Landscape and bodyscape workshops

The 2 last editions of TheStudioCooach Landscape and Bodyscape workshops were held in Sutton Quebec and in London Ontario. The participants were thrilled by how photography of a the figure study becomes easy and rewarding by adopting a new look on the subject. Men and women as well took part as photographers and all have [...]

Why do I get only three peaks on my histogram?

One regular question about the color balance coach target is: why do I get only trree peaks on my histogram?
as you can see on the left side of the hand-drawn graphics that the target is used facing the camera instead of facing the light. When you do so the difference of the light from [...]

New StudioCoach product

The videographers dream for white balances, the WhiteBeam now enters the market! It is an 8″ disk that is placed in front of the video camera lens in order to do the white balance in 5 seconds flat. This ensures continuity of light and easy matching of sequences.  For more information…
Now available on line, the [...]

FAQ PhotoMasterTarget/ColorBalanceCoach: Do I use the exposure info (F-stop and shutter speed) taken from the grey surface or the exposure info taken from the whole disc including the white and black colors ?

The exposure info that you will have when aiming at the target whole or grey patch, will be used as a starting point to set the final exposure using the 4 patches and representation on the histogram. The 4 peaks pattern on the histogram ill be the confirmation of proper exposure.
Once your histogram is perfect, [...]

FAQ PhotoMasterTarget/ColorBalanceCoach: When I take the picture of the grey surface, should I leave my WB settings to AWB to take the picture for use in setting custom WB ?

For Canon, Nikon and other brands, it does not make any difference the mode that you are in when you take the image you will use for setting the white balance. As a second step the camera will white balance the surface or the image that you have chosen to perform the custon WB.

The FAQ [...]

The ColorBalanceCoach in the figure study

In difficult situation like this one, the ColorBalanceCoach target played a key role.
I wanted a light rolling on top of my nude model’s stomach. I needed to calculate exactly the light passing horizontal al the model’s point. By putting the ColorBalanceCoach target flat on the floor I was able to preform the necessary readings, and [...]

Sand and snow, same exposure problem

In a backlit beach image like the one beside the camera sees all the light tones of the sky and the sand and underexposes the whole image. By reading from a grey card like the reference8, you can always be sure of the exposure and bring back great souvenir images, without spending too much time [...]

How to read the photographic histogram?

How to read the photographic histogram?
watch this video to learn about the histogram.

In my studio I already have a studio strobe as a second light I want to use a quartz lamp?

Some steps are essential
1- decide which lamp will be the main lamp
2- do not mix different light type on your main subject
3- use your second lamp for a support effect
For example if you use the flash to light your subject you will do an exposure test and a white balance adjustment on the main [...]

Official launch ColorBalanceCoach

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Montreal Photographer Turns Inventor
Making Digital Photography Color-Perfect at the First ShotMontreal, Wednesday, September 27, 2006- This week Montreal Photographer Jean-François O’Kane will introduce in a world premiere, a new colour balancing system for digital photography that he invented and perfected himself at the Photokina international fair in Cologne, [...]