1. Explain the purpose of colour, pattern and contrast
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Colour, Pattern and Contrast
Learn to use colour relationships, repetition and contrast to guide attention.
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What you will learn
2. Apply a practical method to use colour relationships, repetition and contrast to guide attention
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3. Recognise the main technical, safety or professional risk
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4. Review the result and record one useful improvement
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Step-by-step practice
Step 1. Identify why colour, pattern and contrast matters to the photograph you want to make.
Step 2. Prepare the subject, location, equipment and any required permission.
Step 3. Practise how to use colour relationships, repetition and contrast to guide attention.
Step 4. Review focus, exposure, light, composition, story and responsible practice.
Step 5. Complete this activity: Create a three-image study using complementary colour, repetition and interruption.
Safe and responsible practice: Represent people and places honestly and remove distractions by changing position first.
Practical activity
Complete and record this task
Create a three-image study using complementary colour, repetition and interruption.
Good-practice checklist
The main subject is clear
Every frame adds new information
Complete the practical activity for colour, pattern and contrast
Record settings or decisions that produced the best result
Review the result on a second screen or as a print
Ask a qualified person when safety, privacy or legal consequences are significant
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