Your photos should show 1) Desaturation, 2) Saturation, 3) Monochromatic color. Do not rely solely on post-processing (editing) to achieve this.
Include a brief artist’s statement with each photo. Include a explanation of how you achieved the visual element that shows your understanding of the material. (Also, Why did you take this photo? What was your intention? Why, specifically, did this image speak to you? Do you believe you were successful? Why or why not?).
These photos should be carefully considered, composed and executed. Incorporate the principles we are reading about. Ideally they will hint at a story and evoke an emotion in a single frame. Remember: Using the visual element is good, but using it in meaningful conjunction with a subject—especially to draw out drama—is better.
With this first image, I shot it in black and white to play with desaturation without messing with it in post. I really wanted to find something where I could capture the way shooting in B&W helps you differentiate light contrast more. So, since I didn't have any lights to play with, I found a shadow that already existed in my house and photographed that in B&W. I think since we weren't supposed to rely on post for this assignment, this picture fits the guidelines.
I really liked this second image, because since I shot it RAW, I was able to really go in and hone some of those beautiful sunset colors. I pushed them to emphasize the saturation. I think I did okay.
This picture was a little harder for me. I had wanted to do something different using a sunset, but I did not have enough time. The idea of a monochromatic photo is that it takes all "shades" of one color and that is the image basically. I know this picture is kind of cheating because I literally photographed shades of a color instead of capturing them organically, but I was on a time crunch.
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