Comments on: Correcting Exposure http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/ Food Photography Blog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: estetik http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-40790 estetik Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:24:17 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-40790 This is a very important blog. I use this correction for my digital photos taken with canon eos 400D. My previous camera canon eos 10D did not have this problem but the eos 400D takes photos with histograms just the same as in the histogram on top of this page. Is there any clue that I can make a setting for the camera eos 400D to take pictures with correct exposure? This is a very important blog. I use this correction for my digital photos taken with canon eos 400D. My previous camera canon eos 10D did not have this problem but the eos 400D takes photos with histograms just the same as in the histogram on top of this page. Is there any clue that I can make a setting for the camera eos 400D to take pictures with correct exposure?

]]> By: Nancy http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-1941 Nancy Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:46:49 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-1941 To get a proper exposure from the moment you take the picture, I find it useful to refer to the histogram. For this, I found this <a href="http://colorbalancecoach.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">video tutorial</a> which is quite clear and helpful :) To get a proper exposure from the moment you take the picture, I find it useful to refer to the histogram. For this, I found this video tutorial which is quite clear and helpful :)

]]> By: L http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-75 L Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:28:08 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-75 Hi AJ - thanks! on the comment for the whole site thing - hmm. I hadn't thought about that. I guess the only way to kind of do that is to leave a comment on my about page. But that's kind of weird too. On the Exposure correction point, I sometimes do a tiny bit of exposure correction in Adobe Camera Raw... but only to keep the histogram from falling off the edge. I prefer adjusting as a layer in Photoshop because I often go back and forth between levels, curves and color balance to get the look I'm going for. Often if I tweak the color of the highlights, it changes where I like to set the white point, for example. If I always tried to produce a technically "correct" photo, then I could probably do about everything in ACR... but I'm usually going for artisitc rather than correct (BTW - correct photography versus great photo will be an upcoming post shortly...) Thanks for stopping by! And feel free to keep the questions coming! Hi AJ - thanks!

on the comment for the whole site thing - hmm. I hadn’t thought about that. I guess the only way to kind of do that is to leave a comment on my about page. But that’s kind of weird too.

On the Exposure correction point, I sometimes do a tiny bit of exposure correction in Adobe Camera Raw… but only to keep the histogram from falling off the edge. I prefer adjusting as a layer in Photoshop because I often go back and forth between levels, curves and color balance to get the look I’m going for. Often if I tweak the color of the highlights, it changes where I like to set the white point, for example. If I always tried to produce a technically “correct” photo, then I could probably do about everything in ACR… but I’m usually going for artisitc rather than correct (BTW - correct photography versus great photo will be an upcoming post shortly…)

Thanks for stopping by! And feel free to keep the questions coming!

]]> By: A J FRENCH http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-74 A J FRENCH Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:13:29 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-74 Hi L, I was trying to find a way of leaving a general comment for the whole site, but I couldn't -- anyway, it is great, and I think your food photog. is fantastic. Thanks for posting, I am going to bookmark it and do some reading ... Just a Q: why do you do EC in PS and not in ACR? AJ Hi L, I was trying to find a way of leaving a general comment for the whole site, but I couldn’t — anyway, it is great, and I think your food photog. is fantastic. Thanks for posting, I am going to bookmark it and do some reading …
Just a Q: why do you do EC in PS and not in ACR?
AJ

]]> By: Still Life With... (Food Styling and Photography) » HDR Photography http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-44 Still Life With... (Food Styling and Photography) » HDR Photography Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:56:41 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-44 [...] Heidi, from 101 Cookbooks, has posted a very cool article on using High Dynamic Range (HDR) for food photography. Cameras, or in fact, the human eye, can only see a certain range of tonal values. Remember the histogram? You can move the tones around, but as you move one end, the other end moves too. So, what happens when your image contains extremes, lots of shades of dark and lots of shades of white? You loose out on one side, or the other, or both and end up with something in the middle. As you lighten up to get more detail in the blacks, the whites get blown out. As you tone down the lights, the darks get clipped. [...] [...] Heidi, from 101 Cookbooks, has posted a very cool article on using High Dynamic Range (HDR) for food photography. Cameras, or in fact, the human eye, can only see a certain range of tonal values. Remember the histogram? You can move the tones around, but as you move one end, the other end moves too. So, what happens when your image contains extremes, lots of shades of dark and lots of shades of white? You loose out on one side, or the other, or both and end up with something in the middle. As you lighten up to get more detail in the blacks, the whites get blown out. As you tone down the lights, the darks get clipped. [...]

]]> By: Still Life With... (Food Styling and Photography) » My Workflow http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-35 Still Life With... (Food Styling and Photography) » My Workflow Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:17:42 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-35 [...] I try to look closely at the photo to clean up any spots with the healing brush. Then, I try an auto-level and see if I like it. I usually revert because the Photoshop autolevel does a white balance correction that I really rarely like. Then I create an adjustment layer for exposure correction and one for color correction. [...] [...] I try to look closely at the photo to clean up any spots with the healing brush. Then, I try an auto-level and see if I like it. I usually revert because the Photoshop autolevel does a white balance correction that I really rarely like. Then I create an adjustment layer for exposure correction and one for color correction. [...]

]]> By: Bea at La Tartine Gourmande http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-19 Bea at La Tartine Gourmande Mon, 27 Mar 2006 03:44:43 +0000 http://stilllifewith.com/2006/03/26/correcting-exposure/#comment-19 Hi L, I just discovered your second blog! Beautiful! And such a great source of information. This is an excellent idea! I look forward to reading your posts. I have a lot to learn a lot from lenses, exposures etc as I am about to buy a SLR camera with lenses ;-) I cannot wait! I also saw the food stylist seminars you mentioned! If only I was closer to be able to attend! Cheers Hi L,

I just discovered your second blog! Beautiful! And such a great source of information. This is an excellent idea! I look forward to reading your posts. I have a lot to learn a lot from lenses, exposures etc as I am about to buy a SLR camera with lenses ;-) I cannot wait!
I also saw the food stylist seminars you mentioned! If only I was closer to be able to attend!

Cheers

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