Michelle Pena

Sorry, my questions are random lol! This is what Miller's prefers, so the North American purpose 2 or whatever it is changes to custom, is this an issue that you know of? Below is a picture of what these specific settings to be.

Oh, I also wanted to ask if anything has changed with setting up Photoshop? I have your article or Damien's on how to set it up. I'm about to upgrade to PS 2025 and want to ensure that my settings remain the same. Thanks so much!

I do know a bit about labs and how they work from the film days. A Loooong time ago... LOL... I used to work at a Riz Camera back in my early twenties, and they constantly calibrated and performed regular maintenance. Versus Walgreens, which rarely changed out the chemicals, so you know how that goes, lol! I use Shootproof for my clients. And tried all the labs except one or two, but I liked Miller's better. Have my settings in PS according to their specs. I will be talking to them on Monday about my issues. I wish they had CPQ as a choice.

I have the Apple Studio Display with my Mac mini M2 pro, and I also purchased the Calibrated Color Checker Pro new. So both are almost two years old. I'm shit out of luck then !

I tried the GB-LED setting this evening, and I think the screen looks better. Not as warm. Prints match a tad better. I'm about to edit a session that is mostly pink and white, which makes it super difficult to see colors correctly due to the warm screen. I may consider a new non-Apple monitor if I can with the Mac mini. I'm just not in the budget for it right now.

I have the regular Apple Display, not the XDR, but it doesn't matter though lol Yes, it's too cool at d65 but it's so easy on the eyes and to edit .With the d50 setting, it's so warm and dull, it's hard to edit on this; everything looks hazy. I'll try the GB-LED option! Maybe that will help some.

It's always been the same. I've not changed anything in a few years. LIght bulbs are white 6500k

Sorry, not sure where to post this in the Apple or calibration section. Does anyone here edit with an Apple Display Pro ? Been having issues with prints being dull and dark. I use a Colorchecker Display Pro. Prints not matching, they are either too warm or too cool on either setting. These are the settings I have tried so far.. Can there be a D60 lol!! Lum 60 is the most it can do. 80 lum is too bright. 1) Native and 60 lum- too cool 2) D65 and 60 lum - too cool 3) D55 and 60 lum- way too warm- hard to see colors and brightness at this setting 4)D50 and 60 lum- still too warm but better Does anyone have issues like this with their Apple Display? Should I purchase another non-Apple screen that I cannot afford for the Mac Mini? Thanks for any help.

Yes, I took his class years ago! I never could understand. It was like relearning everything again. And I did give up because I was overwhelmed. I could retake it; I don't want to waste his time. Sorry, you keep repeating yourself; that is how I learned. Unfortunately, I was never taught not to judge the LCD screen The Profoto monolight ($800) seems too low; it's only 100w. I'm not sure if that would be enough light for anything I do.

Ok, I grabbed that newborn session from yesterday and halfway edited a photo. It looks excellent already compared to the back of the camera. I want to show you a before and after. I won't show you the back of the camera image because, of course, the cell phone doesn't show the colors correctly or as is. So the back of camera looked very dull, with no contrast, yellowish green in color, almost hazy..you get the jist, Just scary looking LOL! The unedited uploaded image ( shown ) was in 5500wb in ACR and it added 50 ! The second photo is the halfway edited version. I was surprised that it could add contrast and light without looking wonky. Is this the correct direction I'm headed in? I know you explained a lot, but I am that person who will not understand until I see it for myself, more hands-on. This is how my brain comprehends information lol The second edited photo is still a little too yellow-orange for my liking, and I hope I can fix it. I didn't use the grayscale to edit this photo for time's sake.

Yes , you are right ! In ACR , they are lower. Today I had a newborn used the new settings , and already I saw no hotspots nor too much brightness in baby’s face! This was after uploading into ACR by the way not LCD. There was no muddy look either. Now I haven’t started editing them yet,but I already noticed a softer better image. I feel it’s the neutral setting because I didn’t change the power of the light.

OK, I must have misunderstood you. I thought you meant keeping it on Kelvin at 5600 camera. But you meant to keep it at AWB, Correct? Yes, I have been told the Flashpoint ad400 pro or Godox are bright lights.

I will take a look at the link. I feel I get a lot of hot spots, so I think the newborns are too bright. I don't feel I get soft lighting with newborns or sitting babies. With the 64-inch plm, I will move it around a lot with newborn sessions! Mostly away to prevent hot spots. I double-diffused and even triple-diffused this light, so it is not bright. I also shot in a room without windows; it's pretty much dark except for the modeling lamp.

What does that mean? Fine-tuned? I've changed it to 0.0. I did talk to the lab once, and they mentioned they added a plus one or two of red, which is why I moved it . I have a newborn baby today and will shoot with the new settings.I hope all goes well. Mini Mac is calibrated almost to match prints, the only issue I have is brightness. I think it's been a few months since I calibrated. I may do that this evening

Ok I messed with the arrows again and I don’t know how or why but now it’s changed!