Color Accurate Camera Work
Color Accurate Camera Work
- Subject: Color Accurate Camera Work
- From: "richardkenward" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 10:42:33 +0100
To which I would only add that copying artwork/paintings is not a push
button job...I have done a considerable amount of photographing old masters
on film and know that however accurately the film is balanced, one often
needs to make considerable changes to the processed film to match the
original. An essential is to eliminate every trace of surface glare. This
glare is more subtle than the obvious glare that is removed by careful
placing of lights and does degrade the colour intensity and subject
information, especially in the darker/shadow areas.
Best regards
Richard
Richard Kenward
Richard Kenward Digital Imaging
+44 (0)1873 890670
web site: www.rkdi.co.uk
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The only way I know to really match an original is to have it sitting in
front
of you while output the print an then make adjustments as required. With
many artworks it's a matter of compromises and "getting real close" is as
good as it often gets.
Colour management can only adjust devices to be as close as those
devices are capable of. If they're incapable of reproducing certain
colours then no color management can help. For example, many purple
tones reproduce very poorly on many color films. Some pigments also
contain optical brighteners that can play havoc with attempts to reproduce
them. It's not a question of skill, it's the "rocket science" nature of the
beast.
Russell Proulx
Photographer
Montreal, CANADA