CM challenge for an architectural photographer
CM challenge for an architectural photographer
- Subject: CM challenge for an architectural photographer
- From: Dennis Dunbar <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:59:50 -0800
A photographer asked me today how to solve a problem he's run into a
few times when shooting interiors for architects. Here's the situation:
he shoots 4x5 film, scans it and then does any necessary retouching
before printing the image on an Epson 2200. The client wants the colors
on the prints to match the colors of the actual walls etc. in the room
he's shooting.
He was told that he could use the EyeOne to take a reading of the
important colors in the scene and then use those readings to adjust the
values in the images, but I see many variables in this idea that would
seem to make this a very complicated solution. Sure he could know what
the measured values are, but that wouldn't account for the lighting
etc. in the room would it? (for instance the EyeOne uses it's own light
source and wouldn't know how the light in the room was affecting the
way things looked in context.)
My thought is if he has a profile for the scanner and for his
printer/paper combination, his monitor is calibrated/profiled, and if
his transparency is "right" he should be able to match colors without
any major headaches. Does this seem right, or would he need to go the
more complicated route of measuring all the important colors and
comparing them to the values in his digital files? Or is there a better
way any of you can suggest?
Thanks!
Dennis Dunbar
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