-=[color Theory]=-

[Majik_Imaje]

its all too complicated for me.. but I can say this..

I HAVE A VERY EASY WAY to explain what you need or want to learn.

First.. there are only three things that happen when you squeeze the shutter release (exposure wise).. That image is :

too dark

too light

RIGHT ON

now knowing that basic principle..

Learning how exposure values relate to one another and ISO ratings.

EV = Exposure Value there are 22 diffeent EV charts that you can eaisly build or store in your head.. just by remembering one value or index


125 @ F 16 = 100 ISO = EV 15

this is absoltely meanlingless for now.. UNITL you see the whole range of this one EV value..



1000 @ F - 5.6

1/500 @ F 8

1/250 @ F - 11

1/125 @ F - 16

1/60 @ F - 22

1/30 @ F - 32

1/15 @ F - 45

1/8 @ F - 64

1/4 @ F - 90

1/2 @ F - 128


Now each of these values will produce the correct expousre of " a specific" scene.. but the only difference is.. in depth of field ONLY.

now.. how about 200 ISO ?

125. @ f 22 -= 200 ISO EV 14

125 @ f 32 = 400 iso EV 13

125 @ F 45 = 800 ISO EV 12

125 @ F 11 = 50 ISO EV 16


I hope this helps you to understand shutter speed / aperture relationships with any particular given ISO

125 @ F 16 = bright sun distinct shadows.. on bright sand or snow. so what do you do if your in normal conditions ? OPEN one stop.. ! Learn how to look, and practice
by looking at your exposures, not a light meter.! learn how to shoot CONSISTENTLY. in any light condition, this takes practice.. your only going to do one of two things...

close your sperture. or open your aperture !

NOW .. LEARN HOW TO READ LIGHT..!!

Photography is all about Light and what you can accomplish with your imagination and that light !

Learn how to READ.. . .. "Light"



then you MUST UNDERSTAND COLOR THEORY to understand HOW LIGHT WORKS.!


Understanding color theory will make your photographic jounrney much easier if you understand some simple basic principles

Even though you have a high tech camera that has white balance buit in and photoshop's power of a "click" or two to fix "color (s)" is not enough.

You must understand HOW COLORS WORK. with each other. This is essential to learn if your ever going to understand the "Art" of photography.

Red Green Blue are primary colors you see the "sliders" in photoshop RGB -

each of these three colors has a "compliment" or secondary color.

the opposite of red is cyan

-- - green is magenta

- - blue is yellow

This is COLOR "theory" but it is easily proven in a variety of ways.

This is photo color theory, not watercolor or oil color theory those have "different primaries"

If I take a round piece of blank cardboard flat, circular and divide it into thirds, and paint each third one of the Primary photo colors.. R, G, B.

those three colors,, when I spin that circle what "color" will you see??

Black is not.. .. a "color". it is the ABSENCE OF ALL COLOR(S)

WHITE is the presence of ALL color(s) PRIMARIES / OR secondaries.

This can be simply illustrated by using Lights.. in any 3D program.

Using a program called 3D studio max a red light and green and blue light were created and aimed or pointed toward the center of any surface. The unedited results of what happens when you mix light is obvious.

Spin that cardoard.. and your gonna see..WHITE.

WHERE the primary lights overlap, the secondary colors are present and visible.

Learing HOW to use COLOR(s) and their compliemnts or secondaries in Juxtaposition with each other will produce the most pleasing eye popping results using COLOR.

Photoshop is the norm.. ha! I am different, I use Painter because I like the color wheel.. and many other features that adobe doesn't have. don't be fooled there are a GREAT many other image editing programs that can do just as good of a job. far cheaper.!




So to sum it all up if your print is too yellow / move the blue slider

if your print is too magenta (pink) move the green slider

if your print is too Cyan (turquoise) move the Red slider.

UNDERSTANDING these six colors and how they function with each other is simple to learn .. the only problem you might find. is that when you MISTAKE blue for cyan or cyan for blue...