Color Management

First Things First!

Color Management? The cart before the horse?

No, not at all!

We could jump in straight away, working with your images, organising and editing them whilst picking up some Lightroom and Photoshop tips and tricks.

We will do all that in time, of course, but first we're going to understand the environment in which you will be working.

After all, not many people would go to work without being aware of their workstation — for example, the size of their desk or the kind of chair they'll be sitting on for the day — would they?

Taking a look at your digital color environment is similar and you may like to take a look at this overview before you delve too much deeper!

I'm going to kick things off with an introductory series of tutorials.

The first step on the road is getting to grips with a vital piece of digital photography jargon, the ICC Profile.

With Color Management and ICC Profiles: Part 1 I will begin to unravel the shape and size of color in different digital devices as well as how they all interact with one another.

All current published parts to this step-by-step guide can be found here but keep coming back as I will be regularly adding more:

Part 1 Part 2