When did you start your filmmaking/photography ? My journey in visual storytelling began with photography in 2010. Is this your hobby or your profession? While photography ignited my passion for visual arts, I have shifted my focus to filmmaking, which has become my profession. Who and/or what inspires you most? I find great inspiration in [...]
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Q&A With Film Maker Oliver Astrologo
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Spyder X2 – The key to “Low-Key” & “High-Key” portraits
Professional, celebrity photographer Hernan Rodriguez takes us on his photo shoot of singer/songwriter Talia, detailing the setups for success for low-key and high-key portraits and why calibrating your monitor – in this case with Spyder X2 Ultra – is essential for capturing every detail.
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Monitor Calibration Myths & Facts
Calibrating your monitor is the best way to ensure color accuracy in addition to streamlining your post-production workflow, yet there are misconceptions about calibration that make some people hesitate to perform this simple task. While color performance and accuracy are dependent upon the physical capabilities of a monitor, calibration maximizes the color performance and accuracy [...] More -
Questions for Ursula Reinke
When did you start your photography? Photography was already a part of my design studies in Düsseldorf, Germany. Creative techniques, studio and b&w photography and working in the darkroom were all part of my training. During my many years as a graphic designer for an American company, I captured many events on film with my [...] More -
Datacolor Spyder Checkr Photo – Color Correction the easy way
Introduction As photographers, especially the ones professionally working in the industry, we know all too well how important accurate color is. Whether you are a portrait, fashion or travel photographer, preserving the original color from your subject to the final image is key to creating consistent and professional results on a regular basis. Most of [...] More -
Art documentation using Spyder Checkr Photo
Datacolor Friends with Vision photographer Marcus Schwier focuses on two photographic genres in particular: architectural photography and art documentation. As different as both disciplines may seem, the step to art documentation was a very small one for the studied architect, because his colleagues from his student days at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf still like [...] More -
Questions for André Boto
When did you start your photography? I started to photograph when I was 18 years old. My first camera (a 2 megapixel camera) was a birthday gift. In the beginning, photography helped me with my drawing. I started to photograph outside, so I could photograph my painting subject and look at my monitor inside, rather [...] More -
Bright colours in a simple location – a fashion shoot with Sascha Hüttenhain
Concept and idea: My idea was to play with the bright colours of pretty outfits in a very reduced location that is rather grey and definitely not playful. To make my vision realisable, I thought about a concept before the shoot and planned the implementation very thoroughly. Straight lines of the architecture, but also the [...] More -
Questions for Eric t’Kindt
When did you start your photography? I bought my first camera in 1986. When I still lived at home, I was usually the family photographer. Is photography your hobby or your profession? Photography is my hobby, but a very passionate one. Tell us about the image you entered in the contest. What’s the story behind [...] More -
Color consistent Workflow – an autumn portrait shoot with Nela König
Content Creation – an example of how Spyder Checkr Photo achieves a consistent look across all camera systems for a portrait shooting, as well as images taken with smartphones for social media communication. I love to capture emotions, movements and our connection with nature in my pictures – in this case, it was especially fun [...] More -
Questions for Susanne Scholl
When did you start your photography? I have always enjoyed photography. In the past, I was more interested in landscapes or close-ups of plants, but took pictures in automatic mode only. Because of my dog, who has been with me for 6 years now, I then began to take more interest in animal photography. For [...] More -
Color
As a commercial food and drink photographer, Friends with Vision photographer, Scott Choucino notes that, “Color is everything to me – especially with recent shifts in trends towards more visually graphic advertising.” Here, he shares his thoughts on his work. Believe it or not, 99.9% of the photographs I see in my mind are black [...] More -
“Keeping it Real” – No Matter Where You Shoot! Part 2 by Hernan Rodriguez
Building an On-Location Studio For this segment, I’d like to share with you how I created a commercial advertising shoot on location with Mario Lopez and his family for the shoe brand DSW. When I am commissioned to shoot on location I try to find out as many details as I can. From location spots, [...] More -
“Keeping it Real” – No Matter Where You Shoot! – Part 1 by Hernan Rodriguez
Among many other things, there are two important factors I always consider when shooting portraits on location as well as in studio; the expressions need to be authentic, and the skin tones must be accurate, unless I am shooting for special effect. This should be at the top of your priority list anytime a person [...] More -
Autumn Schrock and Spyder Checkr Photo – Precise, Consistent Color Made Easy
Professional photographer and Datacolor Friend with Vision Autumn Schrock, walks us through her photographic process using the Spyder X monitor calibrator and Spyder Checkr Photo – our latest Spyder Checkr offering. The Spyder Checkr Photo includes 62 target patches. It comes with four interchangeable cards that include a robust color target offering 30 colors, 6 [...] More
