In the last blog post I discussed the calibration of my workflow from computer monitor to printing in order to get consistent and predictable colours for my final images. In this post I have looked further at the camera calibration part of this process using a number of commercially available colour checker charts and software profilers.

When I started out in photography I relied upon film laboratories to process negative or slide film to get the appropriate output, either prints or mounted slides. Once the image was taken in the camera the actual processing was beyond my control but in general there was good agreement between my memories of the scene and the actual image. Step forward in time to digital image capture and home printing. Like many people the images coming from my printer weren’t showing the same as the images on my computer screen. They were dark, lacking in vibrancy and quite often disappointing.

Adobe has released an update to Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw that introduces a new AI based noise reduction system. In this article I have performed a quick test of the new Lightroom Denoise and compared it with the previous manual noise reduction, alongside Topaz Photo AI and DXO PureRaw 3/ PhotoLab 6.