Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 50
Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 50
- Subject: Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 50
- From: Busher Jr Richard C <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:33:31 -0800
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 07:42:45 -0800
From: bill agee <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Kelvin Relevance in Fine Art? And colorists
My practical experience is that practicing artists use quartz halogens
/ 3200k variety because that is what most galleries and retail stores
use to show their work. I remember one time when I lived in Laguna
Beach, CA, I had a house with a nice place to paint outside in mainly
north light. I used acrylics and the advantage was that the air was
fresh and I could easily paint large canvas. The only problem was that
when they were taken inside the gallery, they looked entirely
different.. From then on, I painted under 3200k quartz halogens and
have never been disappointed about the color changing.
I am sure the solux show colors more perfectly, but since no gallery I
know uses them, it is not practical to use them while one paints.
Bill Agee
Hi All,
I have been following this thread with interest because of a current
project. I have recently photographed a large number of paintings done
in the 1920's - 1930's in Japan for a book. I am also doing the
prepress on this project. I have done several book for this client, but
the earlier books had few paintings, mostly sculptural objects. The
earlier books were quite nice. This project is quite a challenge.
I photographed the paintings with strobes, as I had in past projects
for this client.
My first observation was that the transparencies, viewed on a GTI 5000k
viewing booth do not look like the paintings viewed under 3200k
lighting. Not at all. In some cases there are hugh color shifts.
I am familiar with anamolous (sic) reflectance (have a Kodak white
paper on the subject somewhere), and I was prepared for problems. The
problems are beyond anything I might have anticipated.
My question is, would I have been better off shooting with Quartz
lights rather than strobes? Is there another light source available for
photography that would be better?
Cheers,
Dick Busher
Cosgrove Editions
888-507-7375
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