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2 interesting guestblog links

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Today 2 links to guestblogs I recently did for PhotoWhoa and Sekonic.

 

You can find the PhotoWhoa one here.

 

You can find the Sekonic one here. 

Lens calibration yes or no

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Lens calibration yes or no ?
As you probably have read in last weeks posts about the ColorMunki and the FAQ about calibrations I’m a huge supporter of calibration. Today a topic some people don’t think about, or maybe not even know about, the lens….. calibration.


Now some people will claim that this is a minor thing, and don’t get me wrong they will get great images (or at least it could be that they get great images) but when you want to deliver continuity and use actions for certain looks in Photoshop/Lightroom (etc) and want that all your images look the same you will have to take some steps in your workflow.
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FAQ about calibrations

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After the review of the ColorMunki yesterday, today some FAQ about calibrations.
And I promise this will be shorter post 😀

 

Now a lot of people are still in doubt if they should calibrate, so let’s start with a little test.
Look at the image and check if your screen is showing everything clearly……

Ok, well did this went ok ?
If you answered yes, I’m almost 100% sure you already used a pattern like this or you have a color analyzer that you use to calibrate your display. If not….. well you are VERY VERY lucky. Because in most cases this will be a total mess.

 

So now that we did this test, let’s look at the FAQ.

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The DOORhof is always open EP5

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Well the FAQ about calibrations has to wait till tomorrow, but for a very good reason 😀
With pride I can present to you Episode 5 of “The DOORhof is always open”.

 

This time it’s all about styling, and who else to ask than Nadine Stephan, our ultra creative stylist.
Also some tips about tethering, a flash bender tip, a location photoshoot and a BTS video shot during a photoshoot with Nadine. I hope you enjoy this episode and if you have ideas for the next episode please let me know.

 

You can find the episode also via iTunes and of course on our YouTube channel.