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Camera Profiles and the ColorChecker Passport — The What, Why and How

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Nov 27, 2009 in Featured Articles | 6 comments

For a while it was a mystery. I just didn’t get it. No matter how I set the white balance in my Nikon cameras — be it preset or custom — when I opened my images in either Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) or Lightroom (which are, in essence, the same thing) the White Balance number would be way off....

Cool Tools: onOne’s DSLR Remote Pro

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Sep 6, 2009 in Quick Focus | 2 comments

A “marriage made in heaven”? Absolutely? Brangelina? No, I can’t get into that stuff. To me, the new SuperCouple of the Day was formed when my iPhone 3GS bonded with my Nikon D3. Two of my favorite tools joined in the pursuit of happiness and perfection. The matchmaker? onOne...

Q: Does it matter which color space I select in my camera?

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Jul 29, 2009 in Featured Articles | 12 comments

Answer: Yes. No. Maybe. Confused? Read on. With all of the attention properly being paid to color management, I’ve been asked whether it matters which color space one uses in the camera — and if so, which one to use. Without going into an in depth discussion of the concept of “color...

Commentary: Photography in a Funky Economy

Posted by Steve Herzberg on Apr 19, 2009 in Quick Focus | 11 comments

To paraphrase Charles Dickens, “These are the best of times, these are the worst of times.” It’s all a matter of perspective. Looking at the bright side, the tools we have available for use as professional photographers have never been better or more competitively priced. Looking at the dark side, as...