Re: Still getting bad color / print density from whcc labs
There are just as many photographers shooting high end fashion and studio who swear by meters. http://www.frankdoorhof.com/site/ for example.
Let\'s say you shoot a black model wearing a white dress and a white model wearing a black dress. You shoot the picture and you\'re looking at the histogram. Where in the histogram does it tell you which parts of the image are the black model\'s skin or the white model\'s skin? Where in the histogram does is the white dress and the black dress?
That\'s not to say that through trial and error and looking at the image in photoshop or lightroom while shooting live you can\'t make the corrections interactively but i don\'t always shoot with my laptop tethered and if I\'m in bright sunlight I don\'t want to be chimping and depending soley on the tiny image on the back of the camera.
Regarding prints, no i\'m not using solux viewing lights for the prints and yes, it\'s possible the print profile needs to be redone but I don\'t have that option since i\'m not the printer. When I print to my local inkjet printer, using a color managed workflow the colors and density are very close to the calibrated monitor\'s appearance but when I print using whcc, i\'m getting dark prints. That\'s the current situation. Most of the other pro photographers I know do not do custom print profiles for different viewing conditions so I\'m hopeful I can find a workflow that works and doesn\'t require me to juggle dozens of icc profiles for varying viewing conditions.
Aug 22, 2012 at 06:19 AM
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