Hey guys. Following my other thread covering home studio equipment, i'm wondering if you may be able to help me on the post-processing side of things.
I'm currently shooting various product images for an RC car magazine which, until now, have been pretty much comment-free. Unfortunately the last lot were not so successful as i've had feedback on them being quite dark, with whitebalance being "out" on some whiteboard shots that I did.
All of the photos I took were tweaked slightly in Lightroom, and viewed well on my PC screen, but when printed appear to have come out a degree darker. I've also noticed this when I've produced quick prints on my home printer, although put this down to a £100 printer rather than anything else. I've since changed my mind and think this may be more to do with monitor calibration. I've never been one for a bright screen or high-contrast ratios, so am surprised to hear back that the shots were dark rather than washed out!
Can you guys give me any pointers? Would a simple monitor calibration process solve all of my worries or should I be looking more towards new displays/graphics cards/PC's (the desktop I use is a few years old now but was a good spec when bought).
Appreciate anything you can give me as the last thing I want to do is provide rubbish images for a paying customer!!
I'm currently shooting various product images for an RC car magazine which, until now, have been pretty much comment-free. Unfortunately the last lot were not so successful as i've had feedback on them being quite dark, with whitebalance being "out" on some whiteboard shots that I did.
All of the photos I took were tweaked slightly in Lightroom, and viewed well on my PC screen, but when printed appear to have come out a degree darker. I've also noticed this when I've produced quick prints on my home printer, although put this down to a £100 printer rather than anything else. I've since changed my mind and think this may be more to do with monitor calibration. I've never been one for a bright screen or high-contrast ratios, so am surprised to hear back that the shots were dark rather than washed out!
Can you guys give me any pointers? Would a simple monitor calibration process solve all of my worries or should I be looking more towards new displays/graphics cards/PC's (the desktop I use is a few years old now but was a good spec when bought).
Appreciate anything you can give me as the last thing I want to do is provide rubbish images for a paying customer!!
