Okay I am not one to buy something just because it may work, but I have been thinking of this for a while. Then when I was watching a video today I saw that the presenter was using one I thought that I would make my own colour checker and see if it works. This is the first version, I already can see a number of changes that I would do, but first I will play with it for a while then make the changes. So what is it? It is a colour checker for helping you to adjust the colours in an image and compensate for any problems with the white balance and so far I have to say it works GREAT!! I do a lot of very colour sensitive shooting like real estate and artwork reproductions so I wanted to get something that would help me to tweak the colours to as close as possible, and this will do it. How does it work? That is a good question and I am glad that you asked :-) You take a sample image of the scene that you are shooting with the colour checker in the image. Then you remove the colour checker and go ahead and do your shoot. When you are done you open the sample image in Photoshop and using the curves you click on the white, grey and black and your curves will take the colors back to what they should be. Then you apply this correction to the rest of the images. Please understand that this is only one way to use it there are a number of ways or similar items to use but I was looking for something inexpensive and quick and this does it. Image 1 - The image of the objects on the shelf shows just what can be done by a quick adjustment. I took the image then in Photoshop used Curves to adjust. I clicked on the black, grey and white and it was done. The left side of the image would have passed but the wall is a slight blue in real life and the right side is 100% accurate. Image 2 - The bird cage is in a room that not only suffers from the colour of the light but from the colours on the wall. It is a little harder to notice but if you look on the wall or the picture above the cage you will see a difference.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:00:01 +0000
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