Use strong cold and warm contrast and association

Many times we take photos to enhance the visual effect of the picture, and we will create a contradictory relationship for the photos. We call this photography method "contrast method", and the contrast between cold and warm is a widely used expression method in photography.

Contrast color wheel

Cold and warm contrast is mainly through selecting several colors with strong contrast in the picture, and juxtaposing these colors with relatively large contrast in hue, saturation and lightness. In this way, the whole picture will have a strong sense of jumping, which is a common color processing method in photography.

The contrast between cold and warm colors is very common in photography, because the contrast between cold and warm colors requires little equipment, but it always makes people feel particularly amazing.

As long as you pay a little attention to the color display in the scene or deliberately create this contrast with simple actions when taking pictures, it can be easily realized. Today, I will give you some ideas on how to make photos come alive by using the "contrast method" of cold and warm, and take better photos by using the contrast of cold and warm.

Idea 1: use cold and warm contrast to reflect light and shade.

In the case of little contrast between light and dark in the scene, we can start with the contrast between cold and warm. Of course, it does not mean that as long as the relationship between cold and warm, there will be a performance of light and dark colors. In life, sunshine gives people warm colors, while most others are cool colors. We can use a small area of sunlight to project warm colors as bright tones and a large area of ambient cool colors as dark tones. In this way, the sharp contrast in the photos will make the plain photos wonderful.

Idea 2: highlight the guide line with cold and warm contrast.

As mentioned in the last article, most of nature is cool. Natural light and artificial light are used in the scenery to establish a cold and warm contrast relationship, which makes the picture full of layers.

We can use the warm lights on the road and use the slow shutter to stop the warm lights as a visual guide line.

Idea 3: Describe characters with cold and warm contrast.

Cold and warm contrast colors can express people's psychological feelings. Cold and warm contrast is often used in portrait photography to express different emotions. Under the irradiation of a large area of cool colors, the cold side of men is particularly prominent, while the warm side light of a small area adds a layer of iron man's tenderness to the whole photo. This happens to be achieved through the use of cold and warm contrast photography technology.

Idea 4: Tell a story by comparing cold and warm.

Many times, we can also use color contrast to hint at the story in the photo, and use cold and warm colors to guide the reader's imagination.

There are many scenes in life that can be filmed, such as a polar bear that just preyed on a seal, or a passerby wearing warm clothes passing by a cool wall, which will remind the audience of the story that happened in the film. Or when a volcano erupts, hot and warm magma flows into a cold and warm river. This strong cold and warm collision can also make the audience sing the story of the photo.

Idea 5: emphasize the sense of form with the contrast between cold and warm.

When we use photography to express the sense of form, we often use a unified background color, which can be warm or cold.

Then we add contrast colors with a sense of form to it, which makes it easier to get the harmony of the picture and the overall tone of the picture more harmonious. Covering warm colors with warm colors will reinforce each other. Covering cold colors with warm colors will weaken each other.

Idea 6: Make God's perspective extraordinary by comparing cold and warm.

Many times when we shoot a scene from God's perspective, the scene becomes a plane.

If you want to have a sense of hierarchy and depth, you must find a suitable and distinct visual corner in the picture as the highlight of the whole photo. At this time, we can make full use of the contrast between cold and warm to achieve this goal. And this point does not need to be too big, but the color must be bright, and it is best to have a certain story.