Getting color right is a challenge that every photographer has to manage. This webinar shows how to use the X-Rite ColorChecker to calibrate a digital camera. Brenda Hipsher, X-Rite Brand Manager is our guest who along with Photofocus technical editor, Kevin Ames takes you through a fully color-managed workflow in
Color cast is everywhere. Take a photo of a snowscape on a sunny day. The snow is blue, not white because it reflects the color of the sky. So this color cast is OK. What about the bride in the sparkly white dress on a beautiful grass lawn? Is green
May 2020 is in the history books and that can mean only one thing for Photofocus readers who entered our Celebrate 21 contest series — it’s time to announce the winner of the studio lighting kit from B&H! Photofocus is having a birthday party commemorating 21 years of free photo
Artists need their work copied properly for reproduction. I often hear form other photographers that micro four-thirds cameras are not up to the task. I disagree. With new technology now in play, I’m revisiting an article I wrote on the subject. Technology has improved with the Olympus OM-D E-M1X and
If I told you that for the first five years of owning a camera I never calibrated my computer screen, you might have thought I was losing my mind. I couldn’t figure out why everything looked so horrible on my screen. I started to question if I was “getting” the
Accurate color from a digital camera is more than getting the white balance right. That’s a start, but there is a way to get all of the colors your camera can see. All you need is a ColorChecker chart and some free software. ColorChecker The ColorChecker 24 patch chart or
I should have followed this rule the other day. I photographed 50 people in a row and I need to finish all of those pictures for delivery. It’d be a lot easier to get a great starting point if I had shot a white balance target to begin with. Why
My colleagues at Photofocus have heard me and seen me say some very choice words during a time, not so long ago, when I had a monitor that wouldn’t or couldn’t calibrate! At first, I couldn’t tell if it was the calibration tool I was using, or the monitor itself! Monitor
You need great light to direct attention to your subjects and help your photos appear natural. If you want to make great light with flashes, you need gels. Gels simply color your flash’s light which allows you to match the flash color to the light in a room. When the
If your prints don’t match what you see on your screen, it’s time to calibrate your monitor. This short video shows are easy and painless it can be.
Guest Post & Photo by Ara Roselani X-Rite ColorChecker Passport is a pocket-sized plastic case with “target” panels for white balance, color correction and warming/cooling. The accompanying software has an Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop plugin and a camera profiling application. X-Rite, who also makes the Pantone Huey monitor calibration system, recommends it
