The Shutterbug Society; Activity #3: Ask and Answer

[ed1nburgh.livejournal.com]

Activity: Ask and Answer
Points: 10 points participatioon
Dates: NOW until Thursday, July 1 at 22:00 PDT.

Details: Since this is a photography club and we have members of all skill levels, for this activity, you're going to have the opportunity to ask or answer photography questions you've always wondered!

FOR QUESTIONS: Be sure that it is a question of substance. Asking, "What's a camera?" will not get you points, but asking something of more substance, such as "What is the rule of thirds?" or "What's the difference between digital cameras and film cameras," will count towards points. If you are only planning on asking questions, you must ask THREE questions to get participation points.

FOR ANSWERS: If you know the answer to a question you see, feel free to respond! In order to get participation points, you must answer one question with at least five, complete sentences. It is encouraged that you post an example of what you're talking about, to make your answer totally clear.

Of course, feel free to go beyond the minimum! You may ask more than three questions or answer more than one, or any combination thereof.

If you have any questions for me, please respond to the thread below!

Shoot things, legally! Join The Shutterbug Society today!

Comments

[gringotts.livejournal.com]

It depends on the printer really. If you can go to a place that allows you to edit your image, you should be okay. Where I print my photos, they have an awesome print processing machine that allows me to see what my photo will look when it's printed so I can make any colour or lighting adjustments if needed. Printing on gloss always help it pop, too :D

Nadine//Claw

[marchenland.livejournal.com]

Are you using ICC profiles?

[gringotts.livejournal.com]

Was this meant to be directed at me or the person who asked the question? haha

[marchenland.livejournal.com]

You, Nadine.

I print at my local Costco on a $60,000 Noritsu 3111, which gives really nice prints if I set them up with the right paper and printer profile info, and tell them not to color correct my shots. You often only get the good printer at the store if you act like you know what you're talking about - they don't waste it on snapshots, I've noticed.

I kind of fell down this particular rabbit hole because when I complained about the print quality, they gave me the info about where to get the ICC profiles for their printers, and it started me down a path toward much greater understanding of printer gamuts and such. I'd be loathe to try to explain it all here, because it's mostly pretty esoteric, with a lot of variation and steps where you have to "play with the values until you're happy with it," which is annoying in a tutorial.

I'm still struggling to find a printer that can handle a large variety of yellows with any aplomb at all, even WITH the right profile. I have a daffodil shot that is pretty much unprintable -- maybe if places would let me print TIFs, instead of forcing them to be JPEGS? I don't know.

[gringotts.livejournal.com]

OH, no I get my photos professionally printed. But I know they have machines there for people who just upload their images, fix any colour and cropping issues and then the photo lab people print them off. They're really great there, I trust the manager with my life haha she always tones the paper especially for me which is always a bonus :)