Recent content by andrew gilbert

The spyder will calibrate the monitor but the original colour in the image will still be off - you only need to correct the colours by using the grey card at your end - then the photo has the right shade and adjusting the white balance to correct the colours, even if your monitor is off it will...

I think your problem is in getting the White balance right in the photo. This is probably why the photo looks different from the shade even on a calibrated screen. You would need to shoot an image of a grey card (you can get them at most camera shops) with the ring flash / camera setup and then...

Ok, the SB600 let's you do +/- 3 stops of compensation if I remember rightly - 1 will at a guess give you something natural looking , full flash always looks a bit over bright to me at least on stuff like this. The challenge is to freeze the movement - you rain drops will move the flower when...

Hi, If you want to freeze the movement of the raindrops you'll ideally want to use a flash, not sure what sort of camera you have but essentially I would recommend using the flash - probably using flash compensation to back of the light by a stop or so to keep things looking natural - let me...