color

Article: Using Flash for Contrast—AdoramaTV.You Keep Shooting

AdoramaTV Presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson.

Article: Color, Contrast and Composition—AdoramaTV. You Keep Shooting

AdoramaTV Presents You Keep Shooting with Bryan Peterson.

Article: How To Avoid the Underwater Blues.Control Color Temperature and White Balance

How many of you remember your physics class? I certainly don’t. Color temperature and white balance can be a bit of a challenge—especially when shooting underwater—so let’s take a look at exactly what they are.

Article: Using the ColorChecker Passport—Adorama TV .Digital Photography 1 on 1

AdoramaTV Presents Digital Photography One on One. In this week's episode Mark answers a question regarding color calibration and correction.

Article: Getting Consistent Color from Monitor to Print – an Update.Get it right the first time

Is there a disturbing difference between what you see on your monitor and your prints? Here's how to fix it.

Article: Field Test: The Lowel Blender .Will it blend different kinds of light?

It’s an ingenious LED Location Light that’s fully adjustable for color-balanced light output. How well does it work, what else can it do, and is it worth the price?

Article: Preparing for a HTDT Interview—AdoramaTV .Behind the Scenes

In this episode Mark shows us how he prepares for a How'd They Do That? interview. Don't worry, the interview he's preparing for will be posted soon!

Article: Digital Calibration Target—AdoramaTV.Product Reviews

This week Mark will show us how the Digital Calibration Target is the ideal tool for front-end or back-end adjustments for correct exposure and color.

Article: Photographing Mexico’s colonial architecture –Travel Photography tips.Rich, saturated colors, no Photoshopping necessary

When it comes to food, music, and architecture, I must confess I’m no connoisseur. I can say with equal amounts of enthusiasm and ignorance that I know what I like.

Article: White Balance — AdoramaTV.Digital Photography One on One

In this episode Mark Wallace discusses how different sources of light affect the colors of your photographs. Mark explains color temperature and white balance, and demonstrates how you can get the most accurate color in your images.

News: Meet the Pentax K-x DSLR rainbow.Choice of four catchy colors coming to the US

One of the lowest-priced DSLRs on the market today is now also one of the most colorful as four bright-colored bodies are introduced. They join black, navy blue, red, and white versions.

Article: What color is your seamless background?.It's all about hue

If you’re just getting started in portrait photography—or even if you’re a seasoned pro—seamless, solid-colored paper backgrounds on rolls are a budget-friendly way to isolate and emphasize your subjects. Here's some useful background information.

Article: Color Solarization in Photoshop Elements.A groovy "Old School" darkroom special effect

One of the reasons I loved my black-and-white darkroom as a kid was that it was fairly easy to set up and use.

Article: Calibrating vs. profiling.Get it right the first time

Calibrating a device, such as a monitor or printer, is different from profiling a device. Here’s how they’re different.

Article: Driven to abstraction.Look for patterns and colors everywhere.

If you are driven, visually, to abstraction, you’ve got plenty of material. Just look around you.

Article: Scan Black And White In Color.Digitize film thoughtfully

There are two big myths about making great scans: The first is that the process is so difficult that it’s beyond the capabilities of the average person. The second is that it is really easy to make a great scan.

Article: Digital infrared...in color?.Can you really fake color infrared digitally? Do you really have a choice any more?

Kodak Professional High Speed Infrared (HIE) film was a high-speed color slide film with moderately high contrast and was sensitive to light and radiant energy to 900 nanometers (nm) in wavelength. But it's gone now.

Article: Vivid and Neutral Color Modes.Your guide to digital camera scene modes

Generally, your camera does a very good job of recording the world in accurate, genuine colors—unless you tell it otherwise.

Article: On-Target Color.Manage your color accuracy

There are a number of ways to set up a color-managed system in your home, office or studio. But once you calibrate and profile your monitor and printer, how do you really know that your system is producing accurate color?

Article: Add A Splash of Color.A composition tip to help you spice up your pictures

Colors draw our attention, and certain colors do so more than others.

Article: Color or Black-And-White?.It's your choice now.

Back in the day, before shooting, photographers had to make a creative choice: shoot on color or black-and-white film. Now, however, you don't have to make that decision until after you've taken the picture.

Article: Seeing Red.How to work with an intense color

Red evokes power and energy, and is full of symbolism for many cultures. As an element in a photograph, it attracts the viewer’s attention.

Article: True Color: Optimize Your Monitor.The trials and tribulations of displaying accurate color

Article: BUYING GUIDE: Optical Filters.You could do some of these effects in Photoshop--but why wait when you can get it done in your camera?

Perhaps the single greatest thing about optical filters--those transparent, usually round, usually glass light modifiers that screw onto your lens--is that they allow you to add creative effects easily at the moment of exposure.