Definition - Tone

Definition:

Web Definition:
Tone is the overall lightness or darkness of an area of an image, similar in the meaning to "luminosity".

My Definition:
Tone is when you make an image just two types of colour.

Accent,
Inflection,
Strength,
Force,

Stress,
Tonality,
Intonation.

One thing that can be tone can do to a photo is make it more interesting. If the colours in the photo are do not match up or are not very nice then you can change the tone of the photo to black and white and can manage to save the photo. 

By removing colour from an image it draws attention to the main focus point of the image itself, for example in this photo because the tone is now black and white your eyes follow the stones to the point of interest which is the lighthouse. It also makes the photo look like it is older then it is.

When using tone in an image it doesn't always have to be black and white it can also be orange. This makes the image look a lot older because some of the fist colour cameras would only print out orange, This creates a nice affect because it makes you notice the whole photo and not just the main focus of a photo. 

Tone can also distort your view on an image, for example the above photo looks like a crack in a tree trunk and also looks like a gaping hole in the Earth, because there is only two colours used it is hard to tell what it is so it leaves it to the viewer to determine what they think it is.

Work Diary - Tone

Evaluation:

Here is a definition of tone that I found on the internet "lightness, brightness or value of a patch in a photograph: dark tones correspond to shadows, light tones correspond to bright or highlight areas." The thing I enjoyed most in this section of photography was going out in to town and finding areas of the town were the images I took worked successfully.
Tone in an image means the range of light and dark areas in an image. We tend to think of tone as just how darek or light things are in a terms of black and white, but tone can mean "tonal range" or the amount of colour in a shot as well or how many colours are in a n image.

Every image has tone here the white car and the black car are at opposite ends of the tonal range. There is not much inbertween especially as this shot is rather underexposed.  

The thing I like about this photo is great tonal range. The way the light hits all the surfaces especially the round pillars have a very gradual fade from light to dark. There are a lot of both flat and round surfaces and all reflect the light in a different amount giving a large tonal range to the overall image. It is a bit underexposed but I like the feel this gives. Also the cloud cover meant that the lighting was very flat so we did not have strong shadows or light areas. 

Progression:

If I were to continue this theme I would like to focus on buildings and probably on cloudy days when the light is flat as this gives a nice tonal range to the images. 

This image of an old bridge although shot in black and white has a good tonal range. You can see all the detail in the dark areas as well as in the light areas so the exposure is spot on. This has been sepia toned giving all tones a brown/orange look.

This old building is a really good shape for showing tone, depth and shadow. The direction of the single light source (the sun) and the shape of the building  means that the light wraps around the building in some areas and throws hard shadow in others. This looks like an old black and white shot but I don't think colour would have made this a stronger image.

Image Bank - Tone

Here are some images from the web that all have different tonal values to them. The main tone used is black and white but often photographers will change the image to an orange colour which also works well wight the image and makes it look older then it actually is. Tone can make an image very interesting because in some cases by removing the detail of colour you actually get more detail in the image which is rather interesting. Another thing with tone is it can be used to make the viewer focus on a specific section of the image.

In this image I like that the blacks have been turned right up which cause the boats in the background into just fully black boats with no detail to them. It makes the viewer look at the bridge and the lake in more detail which is the main focus in the image.  I also like how there is a black border round the edge of the image because it makes it rather interesting and adds to the dark in the image.

Here we see an interesting  picture of tone that contains some mist and has a very gloomy feel to it and the photographer has managed to capture that feeling into the image above. In this image it also looks rather gloomy and horrific. Tone can also make an image turn from a normal basic image into a horror image.

In this image here there is less tone used it is only slightly but it still works very well with the image. This is because it added an orange tone to the image because of the sunset and makes the whole image rather interesting. We also see that it has added to the vibrance of the image.

Here we see a black and white tone which has made all of the people look like a shadow and works well with the clouds which now look like storm about to hit the mainland. In this image it looks like the backs of all the people have been turned right up to make them look like a shadow on the beach.

Here we see the photographer has taken a picture in the middle of the road and it looks like it was taken early night. The photographer has edited the photograph so that the tone is orange which I think works well. This makes the image look like a really old image because back when cameras where first made the image produced would sometimes turnout with a very strong orange tint.

The thing I like about this image is that it looks a bit creepy and looks like the start to 'Silent Hill'. I also like how the mist covers all the background and makes it look hidden. This adds a level of mystery to the image itself. I also like how because of the mist and the tone of the image we can only see what is along the road and nothing else.

Straight Images-Tone