Digital BW, The Print

everything so subjective. i've learned to view other artists' works through their eyes. 
sometimes i think i manage to see through another artist's eyes, and sometimes i just 
don't get it. for example, i still don't get the oil painting of a sunny-side egg painted on an 
iron skillet.

anyway, there are many variables that are beyond an artist's control when works are 
showcased online. for example, an online-viewer may not be viewing the works on a 
properly calibrated monitor, or don't know what this calibration fuss is all about, and as a 
result the artist's works may not display as intended.

although my monitor is properly (as properly as it can get) calibrated, i'd avoid 
commenting to an artist that something is too dark, not sharp, or grainy like "noise" 
unless i have the final print in front of me to compare with the online image. whatever the 
results between an online-image and the final print, there is nothing bad, wrong, or out of 
place with darkness, under exposer, lightness, over exposure, or graininess. ultimately it's 
how the artist uses these as another set of tools to create. 

i met a fellow artists few years ago in asheville, north carolina who offered me this advise 
he received from his mentor: don't become a slave to everything you see. create your own 
world. i took his advise to heart and applied it to my painting, and to my photography as 
well. it was quite liberating.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "sagaface" <sagaface@...> wrote:
>
> I have received a couple of emails letting me know that the photos look too dark on 
> calibrated monitors (thank you!), and I wanted to address this issue for a moment:
> 
> My images are very dark in general, with high contrast and very little shadow detail by 
> design. Printed, they look exactly as they should (thank you Clayton and BO!), matching 
> my calibrated monitor to a T. Unfortunately, there is a very fine line between as dark as 
> they are and too dark that gets crossed when viewed on differently calibrated monitors, 
it 
> would seem...I'm not sure what to do about this. I'm going to put a thin border on the 
> images and see if that helps. So, please let me know if the viewing is improved at all....I 
> appreciate it!
> 
> Sarah
>