Today seems like an Itten’s Contrasts kind of day, with rainbows reflected in puddles as the sun dances in and out of Seattle downpour. I started an Itten’s Contrast series on the eve of 2010 — finishing just eight of my twelve promised posts. I’m tallying up the final four today, two years later, with…
Itten’s Contrasts – Day 8: High/Low
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. High: Low: High and Low Posts on Itten’s Contrasts – by Keyword: Itten’s Contrasts
Itten’s Contrasts – Day 7: Smooth/Rough
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Smooth: Rough: Smooth and Rough: Posts on Itten’s Contrasts – by Keyword: Itten’s Contrasts
Itten’s Contrasts – Day 6: Much/Little
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Much: Little: Much and Little: Posts on Itten’s Contrasts – by Keyword: Itten’s Contrasts
Itten’s Contrasts – Day 5: Moving/Still
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Moving: Still: Moving and Still: Posts on Itten’s Contrasts – by Keyword: Itten’s Contrasts
Itten’s Contrasts – Day 4: Straight/Curved
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Straight: Curved: Straight and Curved Posts on Itten’s Contrasts – by Keyword: Itten’s Contrasts
Itten’s Contrasts – Day 3: Transparent/Opaque
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Transparent: Opaque: Transparent and Opaque: More Itten Posts: Itten’s Contrasts
Itten’s Contrasts – Day 2: Heavy/Light
Working my way to 2010 through Itten’s Constrasts. Heavy: Light: Heavy and Light: More Itten Posts: Itten’s Contrasts
The 12 Days of Itten’s Contrasts – Day 1 (The List)
It’s an age-old exercise but I’ve never completed it . . . so, I thought I’d take the holidays to work my way through the list of Itten’s Contrasts, inspired by Michael Freeman and his book The Photographer’s Eye. (I wrote a bit more about Itten’s Contrasts here.) Itten’s Contrasts Here’s the list of Itten’s…
It’s Not Imbalanced . . . It’s Itten
Itten’s Contrasts – An Old Bauhaus Trick I came upon the concept of Itten’s Contrasts in a photography book by Michael Freeman, The Photographer’s Eye (great book, by the way). Johannes Itten was a Bauhaus instructor who identified contrasts as the main element of composition. If you’ve studied arts or graphics you’re no doubt familiar…
