Ben
Taking picture is hard and it is the first stage. I send my images to Costco
and I balance my computer to daylight. I will use ICC from Sams so you get as
close as possible to the final print.
If you get a very good technician behind the machine at Sams and they keep the
machine in great shape there wont be any difference between apples.
Oscar Matos Linares
3221 West Pierce #2R; Chicago, IL 60651
Telephone: 773-315-6842
E-mail: lpstudio@yahoo.com
Website: www.lpstudios.net
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From: Benjamin DeHaven <benjamindehaven@dajdesignsphotography.com>
To: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, January 22, 2011 4:58:42 PM
Subject: [artshow_photo] Printing Prints
In an effort to get more predictable and repeatable prints I recently purchased
a xrite monitor calibrator. I thought this would be a cure all for the problems
matching prints to monitor, but this was not to be. It simply opened my eyes to
the depth of the problem.
Right now for most of our prints we use Sam's Club (don't judge... money is
tight...). I have been playing around with Bay Photo but I just do not see a
difference in print quality. So I suppose I have two questions to pose.
1) What temperature do you set your monitors to in order to edit your prints? I
suppose that feeds into how you deliver your prints to the customer, are they
optimized for daylight, tungsten light, other light?
2) For those that have their prints done for them by an outside print shop (of
any so called quality or professionalism), do you have to re-edit your pictures
from the web for a print version if your monitor is calibrated? From my latest
batch of Sam's prints (also the first since I calibrated my monitor) they had an
abundance of orange that I just cannot duplicate by tweaking gamma or white
point. I really am at a lose here. And Sams will not provide any ICC profiles
so I really don't even know where to start besides resubmitting my prints and
hoping for better results. Then again, if the same pictures come out looking
different (yes, I clicked off the "autocorrect" feature) then I have even bigger
problems...
Any thoughts or opinions at all would be greatly appreciated. I would do my own
printing but the upfront costs are simply too prohibitive. Right now I am
struggling to find money for $200 in new inventory AND $249 for an EZ-Up Canopy
with walls. I used to think taking the photos was the hard part...
Thanks to all.
Benjamin
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