Exciting news… Emma Davis is back with a brand new Creative Workshop!

And we’ll know you’ll love this one because it’s going to give you a reason to pick up your camera every day for a month!

It’s called 30 Days of Colour and it’s a photo-a-day project with a focus on colour and exploration.

If that sounds like something you’d be interested in, check out this free class with Emma where she gives you an inside look into the workshop and what it will do for your photography mojo! Click here to watch the free class.

The Power of Colour

The use of colour in photography is one of the easiest ways to create really strong, visually powerful imagery. Whether you’re simply giving your images a saturation boost in editing to enhance the colour already in the scene, or the colour is the subject within itself… it’s a compositional tool that grabs your viewer’s attention immediately!

In this creative tutorial we explore complementary colours – those opposite one another on the colour wheel – which are a guaranteed recipe for a great photo!

1. Complementary Colour in Nature

Once you start looking for complementary colours in nature, you’ll see it everywhere! Mother Nature really knew colour theory… these shots are perfect examples where she’s used complementary colour.

2. Food

Once again Mother Nature uses colour in whole foods, perhaps to entice us to eat? Regardless, it’s an easy way to create a fabulous image!

Take matters into your own hands and and grab two different foods in complementary colours to set up a striking image. Get in close, fill the frame!

3. Sky as Backdrop

Look for opportunities to use the sky as a contrasting backdrop, get down low and shoot up.

4. Clothing

Clothing is a really easy way to use complementary colours simply by choosing a tone that is opposite on the colour wheel to the other elements you plan to include.

5. Block Coloured Background

The options are limitless when you use a block coloured background for your subject. Seek out objects against coloured walls, or place objects against a coloured wall. alternatively, a sheet of simple project paper makes a super inexpensive, super effective shot!

6. Colour in the Environment

Look for colour in the environment around you – including man-made objects – to create stunning landscapes, seascapes or cityscape images.

Related: Getting Started in Landscape Photography

A sunset can provide a natural display of complementary colour to use as a backdrop for a stunning silhouette. Silhouette shots work best when the subject has good form and detail so that you can clearly tell what it is even in shadow.

Related: How to Take Perfect Silhouette Photos

With so much green in the environment, it’s easy to use it as a backdrop for something in a complementary colour of red, pink or orange.

 

We hope these images inspire you to start viewing your world with a fresh eyes, and using colour to elevate your photos!

FREE ONLINE CLASS: Exploring 30 Days of Colour

If it’s something you’d love to explore more, watch my FREE CLASS with Emma Davis (the QUEEN of colour!).

It’s an inside look into her new workshop, which is a photo-a-day project with a focus on colour and exploration.

Click HERE to watch the free class!