How is that for a bold statement! But it may very well be true, even if you do it regularly on a schedule. Display calibration and profiling is a must for all digital photographers. There is no escaping that if you want to produce an accurate representation of your work not only on your monitor but on the Internet, in competitions, on your friends' monitors, mobile devices, and … [Read more...] about Your Display Profile May Be Wrong
Color Management
Your Photo Editing Workspace
During some of my presentations, I get asked about the work environment for editing digital photographs. I also get individual inquiries about the subject. In this post, I will address those questions with some workspace examples including my own. Vision, the perception of luminance and color are generally relative. If you want to validate this to yourself try going from … [Read more...] about Your Photo Editing Workspace
Use Your Passport: Create Camera & Light Profiles
(Fair warning, long post but worth every word you read!) Your ColorChecker Passport I mean. I think a lot of photographers purchased this very useful piece of equipment but are yet to use it. They probably carry it in their gear bag hoping one day it will suddenly make sense and they will become devoted users of it. Alas, that day does not come as quickly as it should. For … [Read more...] about Use Your Passport: Create Camera & Light Profiles
ColorChecker Passport Problem
And a fix! Read on... I have been using my ColorChecker Passport for quite a while and until now the software has not failed me. I wanted to calibrate my camera for a particular light and followed the regular procedure: Take a photograph of the ColorChecker Passport Import to Lightroom Right-click, and select to export to ColorChecker Passport And it would tell … [Read more...] about ColorChecker Passport Problem
Munki See, Munki Do: Display Calibration
I am amazed that many photographers, far too many of them work on a monitor with no calibration, no profiling and get surprised when they do not achieve the expected colors from their prints. I have made quite a few presentations on digital workflow, and have been preaching the importance of color management starting with the display monitor calibration and profiling. The … [Read more...] about Munki See, Munki Do: Display Calibration