Tonal Harmony - Warm Tones

Imagine a cold, blustery, Saskatchewan winter day and you happen to be looking at a picture of a sunset with really amazing colours or a picture of candles burning; does looking at that image on that cold day give you a feeling of warmth? If it does then you are looking at an image with warm tones and that is exactly what a warm image should do for the viewer.

For this assignment we had to shoot images using only warm tones, oranges, yellow, browns, etc. Normally you can mix some cool tones into an overall warm tone image, but for this assignment we had to once again stay true to Tonal Harmony and shoot only warm tones. For example, the shot below of the barn at sunset is a warm photo, the wood on the barn is warm, the sky is warm, but the little bit of green grass surrounding the barn is a cool tone so it was a warm tone photograph, but did not have tonal harmony (because I had warm and cool tones mixed in there). The shot of my Scentsy warmer and it's reflection on my countertop is a great example of a warm tone.

© 2012 Jennifer Robertson
A warm tone image with cool tones, this does not have tonal harmony

© 2012 Jennifer Robertson
Another warm image, but the green grass in front of the barn is a cool tone

© 2012 Jennifer Robertson
I shot these oranges on a dark wood, had I shot them on a warm tone wood this image would have had
great tonal harmony

 © 2012 Jennifer Robertson
This is an overall great warm tone image, it has Tonal Harmony. All the colours in  this image are from the same side of the colour wheel, there isn't a cool tone to be seen!