Posted in Darkroom, English, Color, B&W on mai 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Tags:black and white, calibrage, calibration, capteur, color, couleur, howto, ICC, moniteur, monitor, Noir et Blanc, PhotoShop, Tutorial
The picture viewed thru a monitor looks different because this device cannot display as many shades of color as the camera chip can capture. And … if you send the photo to the printer, the result will be slightly different!
Posted in Darkroom, English, B&W on mai 20th, 2007 No Comments »
Tags:black and white, Darkroom, Effect, howto, PhotoShop, Print, printing, Tutorial
Split toning refers to the traditional black and white darkroom techniques that used chemical processes to color a black and white print. By using different combinations of chemicals, one could achieve a split color effect that made the shadow tones one color and the highlights another.
Posted in Darkroom, English, B&W on mai 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Tags:black and white, Darkroom, epson, inkjet, Print, printing
Unfortunately BO mode (Black Only, impression only of black ink on paper) completely disappeared from the new Epson R1800 and R800 drivers. As a result, the black and white printing do not exploit the excellent capacities of these printers.
Posted in Pre-Production, English, Color, B&W on mai 7th, 2007 No Comments »
Tags:Ansel Adams, black and white, color, DSLR, Exposure, sensors, shoting technique, Zone System
The first thing you need to know is that exposure meters are “stupid”, really very “stupid”. They do not have any idea of what they photograph and they assume that all the scenes have the same tonal value: middle gray (famous gray of 18%). For example without correction, a snowy scene will be underexposed. […]