Reading #4: Chapter 5 (Tone)
The Affinity of Tone
This is affinity because it utilizes a third of the middle tones of the grayscale. This was difficult to achieve since there can only be a few tones of gray and if it has too much black or white, it can appear to be too contrasty.
The Contrast of Tone
This is an example of a contrast tone as it only uses black and white and skips all shades of gray in between. This creates a huge contrast between the light and dark areas of the photograph as they are greatly amplified. This is an over-the-top example of contrast as I took the contrast up as much as I could when editing the image.
This is a less extreme example of contrast, as it incorporates slightly more detail while still focusing primarily on the high contrast between the two extremes of black and white.
The Noncoincidence of Tone
This image is an example of noncoincidence tone as it is a silhouette of a figure’s head. In a portrait shot like this, the facial features should be better defined to be considered a coincidence shot. In this case, you cannot clearly make out the features of the subject. As said in the reading “the tonal organization of the shot hides the subject (the face) from the audience” (Block 126).
