The Color Balance Coach target instructions

Easy to follow video instruction have just been published on the ColorBalanceCoach web site click here to watch. Do not hesitate to contact Customer service for any info. cbc@colorbalancecoach.com
Jean-Francois O’Kane
The Color Balance Coach

The Studio Coach in Germany at Photokina

Jean-FrancoisO’Kane, The StudioCoach, will be speaking at the Photokina in Koln in Germany. I will be presenting the new version of the ColorBalance Coach target that will be manufactured by Aurora in Korea. It will also be the official launch af the 2nd information and training DVD the TheStudioCoach prepared for Aurora.The Photokina happens every [...]

Who is the Studio Coach

For over 20 years, Jean Francois has excited his clients with fresh, cutting edge imagery.
He is recognized amongst his peers and has been awarded several times for his excellence in photography. His passion for photography is evident as he discusses everything from lighting to success to business startup.
Jean-Francois has successfully bridged the rift between conventional [...]

The Studio Coach At Stan C. Reade in London Ontario

WOW!
What a group in London, I had never experienced a community feeling as this one at Stan C. Reade. James Cowie have knitted links so close with staff and customers that telling between patrons and staff is sometime difficult for an outsider. OK I may not seem to be fair in my report, that may [...]

The Studio Coach patents the Color Balance Coach target

The ColorBalanceCoach disc looks like a photographic reflector and like it, it can be collapsed to use only a fraction of the space, this allowed us to include on the disc the largest grey card on the market, that can still fit in your photo bag. The ColorBalanceCoach is made of 4 distict regions called [...]

Shooting for colored skin

How can you deal with subjects with different skintone in the same picture? How do you expose?

The secret: forget about the skin tone and expose and white balance on a greycardor even best with the ColorBalanceCoach target. By choosing a neutral andstandardized target, you will make a photographic decision on fixed basis.HOW-TO: place the target [...]

The quality of light

Very often I’m asked by students why the color of the same object may look different in 2 consecutive pictures?
The more obvious reason is the usage of the auto white balance on the camera, but in some occasions, we found the flash used to be defective. If the flash does not send the same amount [...]

Color Balancing or color correcting

Would you rather Color Balance once at picture taking time or color correct all night after a shoot?
Or: Who painted my wall yellow?
The digital era brought with him a whole lot of fun things, unlimited shootings, everlasting roll of film and perfect auto modes. Oups! I’m starting to talk like a salesman. The auto-everything camera [...]