One reason why your prints do not match the image on your screen

This article clearly and simply explains the issues of making a print from your digital image and why colour space has an impact on how your print appears, understanding is better than ignorance.

Written by Matthew Bird “If you have normal vision, you’ll be able to see a wide range of different colors, all the way from a deep violet at the lower end of the spectrum, to a primary red at the higher end. In between these two extremes, you can see blues, greens, yellows and shades of orange. Put them all together and you have the visible spectrum, sometimes known as the ‘color gamut’ of your vision.

It’s quite a wide range, and most man-made devices have a smaller color gamut than the human eye. The most important gamuts for photography enthusiasts looking to reproduce their work are those of monitors and printers. These devices use two completely different ways of creating colors, known as additive and subtractive, and failing to understand these can impact your final print quality significantly.” interested? read more

Understanding the light meter in your camera

You may not be fully aware of the metering opportunities your camera offers and how making the right choice can significantly improve your images. This well written article by Gerry van der Walt of Photo Africa gives a simple basic explanation of how you can do better. Gerry runs photography workshops and safaris in Africa so if you are thinking of a trip check out his site

Here is a link to his page with the metering tutorial

50 Really Great Portfolio Websites

I always check out what PhotoArgus have on their site, usually inspirational stuff, today they have an excellent post featuring 50 interesting and very varied photographers/photography  sites you can find them here

I particularly liked a site I had never heard of before called Greatphotojournalism.com