Beach Trip
I was on assignment at the beach this week and had some free time. It’s been a while since I’ve just been able to walk around for a couple of hours with camera in hand and see what I can come up with.
New grant program for emerging photographers
I’m a contributor to photocrati.com which is an online photography publication. They’ve recently opened a grant program for emerging photographers. It’s a $5000 grant to cover subjects of social and humanitarian importance. Full information including application info is here…
New images for Jerry’s Seafood
Those of you not from Maryland may not be familiar with the concept of the crab cake – so by way of education let me say that they’re made from crab meat (blue, not dungeness) egg, spices and as little bread filler as possible. Usually about the size of a hockey puck, they’re either deep fried, pan fried or broiled. Jerry’s sells a crab cake they call the Crab Bomb. It’s about the size of a softball! That’s big.
Client: Jerry’s Seafood
Food Styling: Harry McMann
Work has slowed
I can blame that on swine flu. I was taking care of a sick family last week. This week I had a cancelled shoot because everyone at the client’s manufacturing plant was out. In the meantime, here are some snapshots, 2 personal, 1 from a location scout…
File Types and Color Management
Anyone who’s ever used Adobe Photoshop can tell you there are about 20 different ways to save an image file. Then there’s the issue of color profiles. Ask 10 different graphic designers about the best way to save files and you’re likely to get 10 different answers. That’s fine for the designer, but from our point of view, we want to get you files in the way that will give you the best quality without any undue headaches.
Often ad agencies and larger design firms will have a dedicated production manager who’s job it is to manage all of this stuff. If that’s the case we’ll work closely with them to make sure we get the files to the client in a way that will work into their workflow easily.
Many other clients do not have a dedicated production person. For those clients we recommend a couple of things.
- Read over the guidelines from the UPDIG working group here.
- Understand that no single file type is best for all applications, and so we will often deliver the same image in a number of file formats and sizes
We archive all jobs in a couple of different formats. First we keep all of the RAW files from the shoot. Second, all selections are saved in 16bit RGB tiff or psd layer files. This allows for the greatest flexibility should any further adjustments be needed down the road. Our system is fully calibrated using ICC profiles and we embed the working profile into all files. This allows client to embed their profile of choice on their end. By working in this way we can ensure that the final output will match what was intended.
