Photography Gears: March 2010

Being a photographer means more than point-and-shoot

As online publishers catering to the creative class, you exactly know what it means to be Creative Professionals. Having the latest DSLR does not immediately give you the cachet of the being an artist. Tools are needed to succeed - and in this cut-throat business - you only need the best.

There were over 152,000 professional photographers in the US in 2008. And with that large of a market, wouldn't it be great to earn some extra cash at the same time providing valuable service to your readers.

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Big, beautiful displays.

The new iMac has come a long way from the first 15-inch iMac. Take one look and you'll see just how far. A 27-inch display with edge-to-edge glass covers nearly the entire front of the enclosure. When all you see is the display, nothing gets between you and what's onscreen. Movies, TV shows, websites, photos - everything looks stunning on the new 16:9 widescreen iMac display.

The new 21.5-inch iMac features 1920-by-1080 HD resolution. Apple engineers could simply have stretched that resolution up and out for the 27-inch iMac. Instead, they took the display well beyond HD with 2560-by-1440 resolution.

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Photography Software

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Color Management Tools

Professional photographers and designers understand that to obtain the true color from capture to edit to print; a color-managed work-flow is essential and a calibrated monitor is the first step.

What you are seeing on screen and in print isn't necessarily accurate - it all depends on your display. The color performance of monitors and printers change over time - phosphors and liquid crystals fade causing the display to drift into unknown colors. hueyPRO calibration brings those mysterious colors back into the open, allowing accurate color to be displayed.

ColorMunki is the do everything solution that gives you the freedom to design with any color from the visible spectrum, even ones you never thought possible. Now you can swing from inspiration to production without losing color quality. And ColorMunki is so versatile, it's ready to help no matter where you grab your next idea.