We offer a complete International Colour Consortium (I.C.C.) colour managed workflow so you can be guaranteed of accurate colour, contrast and density from initial camera capture to final output.

As digital images can vary in appearance from device to device, the benefits of having a managed workflow are cleaner, crisp colour correct images to provide the best possible image and final result.

Some of the terms that may help you when planning a job:

DPI or dots per inch This helps you to determine what sort of quality you have/need.
Typically, high resolution files for printing require 300 dpi at the final size, whereas files for the web or for email newsletters only need to be 72dpi at the final size.

When talking about dpi, it is vital that you know the final size, or it doesn’t make sense, dots per inch have to be accompanied by how many inches are needed.

Files that are going to be used directly as provided can be saved as jpeg files, while any files which are going to be maipulated in Photoshop or some other program before being used should be saved as TIF files.

If you are going to email files, they should be jpegs, compression 8, 72dpi, around 6 inches on the longest side is usually enough, unless you have specific size requirements. Most people would rather not get a 9 MB file in their email!! Try and keep them to around 900k or less.

Unless you have a colour corrected monitor, there is no way of knowing what an image really looks like. You can not evaluate colour, density, darkness or any thing other than the basic drawing of the image without a colour corrected screen.

Equipment

I have been using Nikon cameras since I started as a professional photographer.

  I shoot with a Nikon D3, a Nikon D90 and  a wide selection of lenses, including the following:

Nikkor 14-24 mm f 2.8

Nikkor 24-70 mm f 2.8

Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VR

60mm micro nikkor

105mm micro nikkor

Nikkor 50mm f1.4

Nikkor 24mm tilt shift lens

SB 900 & 800 flash