Talk to Me

by Aaron on December 1, 2009

What’s up? What’s going on?

Five times a week I publish a post giving you ideas, suggestions, information, or a pointer to a resource with information about social media for photographers.

Today, I want you to talk with me. Tell me what you’re doing that’s new and exciting. Share something that’s working. Heck, share something that isn’t working.

How are things going with your photos? Your business? Your relationships? Talk to me.

Photo by victoriapeckham, used under Creative Commons licensing

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Tagged as: Conversation, feedback

Wendy Blomseth

Thank you for pleasantly trapping me here for an hour at your site.
You are working hard at working the Social Media + Photography equation and I
truly appreciate it. I'm in Minnesota. Been shooting professionally 11 plus years. Challenged with social media plus photography for about three years. Anything I can do, please ask. I specialize in "helping your create your best headshot that attracts your best clients" and display the pictures all over social media and occasionally in print.
Thanks again.
Aaron Hockley

It's amazing how many people don't realize the power of having a nice avatar or headshot that they use (consistently) throughout their web presence.
Joe Perrin

I've been trying to get my prints to match my screen. The problem is the prints are consistently coming out too dark. I shoot RAW and the file for print is converted and exported to an sRGB 8-bit JPG. Yes, I have calibrated my monitor using the Spyder3 Elite, 2.2, D65. I'm also using the correct printer ICC profile (for soft proofing) while making sure not to double profile with photoshop. In other words the printer isn't managing the color, Photoshop is. After doing all this my prints are still coming out dark. After extensively researching Google, forums and buying a few books on color management I'm still no closer to solving the problem. One proposed solution I came across suggested to brighten the image by a stop or two. Doing this will make the image on the screen look terrible but the print would theoretically now match the screen. I can't imagine this is a method that (pro) photographers use and I'm not too keen on playing these kinds of guessing games. Another idea I have floating around in my head is that my monitor is too bright. If this is the case how am I supposed to know where to set the brightness level especially since my monitor doesn't have an OSD which would tell me what brightness setting the monitor is currently using. Calibration is for colors, not for setting the brightness level. Is there a standard brightness level I should be using? If so how do I go about setting it?

Thanks for any suggestions.
Stephanie Elie

What's going on are you sure you want to know. I'm currently debating on buying the Tamron 17-50mm for my canon and can't decide on the VC ($200 more ) or the older model. I want to prepared for my first shoot out and right now the best low light lens i have is my 50mm 1.8 which doesn't give me much flexibility.

Suggestions?
Aaron Hockley

I'm not familiar with the Tamron 17-50 but I have the Canon 17-55/2.8 and it has the Image Stabilization... I do a lot of event photography and shoot a lot of photos handheld with that lens, so the IS is nice.

The biggest considering would be that if you're going to be shooting a lot in low light, having the IS/VC will be extra helpful.