Ryan Dionisio » Learning

Color Management

Ryan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:51:35 +0000

I’m home safely and in the process of sorting (read finding) all my gear and photos. I just read an awesome article on color management by Syl Arena. His blog has an amazing amount of information and is a definite must read.

Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

Ryan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:13:10 +0000

I was able to take a class with Alex Waterhouse-Hayward recently and learned some of the techniques he uses for editorial photography. He has some really interesting and different techniques that I’d like to start using in my own photography (use of wide angle lenses in portraiture, softboxes very close to his subject, keyshifting backgrounds, and scanner photography to name a few).

One of the most interesting techniques he used was triptych narratives. Here’s ones I made during the workshop.

Let me know what you think!

“Perfect” White

Ryan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:05:55 +0000

While searching around for blogs and information sources for my links page I came across this. It’s by far one of the best explanations of “perfect white” that I’ve come across. Check it out.

Zack Arias – White Seamless Tutorial

It’s pretty much how I was able to achieve shots like this.