"I scheduled family portraits with Jiang and I could not be more pleased with the experience and the photos! Jiang was not only sweet and accommodating, but also very patient with my 6-month old baby. She captured me and my pups perfectly! I am so happy with how they turned out! Check out her Instagram and Facebook page, I highly recommend her. OMIGOSH! I can't say enough good things about the photography talents of the lovely Jiang Photography. Katy McQuaid, Award-Winning Author, Presenter and Leadership Consultant I have no doubt Grace’s presence will be felt by everyone who looks at her portrait.” I wanted to invest in a piece of wall art because I want everyone to feel the essence of Grace and the love she shares. Her eyes looked straight into my heart, and I could feel her great love. Primarily because I could feel the connection with Grace and her soul. The first time I looked at Grace’s portrait, it brought tears to my eyes. You can feel Grace’s love in your heart when you look at her photo. And that’s what happens when you look at the photo Jiang took of Grace. The point was that I was getting the separation I wanted.“When Grace looks at you, she looks straight into your eyes and into your heart. The green also helped to accent the deep green of her eyes and the colours played well together. Fortunately she also had this great green coat which helped me frame the bottom edge of the image too and draw the focus into the middle of the frame. The Complimentary Colour for red on the Colour Wheel is cyan, but there was no cyan to hand to use as a backdrop so I tried the next two best options: green and blue (which strictly speaking is triad theory in the graphic above, but I think you'll get the idea).įirst I lined her up with a rich green background to make the red of her hair pop and it worked quite well. So the pink of the scarf and red of her hair give us an Analogous Colour theme, but now I have to separate her from the background. ![]() I say "I", but she brought along this pink scarf for the shoot deliberately, and as a costume designer herself, she understood that the combination of the pinks and reds works well together in colour theory. Let's take the next two shots of Moonika to demonstrate. They will give you the greatest separation from fore-background, whilst playing nicely together. In colour theory they are called 'Complimentary Colours' (Red/Cyan). If you place these sort of colours together, especially in styling, you can create depth and interest while still playing on a theme. These are colours which sit close to each other on the colour wheel (Pink/Red). So it may look very complicated, but let me break down just two of the things I try and stay aware of:Īnalogous Colours can add thematic interest. At least knowing this stuff in the back of my mind often helps me to work out when something just 'looks wrong' and I can't figure out why. Obviously I'm not thinking about all of this when shooting, although I do try and bring some of this knowledge into my compositions. I found this great graphic on visual.ly, which explains many aspects of colour theory and gives a really helpful overview: When shooting though, I try and keep the colour wheel in mind to plan out some sort of balance, because it really is as important as spatial composition. ![]() ![]() Source some trusted, honest, brutal opinion. This is a really good idea by the way, especially while you're learning to colour correct your images. To compensate I have a few photography friends who I bounce my portfolio off to get some honest feedback and see if I'm off track. I actually have this constant insecurity that the colour balance in my edited shots isn't very good and no one is telling me I'm messing it up like maybe everything I shoot has a slight green tinge for example and, best-case-scenario, people think it's a deliberate stylistic choice. I often confuse them, particularly when they have similar tonal values. She has the most striking red hair, and so early in the planning process I had to consider how to deal with, and compliment, such a strong colour.Ĭonfession time: I am slightly colour blind, especially when it comes to reds and greens ironically.
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