The
difficulty with color is to go beyond the fact that it's color – to
have it be not just a colorful picture but really be a picture about
something. It's difficult. So often color gets caught up in color, and
it becomes merely decorative. Some photographers use [ it ] brilliantly
to make visual statements combining color and content; otherwise it is
empty. - Mary Ellen Mark, “Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years” by Marianne Fulton, ISBN: 0821218387, Page: 5
"I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to your neck." - Dorothea Lange
"Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible." - Edwin Land
Color Checker Targets (from Mac-On-Campus):
Take a photograph of a color chart and use to set white balance to a neutral color temperature based on the lighting scenario you are shooting under.
Use "flex-fills" or "bounce cards" to fill the shadow areas of an image with additional light/exposure - very helpful for shadow side of portraits.
Adjusting for Color and Tone:
Levels/Curves and Camera Playback Histogram
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| Sharpening Handout - To be done right before printing! |
Today
we'll be talking about proper color management workflows and how to
take an image from monitor to print with as much color accuracy as
possible.
Colors
on a monitor are displayed using a combination of RGB light, while
printed colors are typically created using a combination of 4 inks
CMYK. Because the RGB and CMYK color models use different methods to
display colors, each produces a different gamut, or range of colors.
The color space for a device is defined by the gamut
it can produce. And an ICC profile is a description of a device’s color
space. The profiles are used to help ICC systems communicate properly
and translate your color gamut from device to device accurately.
Proper Color Management Workflow diagram:
Color Management Workflow:
STEP 1: Calibrate your monitor
STEP 2: Set up the Photoshop Color Management Environment
STEP 3: Assign a Profile to the image
STEP 4: Soft Proof your image on screen
STEP 5: Print your Color-Managed image using ICC Printer Profiles
Below is a handout detailing the proper color management workflow steps for printing to an Epson inkjet printer.
Great links for additional Color Management information:
A wealth of color management related info can be found at www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
And
further Epson Inkjet printing and color management instructions for
older Photoshop versions, Lightroom, and Windows printing can be
downloaded here: files.support.epson.com/pdf/r2880_/r2880_mc.pdf
The end of the class we will be visiting Beth Schiffer Digital Labs to make a Digital-C Print.
Beth has a new website highlighting her large print services. Please check it out and share your business with her: PrintBigPhoto.com
The end of the class we will be visiting Beth Schiffer Digital Labs to make a Digital-C Print.
Beth has a new website highlighting her large print services. Please check it out and share your business with her: PrintBigPhoto.com
It has been an absolute pleasure teaching you during this intensive.
I wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
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