Last Monday we gathered at Stacey Kane’s studio for an evening of color management discussion with Earl Christie. The audience participation was great- Earl fielded individual issues and the whole group benefited from the incredible discussion. Thanks to everyone who braved the icy conditions to make the meeting such a success. I am emailing the [...]
Last Monday we gathered at Stacey Kane’s studio for an evening of color management discussion with Earl Christie. The audience participation was great- Earl fielded individual issues and the whole group benefited from the incredible discussion. Thanks to everyone who braved the icy conditions to make the meeting such a success. I am emailing the notes from the meeting to all of our attendees- if you have any questions be sure to post them here so that Earl can answer them!
For those of you that asked, the monitor that I purchased was the NEC Multisync 24″ Display- I purchased it here, and I can’t recommend it enough! We have a post coming up on the best monitors for photographic work, so stay tuned to the blog!
A huge thanks to our participants- Russell Caron, Leigh Miller, Steve Taylor, Irvin Serrano, Brittany Bugaj, Tiffany White Pushard, Carl Walsh, Debbie Harmon, Bess Marine, Tim Riley, Chris Linscott, Chris Riley, Nadra Edgerley, Judy Beedle, Patricia Takacs, Joe McKenney, Amy Salerno, Sarah Moore, Audra Welton, Emily Delamater, Monica Moore, Sharyn Peavey, Andree Kehn, Carrie Pulsifer, Kim Chapman Dionne, Tiffany Converse, Danielle Peterson, Cyndi Smith, Earl Christie, Scott Eccleston, Stacey Kane, and Michelle Turner.
We also announced our next workshop on January 10, so mark your calendars! More workshop details will follow- Tim and Chris Riley will be talking to us about a Lightroom workflow. We will also have a bag and camera strap product review- stay tuned for more details!
~Michelle Turner
I just wanted to thank Stacey, Michelle, and Earl for such a wonderful evening with friends and people who are like minded. Earl was a great speaker, and the crowd was friendly and fun. I had a wonderful time and cant wait to see everyone again.
I have a question for Earl. Myself and at least one other photographer in the group use Vision Art as one of our album providers. They use a 12 color inkjet printer. The books are beautiful but we both have a problem with skin looking a bit too orange and the colors a bit too vibant. When uploading to Vision Art, should we be converting over to something other than sRGB or AdobesRGB? What should we be shooting in and what should we be editing in? This of course will be different than our print lab so we would have to have 2 different color prifiles.
Hi Kim,
I’ve actually heard similar comments in the past from photographers who use Vision Art Albums. Some of them even said they desaturate their images a bit before sending them in to Vision Art.
Unfortunately, I don’t know enough about Vision Art’s printing to give you a really direct answer. I’d suggest contacting them and asking if they accept files in both AdobeRGB and sRGB. You could also ask them if they can provide you with a profile for their printer. Once you have a profile for their printer, you can use it in Photoshop on a calibrated monitor to soft proof your album pages. Soft proofing should show you where your colors are too saturated.
As for shooting and editing, it shouldn’t matter which color space you use, as long as before you send your files in, you convert them (if necessary) to a colorspace supported by Vision Art.
Thanks,
earl.