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Practice What You Preach!

A few weeks ago I wrote about the importance of a calibrated monitor when viewing and editing digital photos. (My Computer Screen—Is The Color Right? Does it Matter?)  Well, I should practice what I preach. I have been noticing that the “grays” on my laptop seemed a little blue and this afternoon I decided to plug-in in my Pantone huey and calibrate my monitor. It only took a couple of minutes and what a difference it made. My monitor color was off a lot more than I realized.  Look at the gray areas on this blog. Do they look a little blue or maybe magenta? Even if you think they are gray, my guess is that they are not.  If you have a monitor calibration device from Pantone (X-Rite) or a Spyder from DataColor I suggest you use it. If you don’t, I would recommend getting one. You can buy one for less than $80 and it will be well worth it.  My “January Resolution” is to calibrate my monitor at least once a week. We will see how well I do.

Wayne http://www.correctphoto.com

Photo Editing can be fun—if it is easy!

Yesterday is was 10 degrees below zero as I sat on our porch enjoying the warmth of the sun. Inside my wife’s colorful orchids where blooming and outside the snow was cold and white. I couldn’t resist taking a couple of photos with my trusty old Canon G5 in Auto Mode—actually I took about 20 shots.

Orchids & Snow-Photo Editing Can be Fun

And, if you have visited this blog before you know that I believe every digital photo can benefit from a little cropping and color correcting.  I, of course, used CorrectPhoto because it is easy and I have the thumbnail images available to quickly pick the photo I want to edit.  The OneClick color correction feature of CorrectPhoto makes color correction a snap.  But, if you have Photoshop Elements and know how to use it go ahead edit the photo with it.  You can add the OneClick color correction with iCorrect OneClick Plug-inand get the same quick color correction that is in CorrectPhoto. (continue reading…)

One of my favorite photo contest sites is Shutterbugs.biz (http://www.shutterbugs.biz). As I mentioned in a previous blog Photo Contest Sites are great places to learn from other photographers and view great photography.

Shutterbugs.biz International Photo Contest Site

Digital Image Cafe Photo Contest Website

I used CorrectPhoto to crop and color correct the photo to create the portrait photo of Kathryn.  If you have and are familiar with Photoshop Elements you can certainly use it to crop the photo.  I discussed the basics of photo cropping in an earlier post, “Cropping Photos. How?”. 

Yes, all digital photos can benefit from a little cropping and color correction. There are some photos have an imbedded memory that can be released with the Cropping Tool of a photo editing program. Take a new look at some of your discarded photos and see if you can find a memory.

Wayne http://correctphoto.com

Happy New Year. I have been a bit remiss in posting during the Holiday Season, but I’m back at it and will try to be a bit more regular as we move into 2009.  Best wishes for a happy and successful New Year. If you are like me, you are happy that 2008 is behind us and look forward to a new “beginning” in 2009. 

Christmas Photo-Edited with CorrectPhoto

So, did you take a few photos over the holidays? I really didn’t take too many although I took a few on Christmas Eve of the family (particulary the grandchildren) and a few snow scenes.  What are you going to do with the photos you took? Many of you will want some prints, most likely 4×6.  We talked about printing photos on your desktop printer in a previous post but, as you know, I suggest you only do that when you need a print in a hurry. (continue reading…)