>I consider myself a color photographer so this blog may be biased. I rarely use black and white. However, I see how many people tend to use it or even over use. Since, I consider myself a work in progress, I decided to do some research on visual design, specifically regarding color. Now, I would like to share what I found.
To start, let us see color and emotion. Every photographer knows that color temperature affects our moods and sometimes dramatically. Warm light soothes us while cool light is too revealing and harsh. When the colors are bright-saturated hues most people respond readily and are aware of their emotional responses. We like it or not.
A photographer must be aware of muted colors in order to stimulate or control emotional response to his/her subject matter. Colors very often help... [
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