SPE 2011 Report Mar 15, 2011 We always attend the Society for Photographic Education. It’s a great conference with a focus on photography with teachers and students showing a tremendous interest in digital that is just as impassi... digital negative events film firefly invisible ink Read more
Printing images from Photoshop =>CS4 Feb 10, 2011 When Photoshop updated CS4, they removed the “No Color Management” option from the Print dialogue. We assumed that printing instead with “Printer Manages Color” would produce the same effect because t... calibration workflow writing Read more
Gimme that old time feeling Jan 23, 2011 This winter I have been shooting with a combination of plastic Diana lenses, single element optic lenses, and my prized Zeiss Distagon 21mm ƒ2.8. Shooting with a diana lens makes me feel a bit nostalg... artists featured piezography development piezography life Read more
A Theory of Two Georges Apr 12, 2010 There is the theory that a few colors can reproduce everything else, and I think of the great French painter Georges Seurat. In the latter part of the 19th century, Seurat painted dots of red, green, ... artists featured piezography life writing Read more
A Calibration Primer Jan 20, 2009 INTRODUCTION* Piezography K7 is intended as a synergistic relationship between seven shades of carbon black ink and a special Piezography curve for the QuadTone RIP (QTR) software. The Piezography des... calibration workflow writing Read more
Pre-Visualization Strategies for Piezography part 3 Jan 20, 2009 So if a photographer can not calibrate their display to print, or refuses to… why would a photographer refuse to calibrate to print? The reason I hear the most, is that they do not like the look of th... calibration workflow writing Read more
Pre-Visualization Strategies for Piezography part 2 Jan 20, 2009 Lets take a look at what happens when a display is calibrated too bright. Many photographer like to look at their images as if they were looking at them on a light box. They often calibrate so that th... calibration workflow writing Read more
Pre-Visualization Strategies for Piezography intro Jan 20, 2009 Standard K7 profiles are made to differentiate between 256 gray levels from RGB value 0 (black) to RGB value 255 (white). Therefore, displays should be calibrated to print specs of an approximate cont... calibration workflow writing Read more
Calibration! Do I need it? Jan 20, 2009 Take a look at the following graphic to find your calibration score. What is the lowest number that you can just barely see? 1 – 9 Fantastic! Great job! You’re calibrated to print. 10 – 15 G... calibration workflow writing Read more
The K7 standard and monitor display systems Dec 26, 2008 THE K7 STANDARD* Piezography K7 profiles when used with K7 inks produce 255 separate shades of gray (256 including white). The Piezography profiles are actually curve sets that I make for the QuadTone... calibration piezography workflow writing Read more