There's no excuse for taking shortcuts on color accuracy when it's so easy to do it right. X-Rite isn't just the leader in color calibration for photography and video, but a leader in education with special workshops all year long, including FREE webinars every month to help you raise the bar on the quality of your images. And, if you've missed any of their past presentations, it's time to visit the archives! They never slow down!

A big thanks to X-Rite, Lindsay and Matthew for never compromising on the quality of an image!

by Skip Cohen

X-Rite Photo & Video doesn't just manufacture the finest color calibration software in imaging. They're also the leader in webinar and live educational programs. Here are two outstanding events coming up on June 8 and 14 with two members of X-Rite's Coloratti team, the world's top professional photographers and filmmakers​.

Denis speaking in Boston and Dixie in Chicago are just two great examples of X-Rite's dedication to helping you raise the bar on your images. Live events, FREE on line webinars, the Coloratti, educational videos together with terrific promotional offers are what makes the Festival of Color such an amazing opportunity.

You can't trust your eyes when it comes to color calibration. Take the Color IQ test and you just might be surprised of the challenges you have in seeing accurate color. I know I was!

What good is working to capture and create the finest images of your career if the color isn't accurate in the final presentation? There's no reason to ever compromise, and during the Festival of Color X-Rite is offering instant rebates on six different products from the ColorChecker Passport Photo + USB to the ColorMunki Photo and everything in between.

by Skip Cohen

Working together, SCU and X-Rite Photo & Video want to help you raise the bar on the quality of your images, your business and with help from our guests, even your lifestyle. We're getting support from some of the most talented artists and educators in professional photography, each one is sharing personal insight into different aspects of being a professional photographer.

On May 24, Art Suwansang is teaching a FREE X-Rite Photo & Video webinar, all about printing great images from Lightroom.

Print is generally the end result of photography and it is the reason why we take images in the first place...But how can we make an image, any image print well? In this webinar, X-Rite Coloratti Art Suwansang will show you how to edit any image in Lightroom using the various tools in the develop module to make any image pop.
 
Art and I go back to my WPPI days. He's a talented, passionate and dedicated artist, educator and writer. I pulled a few screen shots from Art's website.  Check out more of Art's work with a click on any image here in the post. As you wander through his site pay attention to the way he plants the seed as a storyteller and being each family's "historian."

Art's webinar is FREE, but you need to register. It only takes a second, and you'll be in the loop for an outstanding program on May 24, as well as viewing the archived webinar again in the future. Just click on the "Register Now" button above.

​Now through mid June is X-Rite Photo & Video's Festival of color with terrific promotions, special events and webinars. Just click on the banner to the left and make sure the schedule of programs and events is on your radar..

SCU and X-Rite Photo & Video are working together to help you find more ways to help you raise the bar on the quality of your images and running your business. EDU10, with the support of some of the most talented artists and educators in professional photography, is about giving you more insight into so many different aspects of running a business and producing your finest images.

On May 11, Tim Grey has a FREE X-Rite Photo & Video webinar coming up which is all about sharpening. 

What sharpening does to a photo, A workflow for preparing an image for printing, Best tools for sharpening, How to understand sharpening settings, What types of settings will produce optimally sharp prints and more!

Tim is an incredibly diverse photographer, author, and educator. He's a regular contributor to X-Rite's educational efforts. In this new podcast he shares some excellent insight into what it means to be a professional photographer, especially when it comes to education.
 
I wanted to pull a few of my personal favorites from Tim's images on Instagram. It wasn't easy! Check them out for yourself with a click to his Instagram page. And, get to know more about Tim and wander over to his website with a click on any of his images in this post.

His webinar is FREE, but you need to register. It only takes a second, and you'll be in the loop for an outstanding program on May 11.

​Don't forget to check out X-Rite Photo & Video's Festival of Color going on now through mid June. Just click on the banner to the right.

At least twice a month, throughout most of the year, X-Rite Photo & Video hosts some remarkable artists, sharing help on a wide variety of topics. A couple of weeks ago, as I was listening to Don Kamarechka talk about some of the technique for printing his macro-work, I was amazed at his images and the tips he was sharing.

Knowing the value of the content for so many of you I grabbed a few screen shots. With each one I found myself more and more fascinated with Don's journey into macro.

Whether you're dedicated to macro-photography or not, many of you are regularly attempting closeup and macro techniques with images of wedding rings, flowers, champagne glasses, etc. Understanding the process better will help you raise the quality of your images and in turn make your work stand out from the competition.

Each image Don shared had at least two common denominators: the degree of difficulty during the printing process and Don's consistent quest for quality. He never compromises on the quality of any image.

My first "Weekend Wisdom" podcast two years ago at SproutingPhotographer.com was with Don and we talked about his book, Sky Crystals. It was an incredible challenge to print and in this most recent webinar Don talked about why and the importance of being involved each step of the way.

X-Rite's webinar series has become one of the very best educational resources on the Internet and each online workshop is archived. All you need to do is register. It's FREE and Don's program from April 12 is just a click away. 

Make sure the images you share are always accurately calibrated. I recently took the color test on the X-Rite website and learned I can't trust my eyes! Calibrate your monitor, printer and PDA, so you're always showing your very best work. As one attendee mentioned in a class I taught at ShutterFest last week,

"Everything I sent out was always too dark, yet it looked fine on my monitor. The reason was my fault and having my monitor turned up too bright and not calibrated. Now, everything, thanks to X-Rite, I send out for printing or sharing is accurate!"
 
Visit the X-Rite Photo & Video website and check out the very best in color calibration so the quality of your images is never compromised with a click on the banner below. And, if you'd like to see more of Don Komarechka's work click on any of his images.

Please note: When we recorded this podcast a few days ago, the link for registration for Alison's April 20th FREE webinar sponsored by X-Rite Photo & video wasn't live. It is now - so just click on the registration button below to find out more. The webinar is free, but you need to register.

How to integrate DSLR Video into your
​Maternity and Newborn sessions

Images copyright Alison Winterroth. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to another episode of EDU10.  X-Rite Photo & Video never slow down in finding ways to help you raise the bar on the quality of your images and your skill set. In this upcoming April 20 FREE webinar, Alison Winterroth is going to help you better integrate DSLR video into your maternity and newborn sessions. The goal is to assist you with a more efficient workflow to produce your own mini-films for your clients. 

It's time to meet an incredibly diverse artist in the world of portraiture, Alison Winterroth. She's an artist, an author, an educator and one trip through her galleries and you'll understand what all the buzz is about whenever she's teaching a workshop. 
 
It wasn't easy pulling a few of my personal favorite images to share with this post. Without question, Alison is passionate about her work along with the relationships she has with her clients. Click on any of her images to visit her website, and don't forget to click on the "For Photographers" tab and put her upcoming workshops on your radar.
 
And, since her webinar is about helping you become a film producer, check out this fifty-seven second gem from her galleries.

X-Rite Photo & Video is always focused on education and helping you present your very best images!  Don't trust your eyes to determine true color when the very best in color calibration is just a click away!

EDU10 is about introducing you to some of photography's finest instructors. There are plenty of great artists, but not everyone can teach. 

Meet Don Komarechka an artist, writer, educator and at times a mad scientist! He lives for photographic challenges. He's always seeing how far he can push technology along with his own creativity. 

On April 12 Don is teaching a FREE webinar, thanks to X-Rite Photo & Video. It's all about the challenges in printing macro work. In this new episode of EDU10, Don shares some outstanding insight into the world of fine art, printing and the importance of quality.

I stayed under the macro umbrella when pulling a few of my favorite images from Don's galleries, but click on any image and check out his work yourself. You'll see why it's so hard to pick favorites when Don's work is so diverse.

Also, check out the newest episode of "Why?" It features one of Don's most recent images which is simply amazing. Remember, every image you see Don has captured in his camera, not built through manipulation on his computer.
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A BIG thanks to X-Rite Photo & Video. They're always focused on education and helping you present your very best images!  Click on the "Register Now" button to find out more about Don's upcoming webinar.

The whole idea behind EDU10 is to introduce you to some of the finest instructors in professional photography today. There are lots of great artists in our industry, but it takes something special to be able to teach as well.

If you don't know him already, it's time to put Joe Brady on your radar. Joe's primary specialties are landscape and people, but there's nothing he can't shoot. As we discussed on this podcast, what good is creating/capturing outstanding images if you can't print them and capture the same accurate beauty?

Joe has two outstanding workshops coming up at ​Unique Photo in New Jersey  on April 2 and B&H in New York on April 3. Here's your chance to make sure your prints are as beautiful as they should be, whether you're printing them yourself or they're coming from your lab.

Joe never compromises on the quality of any image. The images I chose to share here are some of my favorites, but visit Joe's galleries, and you'll see for yourself just how hard it was for me to pick a few favorites. Click on any image to see more of Joe's work.

In the meantime, if you're in the area, get yourself registered for Joe's workshops coming up in NJ and NY. And, check out his 2017 schedule - every workshop is going to help you raise the bar on your images, along with making sure you have the very best in calibration support.

Help from X-Rite Photo & Video is just a click away, below. They're always focused on education and helping you present your very best images! Interested in understanding why it's so important to calibrate? Just click on one of my favorite features and test you Color iQ! Then wander into the other areas on their site. It's loaded with helpful content for both photography and video.

Intro by Skip Cohen

Welcome to "EDU10" - Working together with X-Rite Photo & Video we've started this series of short podcasts to introduce you to some of the industry's very best artists and educators.  Our goal is to help you get to know each educator teaching an upcoming webinar. 

X-Rite Photo & Video isn't just the leader in color calibration for photographers - they're a leader in education. Their FREE webinars feature some of the industry's most respected photographers.

Vinnie Versace joins me on EDU10 this week. He shares some outstanding insight into photography, education and advice for photographers just getting started. His webinar on Thursday, March 23 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm, "Fine Art B&W Printing Workflow for the Advanced Photographer," is a not-to-be-missed event. The webinar is FREE and sponsored by X-Rite, but you need to register - just click on the link below.

Finding some of my favorite images from Vinnie's gallery wasn't easy. I chose one of his favorite locations, Cuba and then had a ball looking at what he's posted. Click on any image to visit his galleries and you'll see one stunning image after another and understand how hard it was to pick out just a few.

Intro by Skip Cohen

Welcome to "EDU10" - Short podcasts to introduce you to some of the industry's very best webinar artists and educators. The more we can help you know the artists teaching an upcoming class, the more you'll get out of the webinar. 

X-Rite Photo & Video isn't just the leader in color calibration for photographers - they're a leader in education. Their FREE webinars feature some of the industry's most respected photographers.

To register for their program just clink on the link below. And to see more of their images, visit their websites by clicking on their images above.

​Color calibration is a key to the power of their images and consistent presentation. X-Rite Photo & Video have been an important part of their success. T​ake a stroll in Cyberspace and visit X-Rite Photo & Video. You'll never be disappointed in the content they're sharing. Then, visit the Coloratti  and get to know more about Bobbi and Lee along with some of the finest artists from around the world