Tone- Work diary.

Evaluation of session;

When we were first told we had to take pictures of 'tone' i was confused as to what tone was and how to capture it in a photograph. When i think of tone i automatically think of sound which is why i was confused. One we had tone explained to us i became clear on what it was but i was still unsure as to how to capture it in a photograph, so when we went outside i started just taking photos of anything and everything in hope of there being difference in tones. It was difficult to take good photographs as we had to take them in black and white but you could only see what it looks like in black and white on the screen on the camera, but as we cannot use the screen to take the picture i could not tell what the photo looked like in black and white.

The first photograph i took that i have selected to  evaluate is this one that shows a table and bench. I like this photograph as i wasn't expecting it to show the different tones as well as it did. You can clearly see that the table and bench are lighter tones in places where it has worn away and been scratched slightly, and that it is darker in places where it is dirtier. As well as this underneath the table you can slightly see that it is lighter in the middle that around the edges as it had been raining that day and you can see that it is darker where the rain hit the floor and lighter underneath the table where it is sheltered from the rain. This
                                                                                   photo was influenced by Diane Arbus as there isn't
                                                                                  a big contrast between the tones of the table and the
                          grass behind it.

The second photograph or mine i have chosen to write about is the one above that shows the pattern on the sleeve of someones shirt. I like this image as when i was taking it i knew there would be difference in tone even in black and white but i didn't know what parts would be the darkest as the shirt is white, blue and red. I already assumed that the white would be the lightest tone but i was interested to find out that the blue stripes are darker than the red stiles as in real life there is little or no difference in the tone of the two colours. This photo was influence by the work of Jerry Ueslmann as in his work there is a variety of
                                                                                  different tones provided by the different colours,
                                                     like on the shirt in this picture.

Progression;

If were to go out again and take more photos of tone, i would like to taken some in colour not just in black and white then maybe edit them to black and white afterwards so i can see the difference in tones and how they change when they re black and white for myself. Or i would make sure to look at each photo after i had taken it so i can see if they look good or not or if i should retake them.

Tone- Definition post.

Dictionary defnition; 

- lightness, brightness or value of a patch in a photograph: dark tones correspond to shadows, light tones correspond to bright or highlight areas.

Describing words of tone;

- dark, light, vibrant, intense, dim, mellow.

Four annotated pictures;

The first image i have selected to write about is this picture taken in black and white that shows a field along the bottom and clouds in the sky. This is an example of a picture that shows different tones of grey. In the original picture some of the clouds are white and the others are dark, rain clouds. This explains why some clouds are nearly black when the picture is in black and
white.






The second image shows different tones of yellow and oranges. I like this photo as it is different from the usual images that show tone as they are usually in black and white. There different tones on the leaf are caused by the lighting behind it and something else behind the leaf that is casting a shadow, making parts of it darker than others.




The third image is another example of tone taken in black and white like the majority of pictures taken to show tone.
In this picture we can see a variety of different shades of black, white and greys. It is lighter where the lights are in the background of the picture and it is darker the further away it gets from the lights, like at the top of the tree in the centre of the picture.

This photograph shows different shades of green in the backgrounds and different shades of pink on the flower petals which are the focal point of this photograph. I like this picture as it shows different tones in nature that are not effected by anything man made, such as lights.





Own definition;

Tone is the different shades of colour in a on an object or in a photograph.

tone- straight images

Tone- Image bank

All of these images show tone and they are all taken in black and white, although tone can be shown in colour photographs. Tone is often shown with help of the lighting, as where the light hits will have a lighter tone that where it does not and in the hollows of whatever it is in the photograph it will be a darker tone as less light will be hitting it. In most of the images above the shadows have the darkest tone, most are black and the sun or the light source has the lightest tone, white. In the first photo there is a lot of different tones that all contrast with one another, the tree has darker tones on grey where as the grass and the sky are lighter shades of grey so they contrast with the dark tree.