Work Records: Tone

 Tone

In this lesson I took pictures in order to show tone in photography. To improve my tone pictures I would put more thought into what I photograph in order to show tone. I didn't really understand what aspects would affect the tone in the photo.

This photo is an effective tone photo because the is a range of dark tones on the gravel. I would crop out the building as this shows less tone and this would make it more obvious that tone is the reason for the photo.

This is an effective tone picture because the blank light tone shown in the sky creates a good background for the darker tones of the tree to be shown on. The silhouette of the tree has a dark tone.

This photograph only really shows one dark tone as the leaves all have a very similar tone and there is not much background in the photo creating a bland photograph. 

Image Bank: Tone

This photo shows the boat through tone as the boat is the darkest tone in the photograph. The boat is also reflected onto the water in a darker tone.

The clouds in this photograph show a lot of dark and light tones showing the weather. The dark tones show the bad weather and make the picture quite dull

The tone in this photograph shows the bad weather and mist in the photograph.

The dark tones in this photograph show the weather to be bad but the light tones in the sky suggest the sun is trying to shine through. The darker tones outline the pier in the photo.

The sea and sky is a very dark tone suggesting bad weather and negativity. The cliffs are a lighter tone so that they can be seen in the photograph.

The background of this image is quite a dark tone so that the hands stand out against it.

Definition: Tone

Dictionary definition
Lightness, brightness or value of a patch in a photograph: dark tones correspond to shadows, light tones correspond to bright or highlight areas. 

Describing words

• Light 
• Dark
• grey
• shades
• Lightness
• Highlight
• Shadows
• Sepia

The light and dark tone in this photograph are emphasising the shape and lines in the girls face. The light tones are drawing our eyes directly to the middle of her face.

 The tone in this picture shows the shapes and definition of the land and trees.

The light tone in this photograph shows the shapes of the flower and the dark tones outline the flower.

My definition

Tone is the light and dark shades within a picture.