Comments on: Big Artist Website Mistake #1: Poor Image Quality http://artmarketingsecrets.com/2009/10/big-artist-website-mistake-1-poor-image-quality.html Art Marketing Secrets To Turn Your Artist Website into a 21st Century Art Marketing Machine Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:31:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Daniel http://artmarketingsecrets.com/2009/10/big-artist-website-mistake-1-poor-image-quality.html/comment-page-1#comment-326 Daniel Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:46:25 +0000 http://artmarketingsecrets.com/?p=1026#comment-326 Brian, Thanks a lot for that very generous comment. we put a lot of effort into these articles and we really appreciate positive feedback! I totally understand the white balance and focus issues with your work. We were recently helping a client obtain some product shots of white gift boxes - and the white balancing was ridiculously difficult! Viridis, You make a good point about the slides. However at this time it's still quite possible to obtain slide film and as long as it is available we will always prefer to have a slide image to use as a visual reference for the color balancing. So - we still use them! As far as projectors go - what you say is very true - I'm not sure you can buy a new 35mm slide projector these days. However we never used a projector - we always look at the slides on a small viewer and these are still available (or at least they were about 6 months ago - haven't checked recently). It's true that all screens are different but that doesn't excuse ignoring color balancing. Thank you both for your comments. Daniel. Brian,
Thanks a lot for that very generous comment. we put a lot of effort into these articles and we really appreciate positive feedback! I totally understand the white balance and focus issues with your work. We were recently helping a client obtain some product shots of white gift boxes – and the white balancing was ridiculously difficult!

Viridis,
You make a good point about the slides. However at this time it’s still quite possible to obtain slide film and as long as it is available we will always prefer to have a slide image to use as a visual reference for the color balancing. So – we still use them!

As far as projectors go – what you say is very true – I’m not sure you can buy a new 35mm slide projector these days. However we never used a projector – we always look at the slides on a small viewer and these are still available (or at least they were about 6 months ago – haven’t checked recently). It’s true that all screens are different but that doesn’t excuse ignoring color balancing.

Thank you both for your comments.

Daniel.

]]> By: Viridis http://artmarketingsecrets.com/2009/10/big-artist-website-mistake-1-poor-image-quality.html/comment-page-1#comment-324 Viridis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:24:05 +0000 http://artmarketingsecrets.com/?p=1026#comment-324 Sound advice. My only objection is your #4-- color quality of digital images is definitely a concern on different monitors...but does anybody still use slides? Really? What website designer nowadays even has a slide projector? I can't even recall seeing slide projectors any more recently than maybe four or five years ago; everybody seems to have switched to projectors that can hook up directly to a laptop. I've seen people occasionally ask for color print-outs of a piece, but slides seem like one of those things that if they're not obsolete already, they will be very soon. Sound advice. My only objection is your #4– color quality of digital images is definitely a concern on different monitors…but does anybody still use slides? Really? What website designer nowadays even has a slide projector? I can’t even recall seeing slide projectors any more recently than maybe four or five years ago; everybody seems to have switched to projectors that can hook up directly to a laptop. I’ve seen people occasionally ask for color print-outs of a piece, but slides seem like one of those things that if they’re not obsolete already, they will be very soon.

]]> By: Brian Parker http://artmarketingsecrets.com/2009/10/big-artist-website-mistake-1-poor-image-quality.html/comment-page-1#comment-301 Brian Parker Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:36:01 +0000 http://artmarketingsecrets.com/?p=1026#comment-301 These article have been great Daniel and for sure this last one drives the point home. I have experienced this quite often in artists websites I have visited. I am a graphite artist. You would think this would be quite simple. You know, black and white. I couldn't begin to tell you how much I have wrestled with lighting, white balance and focus. I have a really good camera and these are continuing issues. This is a great reminder of how truly important this is. Stay after it guys. Thanks for all of the excellent info. Brian Parker These article have been great Daniel and for sure this last one drives the point home. I have experienced this quite often in artists websites I have visited. I am a graphite artist. You would think this would be quite simple. You know, black and white. I couldn’t begin to tell you how much I have wrestled with lighting, white balance and focus. I have a really good camera and these are continuing issues. This is a great reminder of how truly important this is. Stay after it guys. Thanks for all of the excellent info.
Brian Parker

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