.. please don’t hate me .. but there’s a certain - almost incremental ‘Kentucky windage.. aspect to ‘Reproduction .. Tonal Bullseye .. in my ‘perspective ..
- aside from early darkroom B & W dayz & little $ - my ‘Grail was Kodachrome Transparency (when i could afford ‘PrePaid Development & Mail Back) - this was until Clients began ‘getting it.. & expected it in my Quotes etc & most of them ‘got it’ because we were printing CibaChrome for most clients.. so What I Shot was ‘right there !’ -> Prints Should Match.. or salvage my raggedy ass exposures !
Despite being a renegade shooter myself - I love how you ‘work to Benchmarks ..(Best Practices) Whenever possible..
- on Assignment - don’t imagine I didn’t at least attempt - in every scenario I shot - to Bracket with Colour Chart & Gray Scale card .. holy hell .. Did so working in 4x5 too ..
- Shooting Archival for Artist, Sculptors, Designers - i soon learned - whether Show Sale Portfolio Submissions & media etc requires little ‘creativity - mucho informed ‘discipline .. is all ! 🦎🏴☠️🍁
There are so many things to be considered here. Source Profiles, Output Profiles, media profiles, simulations on/off, black point, white point, etc. It would be next to impossible to figure out the issue(s) without being on-site.
you're absolutely correct... hence, establishing a known baseline. Not having that there are such things as "obvious" large, way off variations. Even things you can assess via pictures of pictures if there are neutral reference points.
In terms of diagnosing problems vs speculation on the first place I'd look are two different exercises based on actual data you have at hand. The main point I wanted to get across is not to measure "the print you like better" as the better representation of accurate printing results, not a valid criteria.
.. please don’t hate me .. but there’s a certain - almost incremental ‘Kentucky windage.. aspect to ‘Reproduction .. Tonal Bullseye .. in my ‘perspective ..
- aside from early darkroom B & W dayz & little $ - my ‘Grail was Kodachrome Transparency (when i could afford ‘PrePaid Development & Mail Back) - this was until Clients began ‘getting it.. & expected it in my Quotes etc & most of them ‘got it’ because we were printing CibaChrome for most clients.. so What I Shot was ‘right there !’ -> Prints Should Match.. or salvage my raggedy ass exposures !
Despite being a renegade shooter myself - I love how you ‘work to Benchmarks ..(Best Practices) Whenever possible..
- on Assignment - don’t imagine I didn’t at least attempt - in every scenario I shot - to Bracket with Colour Chart & Gray Scale card .. holy hell .. Did so working in 4x5 too ..
- Shooting Archival for Artist, Sculptors, Designers - i soon learned - whether Show Sale Portfolio Submissions & media etc requires little ‘creativity - mucho informed ‘discipline .. is all ! 🦎🏴☠️🍁
There are so many things to be considered here. Source Profiles, Output Profiles, media profiles, simulations on/off, black point, white point, etc. It would be next to impossible to figure out the issue(s) without being on-site.
you're absolutely correct... hence, establishing a known baseline. Not having that there are such things as "obvious" large, way off variations. Even things you can assess via pictures of pictures if there are neutral reference points.
In terms of diagnosing problems vs speculation on the first place I'd look are two different exercises based on actual data you have at hand. The main point I wanted to get across is not to measure "the print you like better" as the better representation of accurate printing results, not a valid criteria.