So I finally figured out how much of a difference a calibrated monitor actually makes on a photo because this particular photo had a much more gloomy look to it like the prints I did than when I opened the same image on my pc. Right now it looks a little bright and slightly more magenta than it did on my print. Enjoy



practice btw

What are you using to calibrate the monitor.. Maybe it's the printer that's off.. I have a colormunki photo that i use to calibrate my u2410 H-IPS panel and to profile my printer.

Not using the paper profile can also lead to awkward colors.

As for the brightness issue, 100 cd/m2 is what you want to calibrate your monitor to if you want the same brightness on your prints. I tend to set my monitor at 110~ cd/m2.. which on my specific monitor means a brightness level of 7 out of 100.

What I meant was that on the mac I used to print this it came out beautifully and I loved the atmosphere I got even from the print. Here on my pc at home the photo doesn't have the right atmosphere and it looks too...happy? flat? the colors aren't as rich even after I lowered the brightness of my screen lol I still love the photo though. and what does that mean? the whole 100cd/m2 thing?

Contrary to popular beliefs, Macs are not calibrated from the factory. I have a Macbook Pro and the colors are off until i calibrated it. cd/m2 is a unit of measurement for brightness.

lol these are school computers they allowed me to use from the photography department that are calibrated. I'm not talking about factory

looks pretty badass creepy yet soft

reshoot different angle

like what?

you come up with it. the picture is boring.

ok thank you =)