correctmyphotos

The other day at lunch I was pontificating on my favorite digital photo theme, “All digital photos need two things-to be cropped and color corrected”, when one of the guys at the table asked, “Does the color of my computer screen (monitor) matter? This is a good question and one that most folks really don’t think about. It is a reasonable assumption that after you spent good money to get a new flat screen monitor or laptop that the screen color would be correct. Unfortunately, that is most likely not the case. There is a good article on Imaging Resource (http://www.imaging-resource.com/ARTS/MONCAL/CALIBRATE.HTM) discussing the issue of monitor color and asks the question, “Who Needs It?” Their answer, and one that I agree with is, “You-If you care about your photos.”  (continue reading…)