Spyder Checkr Video helps videographers optimize their video workflow. It ensures accurate video color and exposure and can be used in a variety of video editing applications. In the video below, Marco Schreiber explains how to use Spyder Checkr Video in DaVinci Resolve. Marco Schreiber is a professional videographer, cinematographer, colorist and DaVinci Resolve trainer [...]
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Adjusting white balance, colors and saturation in DaVinci Resolve using Spyder Checkr Video
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Street & Travel Photography – 10 Images, 10 Behind-the-Scenes, 10 Tips
Klaus Wohlmann is a professional photographer and one of our Friends with Vision. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany, and has been a freelance painter and photographer since 1993. His two passions in photography are travel and street photography, two genres that can be combined easily. Most other areas of photography are not as [...] More -
Street and Travel Photography
Street and travel portraits In recent years many photographers discovered the exciting field of street and travel portraits. Street and travel portraits are associated with the genre of portrait photography and not street photography, as one might expect. For that reason, the rules for street and travel portraits are more connected to general portrait photography. [...] More -
The Colors in Black and White Photography
Black and white photography continues to be very popular. This is also reflected in the field of street photography, which takes on an important role in photo communities such as Flickr or 500px. Old masters like Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson or Ansel Adams, whose works still strongly influence modern photography, are certainly also responsible for [...] More -
Professional Color-Grading
Color-grading is a classic movie topic. The colorist is responsible for processing color corrections and for matching the final movie in terms of brightness, color, and gradation to achieve the mood desired by the director. Creating a "look & feel" The significance of the colorist has increased in the digital era. Advertising, music videos and [...] More -
Why I use color management
When did you start your photography? Oh gosh! I was a 9 year old kid running around trying to express herself with some old Kodak point and shoot my parents gave me. I was probably around 12 when I did my first ‘’editorial shoot '’ with the same Kodak. Had my beautiful long legged friend [...] More -
Questions for Marcus Westen
When did you start your photography? My father introduced me to photography when I was still in elementary school. Back then, I took my first pictures with an analog Yashica. As a teenager, I switched to my father's Minolta SRT and took pictures of theater and musical performances at school. Is photography your hobby or [...] More -
Back to Photographic Normality – Nicolas Alexander Otto
2022 was a fantastic year. After the Corona crisis, a lot of things got back on track; my photo workshops were better attended, and I had the opportunity to travel with my guests to many familiar and favorite places. One would think that after all these years of traveling to the same destinations, inertia and [...] More -
Questions for Wisperella
When did you become interested in photography? Photography has fascinated me since I was a teenager. I learned the first steps to professional handling of the medium in a photo club. My teacher at the time had a significant influence on me. With the development of technology, my repertoire grew at the same time. Is [...] More -
Q&A With Film Maker Oliver Astrologo
When did you start your filmmaking/photography ? My journey in visual storytelling began with photography in 2010. Is this your hobby or your profession? While photography ignited my passion for visual arts, I have shifted my focus to filmmaking, which has become my profession. Who and/or what inspires you most? I find great inspiration in [...] More -
Spyder X2 – The key to “Low-Key” & “High-Key” portraits
Professional, celebrity photographer Hernan Rodriguez takes us on his photo shoot of singer/songwriter Talia, detailing the setups for success for low-key and high-key portraits and why calibrating your monitor – in this case with Spyder X2 Ultra – is essential for capturing every detail.
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Monitor Calibration Myths & Facts
Calibrating your monitor is the best way to ensure color accuracy in addition to streamlining your post-production workflow, yet there are misconceptions about calibration that make some people hesitate to perform this simple task. While color performance and accuracy are dependent upon the physical capabilities of a monitor, calibration maximizes the color performance and accuracy [...] More -
Questions for Ursula Reinke
When did you start your photography? Photography was already a part of my design studies in Düsseldorf, Germany. Creative techniques, studio and b&w photography and working in the darkroom were all part of my training. During my many years as a graphic designer for an American company, I captured many events on film with my [...] More -
Datacolor Spyder Checkr Photo – Color Correction the easy way
Introduction As photographers, especially the ones professionally working in the industry, we know all too well how important accurate color is. Whether you are a portrait, fashion or travel photographer, preserving the original color from your subject to the final image is key to creating consistent and professional results on a regular basis. Most of [...] More -
Art documentation using Spyder Checkr Photo
Datacolor Friends with Vision photographer Marcus Schwier focuses on two photographic genres in particular: architectural photography and art documentation. As different as both disciplines may seem, the step to art documentation was a very small one for the studied architect, because his colleagues from his student days at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf still like [...] More