Figure 1 – Tone-on-tone 3 – Bunched Indigo, (c) DE Wolf 2014.

Last April I posted an IPhone image of folds or bunching in a wedding gown that I found during one of my mall walks.  Every spring our local mall features dress and fashion designs by local students that attend regional fashion programs.  It’s done as a contest where the public judges the “best in show.” This morning I was delighted to find that this year’s show had begun.  It is a sure sign of spring, and the colors are truly like spring flowers.

What caught my eye this morning was a puffy indigo skirt by a very talented young lady named Eboni Bell from Mount Ida College.  I just loved the folds and took a close-up of them.  Folding and bunching so as to create drama and a sense of spontaneity is no small feat – and requires an excellent eye.

As for the tone-on-tone of my photograph, taken again with my IPhone 4S, I love the challenge that monochromicity poses.  It is so too easy to over do the dynamic range, to plunge to total blackness, and soar to pure white.  It is a mistake that kills the whole effect of the tone-on-tone.