Damien Symonds

So far so good! Staying at home as much as we can. We're very lucky that we can both still work.

Both perfect ❤️

Oh, that's tough. You'd probably err towards the 5000.

How's the quality when you examine it up close?

I don't think you quite got all my numbers. This is redder than mine. But if you like it redder, that's great! Go with it.

After you make the adjustment, make sure you examine the quality up close. Playing around with very dark tones in a photo can leave us very vulnerable to graininess.

Try this Levels layer: Red 0/2.50/255 and 5/225 Green 0/1.60/255 and 0/250 Blue 0/1.00/245 and 0/255 And show me how it turns out.

This is about as tan as we can mange. Will it satisfy your customer?

Please promise you will never EVER crop during editing again?

Is that the whole photo now? No more little surprises for me?

PLEASE just show me the raw edit. No fancy business. Never do that either. It's even worse!

Come on, you cropped again! NEVER do that.

Almost there ...

Are you aware that you don't need to pay full price to join the Raw Class again? Clearly much has slipped your mind, and the class itself has been completely overhauled and updated since you were in it. I urge you to consider it.

No no no!!!!!!! You MUST get it right in raw.

I'm fidgeting in suspense here! How did it go?

Yes.

It's really hard to make lamps work. They're so ... "directional", you know? Still, it might be your only option. Anyway, I need you to know that your photo is dark. Not, like, crazy dark. But just enough to be of concern. Oh, ok! That lifts my spirits.

Darn. Any way to modify it?

Then the important question is: Is your indoor lighting bright enough and white enough?

Actually, natural light streaming in isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as there's no glare on your screen, and as long as you're not too close to the window such that it impedes your vision. However, that then creates a problem that you can't edit at night. Your room must be well lit, and must be lit the same at any time of day or night (whenever you edit).

Can you please read this and confirm your setup is good? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/01/light-around-your-computer.html

Also, this: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/09/cropping-tutorial.html

Ooh ... um, no it's not. I see from your profile (and your edit!!!!) that you don't have a calibrator. This is very bad, and you must get one as soon as you can. In the meantime, have you compared your screen to prints and made what manual adjustments you can for it to match them?

Wonderful! So go ahead and do your raw processing, then post the photo for me again and we'll discuss the pants.