Photography News | Issue 53 | photographynews.co.uk
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Your viewing pleasure Gone are the days of dedicating your monitor to photo editing, now monitors get put to all kinds of viewing uses. And your prints may be paying the price. That’s why regular calibration with a reliable device is crucial to ensure beautiful photographic prints
Our monitors are more multipurpose than ever before; we read news articles, check our emails, watch our favourite TV shows and, of course, edit our photos on them. If you’re a photographer, you probably already know the importance of calibrating your monitor. Perhaps you already calibrate your monitor every fewmonths. But do you calibrate your monitor every time you adjust the display? It may not seem obvious, but every time you turn up the brightness or adjust the contrast to see every detail of your favourite gritty drama, you’re losing the customprofile your calibration device has created and therefore losing the benefits when it comes to editing your photos. This results in printed images that are too dark, and even incorrect colours. Luminanceisacrucialfactorforlandscape and woodland photographer, Simon Baxter. His images of the British countryside, which you can check out at www.baxter.photos, perfectly capture the beauty of natural light, so it’s paramount this beauty is not lost when it comes to printing. “I remember the precise moment that my understanding of light in photography changed forever,” says Simon. “I was stood by a river in Scotland as it grew in intensity, the water edging closer to my feet and the noise becoming louder as the rain bounced from my umbrella. I was photographing the river and the mountains of Glen Coe and although the weather was ‘dull’, I noticed how the flat light bounced off every tiny droplet of water that clung to the branches and how the lack of harsh contrast highlighted all the wonderful detail in the wet rocks. Ever since, I have sought soft light
Images When we do everything fromwatching blockbusters to editing photos on our monitors, calibration is more important than ever. Thankfully Datacolor’s product range has it covered.
I’m trying to visualise the end result before I’ve taken the camera out of my bag, so it’s imperative that the print matches what I see on screen. My own experience is that this has only been made possible with two key steps in my workflow – screen calibration using my Datacolor Spyder5ELITE and customprofiles to matchmy paper of choice. I recalibrate my monitor if my working environment changes – this ensures I can produce accurate prints time and time again.” When it comes to printing, guesswork can be costly. That’s why Datacolor has teamed up with FUJIFILM Fotoservice pro to ensure your prints turn out as perfectly as you imagined. Until 31 December 2019, you can save 50% on a FUJIFILM Fotoservice pro print product of your choice when you buy a qualifying Spyder product.
– light that complements the texture, colour and the fine detail of woodland – detail that comes to life when printed. “Many photographers place light as the most important element of photography. Some refer to photography as painting with light, but I see light as one of the key ingredients that make up composition. I don’t seek light, I seek subjects or scenes that speak to me and then I’ll await light that allows the subtle qualities of the subject to speak louder than the light itself. “I always have printing in the back of my mind when creating photographs. In fact,
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