Archive for the 'Perception' category
Seeing Red? Our Eyes are Adaptable
by Liz Quinlisk – April 8th, 2020
Eyes are adaptable. The human eye is quite complex and has a high degree of color adaptation. It automatically changes its sensitivity to a wide range of viewing conditions. Familiar colors or objects remain largely unchanged with variations in lighting or viewing conditions.… Read more
X-Rite Quick Tip: The Rule Of Thirds
by Alan Winslow – March 13th, 2018
The Rule of Thirds is one of the most well-known and important photographic composition rules. Therefore every photographer should understand how to utilize this rule to make dynamic and balanced photographs. However, once we learn the rule, we need to… Read more
Travel Photography Top 5 Tips by Jacob James
by Nicola Cox – September 28th, 2017
Travel photography is important to many of us. This article by Jacob James gives you some excellent tips for improving your travel photography memories. In my experience, each destination I travel to has a different feel that needs to come… Read more
Better Color Better Perception – John Paul Caponigro
by Sandra Kehoe – July 18th, 2017
Great Tools for Great Color – Guest blog by John Paul Caponigro Good tools get the job done well; great tools change the way I see. I’ve found it extremely valuable to consider how each tool I use in my… Read more
Mystical Morning – The Journey And The Destination by Coloratti Jason DiMichele
by Sandra Kehoe – June 16th, 2015
Guest blog by X-Rite Coloratti Jason DiMichele Many times we are fixated on getting to that favorite shooting location that we forget to pay attention to the happenings around us. In these days of not having enough time, there’s a… Read more
2014 Flame Challenge Winning Video Explains “What is Color?”
by Jeff Lazell – June 11th, 2014
In case you were not aware, every year the Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science holds the “Flame Challenge” to test the scientist’s ability to communicate with the general public. They do this by posing basic, but surprisingly difficult questions and requesting that the… Read more
X-Rite Color Management for Photography | It’s Good to be GREEN!
by Brenda K. Hipsher – June 9th, 2011
I’ve been thinking alot lately about what it means to be “GREEN.” I’m talking about the kind of environmental awareness that keeps me sorting my recyclables from my trash, recycling my paper and cardboard, thinking about the packaging of the… Read more
Color Management by X-Rite | Why Calibrate and Profile a Monitor?
by Brenda K. Hipsher – May 23rd, 2011
Seriously… why do we need to go to all the time, trouble and expense of profiling our computer monitor? When I’m out in the field people consistently say to me, “My prints don’t match my monitor.” The first question I… Read more
On Site | Monitor Luminance vs. Brightness
by Brenda K. Hipsher – January 8th, 2011
by Brenda K. Hipsher Ever wonder what the difference is between the terms luminance and brightness? These terms are generally used in connection with the light level output of a monitor or display. We know that having this brightness or… Read more
