I used to be a professional colorist for a print shop in Massachusetts. One thing that should be mentioned for color critical work is the color and brightness of the ambient light, and oddly enough, what you are wearing. If you have a room that is too bright, or too warm or cool or the light is has a strong color cast it can severely skew your color perception. Also be very careful not to wear brightly colored clothing (wear dark gray or black) when sitting in front of a highly reflective monitor like an iMac. That color cast will affect your editing. Same goes for anything in the background. We used to work in dark or dimly side lit rooms painted in a special XRite neutral gray paint, wearing aprons in the same color. Sometimes we would even completely isolate the screen using a hood and a face mask so only our eyes showed. Yes, that’s extreme, but when you are working with corporate clients spending millions on an advertising campaign, you have to get it right the first time. ;)
Coloring has definitely given me the most trouble in my photography. Thanks for the info! Check out my work on Instagram @divinelife_photography and lemme k what u think!
I am more than happy to sit through a few seconds of "Squarespace, yadda, yadda, yadda..." to enjoy your quality content, and you really deserve the revenue. Hope this will help to increase the reach of your channel as well, because I think it is grossly underrated. Cheers!
You might also want to get a patreon page. I find nothing wrong with youtubers making a living off of ads, sponsorships or donations. They work hard and deliver great content. They should be paid for it.
If sponsorship gives you the freedom to create more content the way you want to create it, then go for it. Not only do I enjoy the videos but I have learnt an incredible amount from them. Ads wont stop me from watching.
I am a bachelor university student, and I have been studying Printing and Packaging since 8 years and now I have got subjects like color reproduction and color management, I didn't have any notes and searched about color management for printing. Your video seemed to be very much helpful for my better understanding. Thankyou very much for such a great content. Keep it up, you are going good
Nigel I think it's great how you can see us at the start of all your videos. Take the sponsorship just don't let them influence your natural honest style .
In relation to sponsorship of your channel you should 100 percent do it. You’ve earned the right to do it and you should be paid for what you do. Your content provide value to the viewers therefore you should be rewarded for that. Very informative video by the way. Really enjoyed it as always 👍🏻
Well, you (just like everyone else) has to live from something. If the sponsorship helps you to focus more on stuff that you like to do, I'd be fine with that. Compared to the duration of the videos, it'll be just a few moments that you'll mention them. So go on and seal that deal. I guess most of us will be okay with it.
The guy is hustling and giving us great free content. It's a tone of work to do this, in case you don't have a clue. If you don't have anything constructive or nice to say, keep it to yourself.
@@teixeirat You're welcome, I guess? But please, do us a favour and follow your own advice (say something constructive), in case you don't have a clue. Can you show me the part where I was mean or disrespectful? That would help me a lot. Otherwise you should have kept your comment to yourself.
As usual, good job. I have a fully calibrated system and workflow. This video confirmed that my setup is correct. At one point, I was getting dark prints. I found that calibration really doesn't do a good job with brightness because every environment is different. So, I went to the exercise of reducing my monitor brightness and then making a print until I got it dialed in. You do a great job and I look forward to your videos each Sunday... I see nothing wrong with advertising. Everyone has to make a living.
Hey Nigel, As a follower of your channel for some time I'm perfectly good with you finding sponsors that you yourself use or would use, not just selling a product. I agree with others that have commented too, this is your living and you have to cover your overhead, expenses, and time. You provide an extremely useful nitch with your videos from travel logs, reviews/overview and especially your instructional tutorials, as I call them, after all, your time and effort deserve to be compensated. Thank you again for another very informative instructional video, I found the information and topic very helpful. I've been trying to calibrate my screens, this is the next thing I need to accomplish. I'll be checking out your links in the video for a calibration unit. I also appreciate the info for getting one's printer properly calibrated for the correct paper/printer profiles, I didn't know that was available, I need to check this out too, thank you!
Nigel, Sorry for all my typo's, that's what happens when using my mobile phone. I've corrected to make a lot more sense, once again apologies for (our instead of you)! BTW, I used the link in this videos to purchase the Spider 5 Pro, it arrived this evening thanks to you, now tomorrow it's time to put it to good use, Thank You Again, Nigel!
It was a busy week with photokina and a stunning photowalk with a great photographer on friday evening---but finally I am home again and the best way to relax while learning something exciting and interesting is to watch your new video. Helped me a lot in my decision-making process whether to print on my own or to order prints of my pictures from an online company.
Coming from someone who wants to start printing their photos I find it very daunting. It’s not just doing the photo processing with your chosen program ie Lr or Capture one etc and send it to your printer. It’s a good quality screen, buy a calibration tool, the correct paper for the photo, sending print off to a printing service to get correct profile (no idea how much they charge for that per paper type) a good quality printer. In the end it just seems so expensive and out of reach to get good quality photos. I am just an amateur wanting to produce good quality prints, I don’t have the professional jobs that recoup the money I need to pay out on the equipment. After watching and I’m not having a go at you because I love your work and have been subscribed for a long time, it’s just that good quality and accurate prints seem out of reach cost wise to set up.
Green Light on the sponsorship mate, thanks for asking/notifying us. Great, informative FREE videos, why not earn a little something extra from sponsors! Thanks again.
Thank you for that good explanation. You simplified it so well. Get a sponsor, we all love your channel and if the sponsor helps to keep it going, it's a win win for all.
Nigel, your content is great and so is the quality of your footage. A lot of work and time goes into that. That said, I’m happy if you got one or two companies wanting to sponsor your channel. I don’t mind to see or hear a little publicity in exchange for good content. As for the printing, I have just started to get some pictures printed. Unfortunately where I live that isn’t that easy as good printing services are sparse and in the country here there are no online services neither (except you wanna print a calendar on glossy paper with heart frames around each pic ;) I was close to buy a canon printer but stopped the project after not being able to buy quality photo paper in the country. Had to import it and well, just too expensive. Anyhow, hope that printing service I found is good as I would love to see some of my pics printed and not only on the screen. Keep up that great work and looking forward to next Sunday 🤘🏻
Excellent video that describes, not in extreme detail, but sufficiently for the average non-professional photographer the basic concepts of color management. Great job!
Nigel, Seriously, I would like to join you in your workshop someday. Now, people here are getting free stuff from you. It is the law of the universe that take and give is part of making sure that the world continues. You have a good heart, but you really don't have to ask, this is your channel, own it! I just subscribed to your channel for only two days and learned so much! I love what you are doing, and I feel ashamed, not able to contribute to you directly. Please do what is appropriate. Speaking from the realistic side of the world, should there be any basher in the future, they are not only not your followers, they are vampires whom you should ignore. If there is any solid product, never hesitate to recommend and to even earn from it righteously. Bless!
No problem with sponsorship at all but please dont let it turn into a 15 minute add like i have noticed on a couple of other channels i used to enjoy watching. Love your channel and your content you deserve sponsors. Thank you the quality of your channel.
Great video! I work in photography printing for a professional lab in Helsinki, Finland and I have to say this is a really solid explanation and guide to colour management for printing.
i disagree, after years of studies, and tutorial and books and classes, i still have lots lots lots of doubts in the effectivenss capabilities of these spider intruments. and to set a profile in lightroom for me is useless because now , 90 per cent of the print labs dont wont any more be charged of responsabilities and they requires a final pdf in high quility print generated form Indesign for example, and we are far far away to get close result between photo in "Monitors" supercalibrated using software super iccprofilated and "Papers" coming out from printer supercalibrated. they still still comes out very diffrent , using these instruments. i disagree.
As much as I know how colour management is, I've never been able to understand the differences between all these sRGB, etc. Thankfully, with this video, I now understand how it works. Better late than never! Thank you Professor!
Last things first, Nigel. Sponsorship won't bother me as I treat it as another communication tool. There is a huge cost out there for you, and so far, it's all been free for me, so go for it. Now for the video I've just watched. Whilst I have a high end calibrated monitor, and a similar printer, for such a complex lesson for some/many people, as usual, your precise-but not over the top, presentation, cuts through the heavy technical stuff to reveal what we need to know to get started on the road to fine printing. The graphics are very pleasing to watch, and as usual, you talk "to" me, at my workbench on the other side of the world (Aust) but not at me!
Great job, Nigel! Color management is something that makes some people go into a coma. It shouldn’t as color management is as important as taking a great photo with a great camera. I think you’ve done a brilliant job of simplifying/clarifying what it is and making it easier to grasp. It is essential for seeing your vision realized in a print. Get the sponsors as you need to make a living. I have faith in you that your choice(s) of sponsors will be in line with your sensibilities of this channel. All the best,
Great vlog, I’ve just treated myself to a decent printer so this vlog was of particular interest and you’ve just explained what seemed like some very complicated things in a nice clear and simple way. As far as sponsorship goes, it’s obvious you put a lot of time and effort into your channel so why not reap a little reward, we are all so used to seeing a short plug i doubt it would put anyone off.
Thanks, Nigel. For explaining a complicated subject in a very straightforward way, for your enthusiasm and your down to earth approach and for even considering your viewers when it comes to what is essentially your business because it’s a source of income. Stay real 😊
A very informative overview Nigel on this subject and can testify to being there with the print differing on paper and the monitor but getting there now. In terms of your sponsorship announcement, personally I think it's great news as you have been working hard to build your channel up and as full time photographer this will undoubtably contribute to the continuation of the channel and your profession and I wish you well.
Go get those sponsors Nigel!! The amount of information in your videos is fantastic. I watch a ton of photography videos and yours always have new (to me) information or a unique perspective that helps get me out of a rut. You deserve it for all the effort you've put into the videos you've put out. I am thrilled for you!!
Excellent tutorial. I agree what you say about the brightness, it's really the hardest to get right, especially if you sell to customers, where you don't have full knowledge about the space where the print is hung. I also go with 120 brightness for my display, but usually I will brighten my photos a little bit for print, if I don't have control over where they are hung.
As a subscriber, I am delighted with your content - and you! Adding a few moments of advertising seems completely fair - and from what I have seen on other valued channels, does not take away from your point of view. Good luck! And thanks from helping me keep my work growing!!
Nigel, I've personally learned a lot from you and I find you content very helpful. Your work is inspiring and have helped me channel my interest in photography. I love how you take us with you on your journeys. That in itself encourages me to explore. I've also come to admire your thought process behind your compositions so much so that I now see things differently. Having said that, your work and your time should be rewarded. I'm happy that you are able to secure sponsors. I guess now the challenge would be to manage the time dedicated to sponsors vs the content. Don't loose your identity in the process.
Thanks for demystifying a topic that I have struggled to understand for a while now. I know I need to implement colour management, but really didn't know where to start. A new monitor is definitely on my shopping list, and I will get colour profiles for some Fotospeed papers that I am now trying on my first ever A3 printer, a Canon Pro-100S, as a result of your enthusiasm for the products. As for sponsorship, I have absolutely no problem with you going for it. Anything that helps you continue producing such interesting and informative videos is fine by me. I've learned a lot from you and a few other landscape photographers on UA-cam, and I don't want to lose these wonderful sources of knowledge and inspiration.
thanks Nigel for a very informative film - my images always used to print darker than the image on screen because of the screen being backlit. It just needed someone to point that out. I also find that with using a laptop the angle of screen tilt can also affect the view. Many thanks for your time and effort............same time next week.
Thx for providing these videos every week! And as long as you would use their products, I see no problem why you shouldn’t tell us and get sponsored by them.
Color management is so key Nigel. I find the Apple monitors to be just a bit too blue/cool but the calibration helps to bring that down. The Ben Q’s are definitely great. You presented this topic in a great way👍👍
Sponsorship is not a problem, you have to eat and buy gear :) I think this is one your most informative videos and it is very concise and I will be working to pull all of my options together based on this videos.
I'm following your channel since a couple of months now with great pleasure. I appreciate your honest attitude as well as the high quality content you bring us. I have no problem at all when there would be a certain sponsor that helps you to continue doing what you are doing. I think you can take the sponsor attention as a compliment for your work, so I would say, go for it!
Good short and to the point coverage of a tricky topic Nigel. I spent a good number of hours wasting ink and paper until I got on the custom ICC profiles from the good people at Fotospeed. Having everything singing from the same song sheet/profile is the key to consistent results. On sponsorship - you fill your boots, it is your livelihood and if the impact is as low as in other photo vlogs, I can live with that for sure.
Nigel, crack on confirm your sponsorship! For good content and a quality channel, I don‘t mind the small sponsorship advert; I‘m even happy to sit all the way through an normal advert if it supports you. It is important that we (the viewers) give back to enable you to continue to provide a quality product for OUR benefit!
Thanks for Today’s program Nigel I very much appreciated it. Your workflow is very similar to mine as I’m also a user of the d810, iMac 5k, BenQ SW320 and I like to print to the p800. It was really refreshing to watch how you do things and confirm in my mind I have things setup right myself. As regards your sponsorship, I think it’s fantastic news. You deserve all the financial help you can get as it feeds this Chanel and your family. Great news. Regards. Mike.
Another great video, i new most of that stuff but struggled to put it all together. Now you’ve made it clear and I understand why one step can effect another. I’ll be watching this a few times.
Thanks for this informative video, it's helped answer lots of questions wanting to start printing myself. As for the advertising I have to say you're one of the best photography channels on UA-cam so you deserve the extra income. Affiliate links and advertising fall flat when you recommend something that you yourself don't like but I can never see you doing that. Thanks again for the great uploads, you should be proud of yourself and I aspire to be anywhere near your level of talent.
Good video and very informative👍 FYI display brightness is critical, I had purchased a calibration tool mentioned in the video and come to find out after the first year they charge you for a yearly subscription so buyer beware. I ended up comparing my enlargements with my display and setting the brightness that way to avoid getting swindled by spyder
Getting sponsorship is a good idea! I really enjoyed this video. You have given us good information. I wasn't aware of all that is involved in color calibration. (I'm an amateur.) Thank you!
use Xrite walks you through printer calibration after you calibrate the monitor. and it is very accurate also lets you use the ICM profile it writes in your fav software CC LR etc create your own custom profiles per ink and paper.
Great video and fantastic to have your sponsorship deal I enjoy all your videos and even when I get stuck in Lightroom or with my camera my first stop is to look through your videos to get over the issue 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Congrats on being able to pick-up sponsorships! I've gotten to a point where I'm finally going to be able to get back to shooting and thus started to watch videos for both technique and inspiration. You do a wonderful job in both content and production. While some may not know why they like your video better than others they watch, it's really the attention to details on the filming and production side that separates out your videos, again congratulations on your success!
I enjoy your videos very much. I'm so happy you are getting sponsored! Awesome photos and other photography information on our channel. Thanks so much!!!
Very timely video for me. I'm getting ready to unpack my new BenQ (not the 320) monitor and calibrate it. I suppose the various printing services do something similar as far as calibrating their equipment. I see you now have the Fuji XT-3. I hope you'll discuss that at some point, as that may be my next step in equipment upgrades. Also curious for your take on the Nikon Z7 in light of all the negativity surrounding it. As far as sponsorship goes, I'd say go for it. There are no end of other channels doing it. As long as it keeps the content coming without intruding, what's the harm. Carry on!
Great video, as someone who works in the film industry this sort of stuff is overlooked too often.... and re the sponsors... you do what you got to do to keep going...
Hi Nigel many thanks for your wonderful videos I really enjoy learning from them. I personally have no issue with your channel being sponsored it is a great way for you to be rewarded for your efforts.
No problem with the sponsorship, especially as you use them. In fact it would be good for a future video on why and how you use them. Good video by the way. I'm looking at upgrading my monitor so this was useful
You´ve been extremely clear to me, so thank you very much for this video. I am a very amateur photographer and art history student and have a long way in front of me, but this kind of material is very usefull and I learn a lot. Plus, I think that if you believe in your sponsor and have an honest approach to what you are doing, it´s great to have a better support, because you´ll give better tips too (and maybe make good recomendations on what gear to use, for instance). I really like your work and the places you visit, though I usually never take landscape photos (I live in a city with very little an unintereseting landscape -well, maybe I am just to used to them). But really, my interest in photography is more on the urban an arts side. Anywhere, you always help, and always give a lot, and that surely is because you seem to be also a kind person, and that is wonderfull to have a good relation with your viewers. So thank you again, so much!
Really enjoy your videos. Totally understandable that sponsorship is so important to developing and operating a channel so, as long as this is transparent and open to your followers (which I have no doubt that it will be) good luck!
Thanks for that Nigel, one of the best explanations I have seen. Wrt sponsorship, personally I have no problem with it at all, provided the presenter is up front about it. What I dislike and avoid is when presenters mention and reco stuff from which they are getting some sort of payment or benefit, but dont say so. All the very best - Jn
Great video Nigel; colour management has always been a bit of a minefield for me, but the explanation of the characteristics of the different profiles and how to use them was invaluable. As for the sponsorship...definitely go for it...👊
Hi Nigel, I really appreciate the content you bring on your channel and the way you bring it. As a businessmen myself who lived through the hard and dark sides of doing business for 35 years, i would love to switch over to another lifestyle like you did. The "problem" is that we have certain responsibility's (for people) and we are used to certain income ourselves. With this in mind i have a lot of respect for your decision to step away from your company and start this photography career. I follow your channel from the early beginning (riding the bike with your phone as a filming camera announcing you are going to start a vlog) and i am happy to see you progressing very well. Sometimes i felt a little "discomfort" seeing the amount of commercial aspects you put into it. For my taste it made you less approachable. But i realize that was totally my mistake, because i finally realized that this a career and you have to make the best out of it, to also be able to generate enough income from it (we can not live from the air). Now, after some time i am convinced that the commercial part in your approach is just fine and in balance, because you give back to the community a lot! Your video's are enjoyable, the content is really thoughtful, there is lots for us to learn from, they are very inspiring and the quality is increasing week by week. (you do not have 67K subs for nothing). Beside this, in my opinion you are a authentic and honest person who is not afraid to show his fragile side too. So...to be short... to be sponsored will not affect my opinion about you and your channel. You seems to be very engaged and i am really looking forward attending your Lake District workshop in January and to get to know you in person. Keep it up man ! regards, Ben
Great video and content. I've watched so many videos with pieces of the information but never one with all the pieces together like this, and it isn't an hour long. My two pennies on the sponsorship, get it!!! Photography gear isn't cheap and rent needs to be paid. I don't mind a couple short ads here and there.
As always very informative. I don't have either of the monitors your using, just an acer laptop. So anything that can help calibrate my monitor and printer is useful.
Great video Nigel, very interesting and informative. I am not at the stage of printing my own photo's, as their just isn't that many of them yet and couldn't justify the cost of a high end printer. What I could really do with doing is finding an online printing service providing high quality prints for the odd ones I do want done. Oh and well done on the sponsorship. Go for it I say, we all view these video's for free and a few adds aren't going to hurt anything.
I recently calibrated my Dell laptop. It had a massive blue colour cast that drastically effected my photos when viewed on other screens. Hardware calibration is probably the best money I’ve spent on photography
No problems seeing a “sponsored by” sign and you mentioning it. Go for it. I do have a question as well: have you tried MacOS internal calibration tool? How are the results compared to a hardware tool?
Great video Nigel! Thanks for shedding some light on the whole color management topic. And by all means, jump on the sponsorship deal(s). Makes perfect sense to me and a nice reward for your efforts. Cheers!
Good for you Nigel. I'm glad your channel will be sponsored. I really enjoy your channel, the content is always interesting and inspiring. I have not heard of the Adobe Colour Printer Utility as I have not seriously printed any of my images yet. I am thinking of getting into the printing so this was a very informative video. Thanks so much :) I have the HP Envy Photo 7155 so I'm not sure how well it will print photos, but I guess I will find out :).
What an excellent explanation of this subject. You’ve really demystified it. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to do it. Looking forward to seeing more videos.
Take the sponsorship man! Anything to support your channel further. It’s really not that great a disruption. Plus they’re a great service so why not spread the word! 👏🏼👍🏻
One thing that may have been useful to point out. If you have a local photographic club/society they may have access to the spyder calibration kit and will loan it out to members which means you don't have to fork out for it yourself. Worth checking.
Brilliant informative video. So thanks for all the info ... and lovey Pebbles at the end. Congratulations on your sponsorship deal/s. Well done you. It is a great idea. It is so hard for photographers to make a living these days. Anything that enables you to keep making these wonderful videos has definitely got my vote.
It’s ok to be sponsored. What I don’t like is when people are sponsored and they pretend they aren’t. As long as you are up front about it no one will care much. As always great tips in this video.
Another well formulated and presented educational video - thank you Nigel. I really appreciate these as much as your glorious videos out in the field! I am very happy to hear about your sponsorship - you deserve it. Congratulations. I would think there would be a few great companies looking to align themselves with you at this point as you consistently deliver the finest content on this platform. Seal the second deal! 👍🏻
Been thinking in getting a calibration device, but as for now... I'm not printing at home, so...would consider it at a later date. Thanks for sharing all the info! :)
I struggle only having a basic HD laptop for editing. Especially with the brightness aspect you mentioned. I'm really going to have to work out how to vet my screen brightness set better. Informative though Nigel and something I think a lot of people just skip over.
I appreciate your info and always enjoy your style, I have to say though that after spending £100's on calibrating tools I now dont bother with calibration at all, just send it off to DS colour lab and it comes back fine, I honestly think its a bit of the emperors new cloath's.
Very informative, thank you Nigel.. Sponsorship is always good and reflects just how well you're doing as a Photographer here on You Tube so I'm behind you 100%, go for it!
Nigel, great video and very apt as I've just calibrated my monitor exactly for the reasons you mentioned. As for sponsorship.... you have to make a living so just go for it!
I used to be a professional colorist for a print shop in Massachusetts. One thing that should be mentioned for color critical work is the color and brightness of the ambient light, and oddly enough, what you are wearing. If you have a room that is too bright, or too warm or cool or the light is has a strong color cast it can severely skew your color perception. Also be very careful not to wear brightly colored clothing (wear dark gray or black) when sitting in front of a highly reflective monitor like an iMac. That color cast will affect your editing. Same goes for anything in the background.
We used to work in dark or dimly side lit rooms painted in a special XRite neutral gray paint, wearing aprons in the same color. Sometimes we would even completely isolate the screen using a hood and a face mask so only our eyes showed.
Yes, that’s extreme, but when you are working with corporate clients spending millions on an advertising campaign, you have to get it right the first time. ;)
Thanks Wes - really is true this and something I skipped. But great advice
Wow, that's interesting to know, thanks :)
Very interesting
Aha, so THIS is why every one in advertising agencies like to wear black :-) It seems so in Sweden anyway.
Coloring has definitely given me the most trouble in my photography. Thanks for the info! Check out my work on Instagram @divinelife_photography and lemme k what u think!
I am more than happy to sit through a few seconds of "Squarespace, yadda, yadda, yadda..." to enjoy your quality content, and you really deserve the revenue. Hope this will help to increase the reach of your channel as well, because I think it is grossly underrated.
Cheers!
You might also want to get a patreon page. I find nothing wrong with youtubers making a living off of ads, sponsorships or donations. They work hard and deliver great content. They should be paid for it.
If sponsorship gives you the freedom to create more content the way you want to create it, then go for it. Not only do I enjoy the videos but I have learnt an incredible amount from them. Ads wont stop me from watching.
Sponsorship isn't bad at all. Go right ahead. Most of us would be happy to see you gaining monetarily for the good work you put in.
I am a bachelor university student, and I have been studying Printing and Packaging since 8 years and now I have got subjects like color reproduction and color management, I didn't have any notes and searched about color management for printing.
Your video seemed to be very much helpful for my better understanding.
Thankyou very much for such a great content.
Keep it up, you are going good
Nigel I think it's great how you can see us at the start of all your videos. Take the sponsorship just don't let them influence your natural honest style .
No issue with the sponsorship, you put a lot into your videos so you deserve some compensation.
In relation to sponsorship of your channel you should 100 percent do it. You’ve earned the right to do it and you should be paid for what you do. Your content provide value to the viewers therefore you should be rewarded for that. Very informative video by the way. Really enjoyed it as always 👍🏻
It's very rare to complete a video on UA-cam but this time I have
thank you sir
Well, you (just like everyone else) has to live from something. If the sponsorship helps you to focus more on stuff that you like to do, I'd be fine with that. Compared to the duration of the videos, it'll be just a few moments that you'll mention them. So go on and seal that deal. I guess most of us will be okay with it.
The guy is hustling and giving us great free content. It's a tone of work to do this, in case you don't have a clue. If you don't have anything constructive or nice to say, keep it to yourself.
@@teixeirat You're welcome, I guess? But please, do us a favour and follow your own advice (say something constructive), in case you don't have a clue. Can you show me the part where I was mean or disrespectful? That would help me a lot. Otherwise you should have kept your comment to yourself.
Tulio, Udo was being supportive of Nigel.
You’ve gained a lot of respect for your honesty and clear descriptions, let’s hope it con
Hopefully it continues...
Thanks for your service to photographers.
As usual, good job. I have a fully calibrated system and workflow. This video confirmed that my setup is correct. At one point, I was getting dark prints. I found that calibration really doesn't do a good job with brightness because every environment is different. So, I went to the exercise of reducing my monitor brightness and then making a print until I got it dialed in. You do a great job and I look forward to your videos each Sunday... I see nothing wrong with advertising. Everyone has to make a living.
Hey Nigel, As a follower of your channel for some time I'm perfectly good with you finding sponsors that you yourself use or would use, not just selling a product. I agree with others that have commented too, this is your living and you have to cover your overhead, expenses, and time. You provide an extremely useful nitch with your videos from travel logs, reviews/overview and especially your instructional tutorials, as I call them, after all, your time and effort deserve to be compensated.
Thank you again for another very informative instructional video, I found the information and topic very helpful. I've been trying to calibrate my screens, this is the next thing I need to accomplish. I'll be checking out your links in the video for a calibration unit. I also appreciate the info for getting one's printer properly calibrated for the correct paper/printer profiles, I didn't know that was available, I need to check this out too, thank you!
Thanks Steve - appreciate the thought gone into the comment
Nigel, Sorry for all my typo's, that's what happens when using my mobile phone. I've corrected to make a lot more sense, once again apologies for (our instead of you)! BTW, I used the link in this videos to purchase the Spider 5 Pro, it arrived this evening thanks to you, now tomorrow it's time to put it to good use, Thank You Again, Nigel!
It was a busy week with photokina and a stunning photowalk with a great photographer on friday evening---but finally I am home again and the best way to relax while learning something exciting and interesting is to watch your new video.
Helped me a lot in my decision-making process whether to print on my own or to order prints of my pictures from an online company.
Too kind! Great to meet you!
Coming from someone who wants to start printing their photos I find it very daunting. It’s not just doing the photo processing with your chosen program ie Lr or Capture one etc and send it to your printer. It’s a good quality screen, buy a calibration tool, the correct paper for the photo, sending print off to a printing service to get correct profile (no idea how much they charge for that per paper type) a good quality printer. In the end it just seems so expensive and out of reach to get good quality photos. I am just an amateur wanting to produce good quality prints, I don’t have the professional jobs that recoup the money I need to pay out on the equipment. After watching and I’m not having a go at you because I love your work and have been subscribed for a long time, it’s just that good quality and accurate prints seem out of reach cost wise to set up.
Green Light on the sponsorship mate, thanks for asking/notifying us. Great, informative FREE videos, why not earn a little something extra from sponsors! Thanks again.
Thank you for that good explanation. You simplified it so well. Get a sponsor, we all love your channel and if the sponsor helps to keep it going, it's a win win for all.
Nigel, your content is great and so is the quality of your footage. A lot of work and time goes into that. That said, I’m happy if you got one or two companies wanting to sponsor your channel. I don’t mind to see or hear a little publicity in exchange for good content.
As for the printing, I have just started to get some pictures printed. Unfortunately where I live that isn’t that easy as good printing services are sparse and in the country here there are no online services neither (except you wanna print a calendar on glossy paper with heart frames around each pic ;)
I was close to buy a canon printer but stopped the project after not being able to buy quality photo paper in the country. Had to import it and well, just too expensive. Anyhow, hope that printing service I found is good as I would love to see some of my pics printed and not only on the screen.
Keep up that great work and looking forward to next Sunday 🤘🏻
As someone from a developing country, I can relate so much. Goddamn hearts and other tacky shit and mediocre papers.
Excellent video that describes, not in extreme detail, but sufficiently for the average non-professional photographer the basic concepts of color management. Great job!
Finally I understand what color spaces mean. Thanks, Nigel! 👍🏻
Nigel, Seriously, I would like to join you in your workshop someday. Now, people here are getting free stuff from you. It is the law of the universe that take and give is part of making sure that the world continues. You have a good heart, but you really don't have to ask, this is your channel, own it! I just subscribed to your channel for only two days and learned so much! I love what you are doing, and I feel ashamed, not able to contribute to you directly. Please do what is appropriate. Speaking from the realistic side of the world, should there be any basher in the future, they are not only not your followers, they are vampires whom you should ignore. If there is any solid product, never hesitate to recommend and to even earn from it righteously. Bless!
No problem with sponsorship at all but please dont let it turn into a 15 minute add like i have noticed on a couple of other channels i used to enjoy watching. Love your channel and your content you deserve sponsors. Thank you the quality of your channel.
Great video! I work in photography printing for a professional lab in Helsinki, Finland and I have to say this is a really solid explanation and guide to colour management for printing.
i disagree, after years of studies, and tutorial and books and classes, i still have lots lots lots of doubts in the effectivenss capabilities of these spider intruments. and to set a profile in lightroom for me is useless because now , 90 per cent of the print labs dont wont any more be charged of responsabilities and they requires a final pdf in high quility print generated form Indesign for example, and we are far far away to get close result between photo in "Monitors" supercalibrated using software super iccprofilated and "Papers" coming out from printer supercalibrated. they still still comes out very diffrent , using these instruments. i disagree.
As much as I know how colour management is, I've never been able to understand the differences between all these sRGB, etc. Thankfully, with this video, I now understand how it works. Better late than never! Thank you Professor!
Last things first, Nigel. Sponsorship won't bother me as I treat it as another communication tool. There is a huge cost out there for you, and so far, it's all been free for me, so go for it.
Now for the video I've just watched. Whilst I have a high end calibrated monitor, and a similar printer, for such a complex lesson for some/many people, as usual, your precise-but not over the top, presentation, cuts through the heavy technical stuff to reveal what we need to know to get started on the road to fine printing. The graphics are very pleasing to watch, and as usual, you talk "to" me, at my workbench on the other side of the world (Aust) but not at me!
Great job, Nigel! Color management is something that makes some people go into a coma. It shouldn’t as color management is as important as taking a great photo with a great camera. I think you’ve done a brilliant job of simplifying/clarifying what it is and making it easier to grasp. It is essential for seeing your vision realized in a print.
Get the sponsors as you need to make a living. I have faith in you that your choice(s) of sponsors will be in line with your sensibilities of this channel.
All the best,
Great vlog, I’ve just treated myself to a decent printer so this vlog was of particular interest and you’ve just explained what seemed like some very complicated things in a nice clear and simple way. As far as sponsorship goes, it’s obvious you put a lot of time and effort into your channel so why not reap a little reward, we are all so used to seeing a short plug i doubt it would put anyone off.
Thanks, Nigel. For explaining a complicated subject in a very straightforward way, for your enthusiasm and your down to earth approach and for even considering your viewers when it comes to what is essentially your business because it’s a source of income. Stay real 😊
Thank you for the clear explanation of the workflow. I'm very happy for you to get sponsored to help support your great channel.
A very informative overview Nigel on this subject and can testify to being there with the print differing on paper and the monitor but getting there now. In terms of your sponsorship announcement, personally I think it's great news as you have been working hard to build your channel up and as full time photographer this will undoubtably contribute to the continuation of the channel and your profession and I wish you well.
There are few and far between reviews that cover the whole colour, monitor, Adobe, print setting; especially with the iMac 5k monitor. THANKYOU!
Go get those sponsors Nigel!! The amount of information in your videos is fantastic. I watch a ton of photography videos and yours always have new (to me) information or a unique perspective that helps get me out of a rut. You deserve it for all the effort you've put into the videos you've put out. I am thrilled for you!!
Thanks - appreciate that
Excellent tutorial. I agree what you say about the brightness, it's really the hardest to get right, especially if you sell to customers, where you don't have full knowledge about the space where the print is hung. I also go with 120 brightness for my display, but usually I will brighten my photos a little bit for print, if I don't have control over where they are hung.
Nothing wrong with getting sponsorship for something you are passionate about and helping others
As a subscriber, I am delighted with your content - and you! Adding a few moments of advertising seems completely fair - and from what I have seen on other valued channels, does not take away from your point of view. Good luck! And thanks from helping me keep my work growing!!
Nigel, I've personally learned a lot from you and I find you content very helpful. Your work is inspiring and have helped me channel my interest in photography. I love how you take us with you on your journeys. That in itself encourages me to explore. I've also come to admire your thought process behind your compositions so much so that I now see things differently. Having said that, your work and your time should be rewarded. I'm happy that you are able to secure sponsors. I guess now the challenge would be to manage the time dedicated to sponsors vs the content.
Don't loose your identity in the process.
Thanks for demystifying a topic that I have struggled to understand for a while now. I know I need to implement colour management, but really didn't know where to start. A new monitor is definitely on my shopping list, and I will get colour profiles for some Fotospeed papers that I am now trying on my first ever A3 printer, a Canon Pro-100S, as a result of your enthusiasm for the products. As for sponsorship, I have absolutely no problem with you going for it. Anything that helps you continue producing such interesting and informative videos is fine by me. I've learned a lot from you and a few other landscape photographers on UA-cam, and I don't want to lose these wonderful sources of knowledge and inspiration.
thanks Nigel for a very informative film - my images always used to print darker than the image on screen because of the screen being backlit. It just needed someone to point that out. I also find that with using a laptop the angle of screen tilt can also affect the view. Many thanks for your time and effort............same time next week.
Thx for providing these videos every week!
And as long as you would use their products, I see no problem why you shouldn’t tell us and get sponsored by them.
Color management is so key Nigel. I find the Apple monitors to be just a bit too blue/cool but the calibration helps to bring that down. The Ben Q’s are definitely great. You presented this topic in a great way👍👍
Sponsorship is not a problem, you have to eat and buy gear :) I think this is one your most informative videos and it is very concise and I will be working to pull all of my options together based on this videos.
Brilliant video Nigel. Not enough on UA-cam about this important part of the workflow.
I'm following your channel since a couple of months now with great pleasure. I appreciate your honest attitude as well as the high quality content you bring us. I have no problem at all when there would be a certain sponsor that helps you to continue doing what you are doing. I think you can take the sponsor attention as a compliment for your work, so I would say, go for it!
Thanks - really kind comment
I think it’s great to get a sponsorship or two, as long as it helps you and this channel! Great content as always! :)
Good short and to the point coverage of a tricky topic Nigel. I spent a good number of hours wasting ink and paper until I got on the custom ICC profiles from the good people at Fotospeed. Having everything singing from the same song sheet/profile is the key to consistent results. On sponsorship - you fill your boots, it is your livelihood and if the impact is as low as in other photo vlogs, I can live with that for sure.
Nigel, crack on confirm your sponsorship! For good content and a quality channel, I don‘t mind the small sponsorship advert; I‘m even happy to sit all the way through an normal advert if it supports you. It is important that we (the viewers) give back to enable you to continue to provide a quality product for OUR benefit!
Thanks for Today’s program Nigel I very much appreciated it. Your workflow is very similar to mine as I’m also a user of the d810, iMac 5k, BenQ SW320 and I like to print to the p800. It was really refreshing to watch how you do things and confirm in my mind I have things setup right myself.
As regards your sponsorship, I think it’s fantastic news. You deserve all the financial help you can get as it feeds this Chanel and your family. Great news.
Regards.
Mike.
Another great video, i new most of that stuff but struggled to put it all together. Now you’ve made it clear and I understand why one step can effect another. I’ll be watching this a few times.
Square space or skill share? Never mind. I appreciate the fact that you care about our option.
Thanks for this informative video, it's helped answer lots of questions wanting to start printing myself. As for the advertising I have to say you're one of the best photography channels on UA-cam so you deserve the extra income. Affiliate links and advertising fall flat when you recommend something that you yourself don't like but I can never see you doing that. Thanks again for the great uploads, you should be proud of yourself and I aspire to be anywhere near your level of talent.
Good video and very informative👍 FYI display brightness is critical, I had purchased a calibration tool mentioned in the video and come to find out after the first year they charge you for a yearly subscription so buyer beware. I ended up comparing my enlargements with my display and setting the brightness that way to avoid getting swindled by spyder
Getting sponsorship is a good idea! I really enjoyed this video. You have given us good information. I wasn't aware of all that is involved in color calibration. (I'm an amateur.) Thank you!
Thanks - hope it helps
Good morning Nigel! This video is gold! Thank you for this mate! Have a good one!!!
use Xrite walks you through printer calibration after you calibrate the monitor. and it is very accurate also lets you use the ICM profile it writes in your fav software CC LR etc create your own custom profiles per ink and paper.
People always get confused with print settings I find in talks. Great video Nigel! :)
Excellent video. I’m currently trying to figure all this out - from camera through printing, so this info is timely. Thank you!
Go ahead Nigel with that sponsor, you give a lot of hard work here.
Great video and fantastic to have your sponsorship deal I enjoy all your videos and even when I get stuck in Lightroom or with my camera my first stop is to look through your videos to get over the issue 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Congrats on being able to pick-up sponsorships! I've gotten to a point where I'm finally going to be able to get back to shooting and thus started to watch videos for both technique and inspiration. You do a wonderful job in both content and production. While some may not know why they like your video better than others they watch, it's really the attention to details on the filming and production side that separates out your videos, again congratulations on your success!
Many thanks
Congratulations on the sponsorship! There’s no conflict of interest so go for it!
I enjoy your videos very much. I'm so happy you are getting sponsored! Awesome photos and other photography information on our channel. Thanks so much!!!
Very timely video for me. I'm getting ready to unpack my new BenQ (not the 320) monitor and calibrate it. I suppose the various printing services do something similar as far as calibrating their equipment. I see you now have the Fuji XT-3. I hope you'll discuss that at some point, as that may be my next step in equipment upgrades. Also curious for your take on the Nikon Z7 in light of all the negativity surrounding it.
As far as sponsorship goes, I'd say go for it. There are no end of other channels doing it. As long as it keeps the content coming without intruding, what's the harm. Carry on!
Great video, as someone who works in the film industry this sort of stuff is overlooked too often.... and re the sponsors... you do what you got to do to keep going...
Many thanks!!
Hi Nigel many thanks for your wonderful videos I really enjoy learning from them. I personally have no issue with your channel being sponsored it is a great way for you to be rewarded for your efforts.
No problem with the sponsorship, especially as you use them. In fact it would be good for a future video on why and how you use them. Good video by the way. I'm looking at upgrading my monitor so this was useful
You´ve been extremely clear to me, so thank you very much for this video. I am a very amateur photographer and art history student and have a long way in front of me, but this kind of material is very usefull and I learn a lot. Plus, I think that if you believe in your sponsor and have an honest approach to what you are doing, it´s great to have a better support, because you´ll give better tips too (and maybe make good recomendations on what gear to use, for instance). I really like your work and the places you visit, though I usually never take landscape photos (I live in a city with very little an unintereseting landscape -well, maybe I am just to used to them). But really, my interest in photography is more on the urban an arts side. Anywhere, you always help, and always give a lot, and that surely is because you seem to be also a kind person, and that is wonderfull to have a good relation with your viewers. So thank you again, so much!
Really enjoy your videos. Totally understandable that sponsorship is so important to developing and operating a channel so, as long as this is transparent and open to your followers (which I have no doubt that it will be) good luck!
Good morning, nice to see you start with a cuppa :)
Thanks for that Nigel, one of the best explanations I have seen. Wrt sponsorship, personally I have no problem with it at all, provided the presenter is up front about it. What I dislike and avoid is when presenters mention and reco stuff from which they are getting some sort of payment or benefit, but dont say so. All the very best - Jn
Sponsors all the way. You deserve it!
I think having your channel sponsored is a good thing. Go for it😊
Great video Nigel; colour management has always been a bit of a minefield for me, but the explanation of the characteristics of the different profiles and how to use them was invaluable. As for the sponsorship...definitely go for it...👊
Hi Nigel, I really appreciate the content you bring on your channel and the way you bring it.
As a businessmen myself who lived through the hard and dark sides of doing business for 35 years, i would love to switch over to another lifestyle like you did. The "problem" is that we have certain responsibility's (for people) and we are used to certain income ourselves. With this in mind i have a lot of respect for your decision to step away from your company and start this photography career.
I follow your channel from the early beginning (riding the bike with your phone as a filming camera announcing you are going to start a vlog) and i am happy to see you progressing very well. Sometimes i felt a little "discomfort" seeing the amount of commercial aspects you put into it. For my taste it made you less approachable. But i realize that was totally my mistake, because i finally realized that this a career and you have to make the best out of it, to also be able to generate enough income from it (we can not live from the air).
Now, after some time i am convinced that the commercial part in your approach is just fine and in balance, because you give back to the community a lot! Your video's are enjoyable, the content is really thoughtful, there is lots for us to learn from, they are very inspiring and the quality is increasing week by week. (you do not have 67K subs for nothing).
Beside this, in my opinion you are a authentic and honest person who is not afraid to show his fragile side too. So...to be short... to be sponsored will not affect my opinion about you and your channel. You seems to be very engaged and i am really looking forward attending your Lake District workshop in January and to get to know you in person. Keep it up man !
regards,
Ben
Really great video on colour management. Very informative and easy to understand how the whole process works.
Great video and content. I've watched so many videos with pieces of the information but never one with all the pieces together like this, and it isn't an hour long. My two pennies on the sponsorship, get it!!! Photography gear isn't cheap and rent needs to be paid. I don't mind a couple short ads here and there.
Thanks Andrew
Great on sponsor! This is your job, your work so don’t let folks give you a hard time!
Jim
just do it nigel! its never wrong to ake money for creating good content!
As always very informative. I don't have either of the monitors your using, just an acer laptop. So anything that can help calibrate my monitor and printer is useful.
Great vlog Nigel, an often complex subject made easy (ish). And good luck on the sponsorship, you have to make a living afterall.
Great video Nigel, very interesting and informative.
I am not at the stage of printing my own photo's, as their just isn't that many of them yet and couldn't justify the cost of a high end printer.
What I could really do with doing is finding an online printing service providing high quality prints for the odd ones I do want done.
Oh and well done on the sponsorship. Go for it I say, we all view these video's for free and a few adds aren't going to hurt anything.
I recently calibrated my Dell laptop. It had a massive blue colour cast that drastically effected my photos when viewed on other screens. Hardware calibration is probably the best money I’ve spent on photography
Yep - they usually have a blue cast
Best money except for a workshop
No problems seeing a “sponsored by” sign and you mentioning it. Go for it. I do have a question as well: have you tried MacOS internal calibration tool? How are the results compared to a hardware tool?
Thank you sooo much, the video is prescise and tells about escencial and really impotant things so simply, clearly and shortly 🙂
Glad you found it useful
Great video Nigel! Thanks for shedding some light on the whole color management topic. And by all means, jump on the sponsorship deal(s). Makes perfect sense to me and a nice reward for your efforts. Cheers!
Excellent, concise, and very useful presentation! Re sponsoring, go for it!
Good for you Nigel. I'm glad your channel will be sponsored. I really enjoy your channel, the content is always interesting and inspiring. I have not heard of the Adobe Colour Printer Utility as I have not seriously printed any of my images yet. I am thinking of getting into the printing so this was a very informative video. Thanks so much :) I have the HP Envy Photo 7155 so I'm not sure how well it will print photos, but I guess I will find out :).
What an excellent explanation of this subject. You’ve really demystified it. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to do it. Looking forward to seeing more videos.
Take the sponsorship man! Anything to support your channel further. It’s really not that great a disruption. Plus they’re a great service so why not spread the word! 👏🏼👍🏻
One thing that may have been useful to point out. If you have a local photographic club/society they may have access to the spyder calibration kit and will loan it out to members which means you don't have to fork out for it yourself. Worth checking.
Great idea!!!!
Wonderful explanation. I got answer for all my questions. Thank you.
Brilliant informative video. So thanks for all the info ... and lovey Pebbles at the end. Congratulations on your sponsorship deal/s. Well done you. It is a great idea. It is so hard for photographers to make a living these days. Anything that enables you to keep making these wonderful videos has definitely got my vote.
It’s ok to be sponsored. What I don’t like is when people are sponsored and they pretend they aren’t. As long as you are up front about it no one will care much. As always great tips in this video.
Another well formulated and presented educational video - thank you Nigel. I really appreciate these as much as your glorious videos out in the field! I am very happy to hear about your sponsorship - you deserve it. Congratulations. I would think there would be a few great companies looking to align themselves with you at this point as you consistently deliver the finest content on this platform. Seal the second deal! 👍🏻
First time heard about new things. And understanding thanks Nigel
Been thinking in getting a calibration device, but as for now... I'm not printing at home, so...would consider it at a later date. Thanks for sharing all the info! :)
I struggle only having a basic HD laptop for editing. Especially with the brightness aspect you mentioned. I'm really going to have to work out how to vet my screen brightness set better. Informative though Nigel and something I think a lot of people just skip over.
I appreciate your info and always enjoy your style, I have to say though that after spending £100's on calibrating tools I now dont bother with calibration at all, just send it off to DS colour lab and it comes back fine, I honestly think its a bit of the emperors new cloath's.
Very informative, thank you Nigel.. Sponsorship is always good and reflects just how well you're doing as a Photographer here on You Tube so I'm behind you 100%, go for it!
No problem at all with you getting sponsors for the channel. If it helps you out then that's great!
Nigel, great video and very apt as I've just calibrated my monitor exactly for the reasons you mentioned. As for sponsorship.... you have to make a living so just go for it!