Photography and the Color Red
posted on 15th of november, 2010
|
|
|
|
Human blood, love, anger, sin, passion, and danger, are all symbolized by the color red. Additionally, in some cultures in the East red symbolized prosperity and luck. Several studies indicate that red carries the strongest reaction of all the colors, with the level of reaction decreasing gradually with orange, yellow, and white, respectively. In photography, the color red screams to be noticed, and can be used to create powerful, and sellable images. It’s no wonder then that designers utilize images with red to catch the attention of potential buyers.
My best selling image here at Dreamstime contains the color red:
I didn’t go looking to take a photo of anything red that day but when I happened upon the accident scene I immediately recognized the power that the color red added to the image.
Here are some other very popular and sellable images at Dreamstime where the color red is used:
The power of these images, because of the color red, is clear. Look through your portfolio here at Dreamstime and see if you utilize the color red. If you haven’t it may be time to make a change and add red to images that you submit. The results may be dramatic.
Good luck and I hope to see you out shooting!
|
Tags: color emotion images powerful red
|
|
|
|
Comments (10)
|
 |
I always knew that red was a powerful color and I really love it but i've never throught of using it in photography(with this clear purpose). I will definitely try it.Thank you! :)
- posted by
Dianabahrin
on April 18, 2011 |
 |
Like CrystofurrI find red an incredibly difficult colour to wrok with, I know that greens and blues are more suseptable to noise but for some reason I find an accurate portrayal of the colour red very difficult to portray accurately!
- posted by
Llareggub
on April 18, 2011 |
 |
I was reading this article and thought that you are right about red colour in stock photos, it makes images to stand out. And here we are, in the last two days I actually sold 2 images in red colour! I think there could be no better confirmation to your words! ;D
- posted by
Themalni
on November 18, 2010 |
 |
Powerful color, great concepts!
- posted by
smartview27
on November 17, 2010 |
 |
great article! well said , thanks for sharing
- posted by
Kalileank
on November 17, 2010 |
 |
Red is a great color. Thanks for sharing!
- posted by
Mariaam
on November 16, 2010 |
 |
Red is a hard color to work with but is also very rewarding when it fits. I get a lot of artifacts and have to stray away from fades when possible.
- posted by
Crystofurr
on November 16, 2010 |
 |
Nice blog... RED works, RED sells...
- posted by
Egomezta
on November 16, 2010 |
 |
When I see a red subject I think immediately "this will cause troubles with my sensor!". I have a Canon 450d, and its sensor it's too sensible to red colour, so it easily lose details. But, yes, you're right on the power of red!
- posted by
Mrkornflakes
on November 16, 2010 |
 |
I'm sure you are right.... Well spotted and thank you. David.
- posted by
Davidwatmough
on November 15, 2010 |
Comments (10) |
This article has been read 646 times. 3 readers have found this article useful.
Photo credits: Lane Erickson, Johnny Lye. |
|
|
|
| Search the blogs! |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lane Erickson
(Eric1513)
Idaho, US
>Can you believe we get paid to do this!!!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Email us | Phone: +1 615-771-5611
