Exercise: Rain

For this exercise, i had to produce a single strong image representing rain, that could be used for a magazine cover that would leave people in no doubt of the subject.

I began to think f things that come to mind when thinking of rain; wellies, umbrellas, cold, wet etc and began to think how i could use these in photographs;

A picture of  pair of wellies. 

An umbrella propped against a wall.

An umbrella in use. 

A soaking wet person in the rain.

Rain hitting the ground.

Rain drops.

A puddle.

I took a few photographs containing some of the above. We haven't really had much rain recently unfortunately, so i had to improvise slightly pouring water over things. Or just using the symbols on there own with the use of water as they are strong enough on their own.

I tried to keep it quite simple. If its going on the cover of a magazine, it doesn't want to be too busy or overbearing if there is going to be text on the cover also.

Simplistic pictures can look visually stunning on there own, but also won't get lost or look messy if covered partly by text.

In the end i settled for this photograph.

This photograph is of rain drops on a leaf. You are in no doubt that this photograph is of rain due to the water and it being on a plant. I like how this photograph although obviously rain has a slight abstract feel to it. I adjusted the colour of the green slightly, the make the rain drops stand out slightly more and to make it look slightly more visually appealing.