Second Calibration

TASK- Calibrate an LCD monitor in the digital darkroom and load the ICC profile to the monitor.

I used the GretagMacbeth Eye One.

The Procedure -
1. Open Eye One Match Software
2. Collect Calibration Device
3. Choose 'advanced' in the dialouge window
4. Choose to calibrate a monitor (LCD)
5. Note controls and menu software window ( Process steps on LHS, detailed info on each step on RHS, read through to become familiar)
6. Step through wizard process as per screen prompts
7. Target settings 6500/2.2/120
8. Calibrate with RGB controls option ( use monitor control menu to adjust/advanced/gain/RGB)
9. Calibrate brightness also using monitor menu controls.
10. Actual calibration process can take up to 10 mins
11. Save ICC profile-name_dd-mm-yy_1.ICC
12. Click to Save
13. Save in users/student/library/colorsync/profiles
14. View profile in system preferences/displays


my second Calibration on my monitor - 

HDR Image

Total images used: 14
Equipment needed: Tripod, Canon 5D and 24 -105 lens
Location: My backyard

At frist i was going to take pictures of clouds like what most HDR images are of, then i read the brief carefully and it states we have to make the image look 'natural'. Before this image i had done two others and i edited it and made it look soooo artificial. It look so good but we have to follow the guide lines. I don't think i have made my final image look at all unnatural. The scene really was full of colours and textures. I thought this would be a good image as its different and a bit artistic. Even though its so messy, its quite interesting and beautiful :)

Presentation - Imaging Techniques

For my presentation i will be teaching a tutorial on editing eyes. The main focus is changing their colour. I will be performing a rainbow technique followed by touch ups such as cleaning up the imperfections around the eye and making the pupal/ makeup contrast a bit more.

This tutorial is all about creating intensity in the eyes for future reference when shooting models or clients.

The tools i used in my tutorial were (Command +/-) for zooming in and out. (B) for the brush tool. (Command F) for Gaussian blur. (ARROW UP/Command N) for a new layer. (E) for eraser. (O) for burn/ dodge tool.

This tutorial is quite easy to remember and handy for future reference. Basically you pick your colour you want the eyes to be ( Rainbow ) in my case and you use the brush tool to do so; colour it in and then its the simple steps of blurring the harshness of the colours and overlaying it to blend into the eye. After that its all about the cleanup; erasing unwanted colour, whitening the eye and darkening the pupal and makeup :)

Here is my example that i have made for my tutorial -

My Reference is from YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTuXTxkAQgo