebrous; archaic caliginous. ANTONYMS distinct.
WEEK 1

COLOUR STUDIES ASSIGNMENT 2

1. EXPERIMENTS WITH IMAGES BASED ON KEY WORDS

VIBRANT:

VIBRANT/ TEXTURE/ MOTION

I love the abstract, blured, emerging colours this row of necklaces have given me.

VIBRANT/TEXTURE

These 2 images are from me trying to experiment with with shutter speed, but the consistency of the nail varnish in the water didn't quite work, but these stills with a macro lens are effective.

VIBRANT/ LIGHT

TEXTURE

REFLECTION

CONTRAST; STILLNESS V MOTION

STRUCTURE/ FORM

2. DULUX COLOUR SWATCH EXPERIMENTS: NIGERIAN SANDS 1-6

My swatch was 6 hues ranging from rich dark brown, through to burnt oranges and finishing with an aztec yellow like colour. 

I decided to work with the darkest tone of Nigerian sands 1, but I found that other hues from the palette  cropped up in the alongside it.

REFLECTION

TEXTURE/ FORM/ SHAPE/ LIGHT

NATURAL/ FORM/ TEXTURE

CONTRAST; STILLNESS V MOTION

FINAL IMAGES I WILL PRESENT WEDNESDAY MORNING:

5 WORD ASSOCIATED IMAGES;

3 COLOUR AND WORD IMAGES;

RBS Live Brief: Royal Bank of Scotland & The Princes Trust Calendar

I've also decided to include this photograph, it reminds me of a Lowry painting and although it wasn't taken specifically for this brief, I think it captures the essence of Manchester in winter.