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Images Look Darker in Print Than They Do on Your Monitor
and they always will. It’s an unavoidable reality. The reason for this has little to do with color management, inks, paper surfaces, device profiles, or any other adjustment-related issue. The simple fact is that your monitor’s white is illuminated by a projected light … Continue reading
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Out of the Shadows and Into the Light
Uncovering Hidden Details In the Shadows. There are usually significant details hidden under the weight of the darkest parts of an image. These darker details are very rich and revealing, and to some extent they are recoverable, but they must … Continue reading
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To Be (Visibly Appealing) or Not To Be, THAT is the Question!
I’m toying with a new idea, and it all has to do with photo quality. In particular, the real estate photo listings. On my last post I noted that it seems that few people actually care about the quality of … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions, Tonality and Appearance, Underpinnings and Core Issues
Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, clarity, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, real estate photos, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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Does It Really Matter Anymore?
Lately, I’ve come to the uncomfortable reality that perhaps my obsession with delivering clarity and definition in the digital photographs is much more important to me than it is to many in the Internet (and even print) publishing community. From … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, clarity, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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The Great Paynter European Photo Adventure- Post One
I just finished a 30-day trek around southern Europe with my best friend (my wife Barbara), and my Lumix G5. This composite shot (one of over 4500 taken during the trip) is of one of the Dresden Museums, just down … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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Shedding Light on Black and White Part 3: The Digital Conversion
A comparison between the way film-based cameras and digital cameras capture spectral information and transpose that information into black and white images. Photography is all about Light. The more we understand about the way light behaves, the better we will … Continue reading
Posted in Analog and Digital Photography, Underpinnings and Core Issues
Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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Shedding Light on Black and White
A comparison between the way film-based cameras and digital cameras capture spectral information and transpose that information into black and white images. Photography is all about Light. The more we understand about the way light behaves, the better we … Continue reading
Posted in Analog and Digital Photography, Underpinnings and Core Issues
Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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Image Tonality and the Histogram- Part Six: The Phoenix Scenario
In Greek mythology the Pheonix is a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn from apparent oblivion. In this sense, any digital image capture that is apparently “dead” by all appearance can have life breathed into it by powerful … Continue reading
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Tagged basic photography, camera modes, camera sensor, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, histogram, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, JPG, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, tone distribution, visual cortex, white balance
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Image Tonality and the Histogram- Part Five: Output Levels and Internal Contrast
The Input Gives and the Output Takes Away If you’ve wondered what the Output Levels are all about, here’s some insights. While the Input Black slider makes the Shadow Point darker and the White slider makes the Highlight Point lighter, … Continue reading
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Tagged basic photography, camera modes, camera sensor, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, histogram, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, JPG, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, tone distribution, visual cortex, white balance
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Image Tonality and the Histogram- Part Four: The Magic in the Middle
Before we move on to the middle tone adjustments, allow me to restate and review just a little of the hist-related issues we’ve covered so far. I know for some this will be an unnecessary rehash, but for some that … Continue reading
Posted in Tonality and Appearance, Underpinnings and Core Issues
Tagged basic photography, camera modes, camera sensor, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, histogram, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, JPG, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, tone distribution, visual cortex, white balance
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