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A Color Blind Photographer
Jan 25, 2018 17:17:47 #
rehess wrote:
How convenient for you to post this. This morning I was watching the TV program "NCIS" during breakfast - the plot involved a blind photographer, and I was wondering if there was such a thing but hadn't gotten around to searching the subject.
Actually there are. Weird and surprising but they exist.
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Jan 25, 2018 17:35:48 #
therwol
Loc: USA
SharpShooter wrote:
This may be a bit of ignorance but I’ll assume you see those colors as a shade of grey or black? Do you see them as exactly the same shade or do they vary with the actual color? If there is a variation then why can’t colorblind people learn to distinguish those different shades from each other then consistently associate them as a certain color even though they don’t actually see the true color? Just wondering?!?! Good luck!
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Complete color blindness is quite rare. The most common color blindness affects the ability to distinguish red from green, and it is assumed by non-color blind people that those colors appear as some shade of brown. No one can know what another person actually sees. Anyway, up to 8% of the male population is affected by this, so everyone knows someone or more than one person who is "color blind".
Interestingly, there are different gene variants in persons with "normal" vision, changing the spectrum of light that they can interpret in more subtle ways. That's why the statement that different people see colors in a different way may have some truth to it. In the case of the red-green genes, they exist on the X Chromosome, and women (with two X chromosomes) may have two variations of the same gene, with two variations of the "same" color sensors in the retina, and it has been shown that some women with this "double" trait have the ability to distinguish colors that others can't.
Jan 25, 2018 17:37:19 #
Regardless of what colors look like to you, a good picture has good composition and you can see composition.
Stick with what you enjoy!
Stick with what you enjoy!
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Jan 25, 2018 17:55:52 #
Silverman wrote:
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Your perspective and your interpretation of color will be what you bring to the art of photography. Who is to say what colors belong where. Picasso certainly didn’t stick to what was normal for his peers. Go your own way, enjoy the photos that come out to your liking and give a one fingered salute to those who would put color in a fits all box. Make your photos your vision, not anyone else’s.
But realize that when you bare your soul thru your art, someone somewhere at some time will flame it.
Jan 25, 2018 19:33:39 #
Valsmere
Loc: New Jersey
This topic hits home with me as I am color blind but I have been involved with photography for a while now. As some one pointed out "color blind" is rather misleading at best. Color deficiency is a better term as we do not see in black and white.
Another photographer and I had this conversation as well and he really said it right. "Use you unique view to your advantage."
Is photography a waste of time for us? HELL NO! Roll with it it is an adventure
Another photographer and I had this conversation as well and he really said it right. "Use you unique view to your advantage."
Is photography a waste of time for us? HELL NO! Roll with it it is an adventure
Jan 25, 2018 22:04:11 #
Surely you have seen the work of Ansel Adams? There is soooo much to accomplish with B&W as a couple of commenters have mentioned. When you produce a picture in B&W you see the same thing everybody sees, regardless of their "Color blindness." One thing about being a photographer is that you tend to want to make every "final" print the best possible. I'm sure that if I had your vision I would think of nothing but what that picture would look like printed in B&W.
Jan 26, 2018 05:10:35 #
Silverman wrote:
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If you love photography, continue with it. Why not? You're not doing this as your profession, right? Just have fun with it. The head color designer for Crayola was also color blind, and he came up with some great colors.
Of course, you can always bypass the whole problem and process in B&W.
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Jan 26, 2018 05:18:52 #
With today’s cameras, the auto WB is pretty good. You can also use an Expodisc to set a custom WB for shots. It adds a step, but you get the WB set for the ambient conditions. I am not colorblind, but normally use the Expodisc and rarely change the WB in post.
Jan 26, 2018 06:23:19 #
Silverman wrote:
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While color blindness can be a detriment to color photography, you can still compose and make beautiful shots. You do have the choice of shooting B&W, shooting as seen and let the camera decide color, look into special glasses (if they will help in your particular instance), or have an accomplice to help with color manipulation in Lightroom, Photoshop or whatever software you choose for editing. Colorblindness, while inconvenient, is not the disabling issue it once was. And remember, people with colorblindness were heavily sought after because of their ability to see through camouflage. However, people who suffer with colorblindness now are not allowed to serve in the military. Don't let the "disability" really disable you. If you want to shoot and you enjoy your images, that is what really matters (unless you are shooting professionally and then that is a different matter). We'd (I'd) be interested in seeing some of your images...
Jan 26, 2018 06:27:49 #
Silverman wrote:
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Growing up as a youngster, when coloring in grass in those books they gave us to occupy our time. I would always reach for the orange crayon. This odd trait has never affected my desire or ability to capture great images and fill many albums and files with photographs.
Don’t sweat it, go enjoy our hobby. The end results matter most that you are pleased with them. Beauty is in the I of the beholder, as your eye sees it.
Jan 26, 2018 06:51:35 #
Kind if an off-shoot - saw on evening news last night that 2 high school students have developed an app for smart phones for those who are color blind - its free, its purpose is, I believe, to help distinguish colors.
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Jan 26, 2018 06:52:24 #
rjaywallace wrote:
Why? I am totally red/green color blind. Have you ever noticed anything incorrect when it comes to the colors in my posts? I rarely dabble with B&W. There is always a work around.Strongly suggest photographing in monochrome (b&w)
Jan 26, 2018 06:59:18 #
HI
I am a noobie on this forum but I am also red-green colourblind. I am still happy to be a photographer in colour and have been for the last 40+ years. I enjoy my hobby but others may see things differently to me. One peculiarity. I cannot distinguish reds and greens but if I look through live view on my Nikon D5300 I CAN see the difference between the same colours. I assume that this is down to the translation of colours by the software/colour mixing on the display but it comes in useful. I have seen the same effect on previous cameras, cheap PAS, more expensive bridge and now this DSLR. Bottom line, enjoy your hobby, what other people see is their business.
I am a noobie on this forum but I am also red-green colourblind. I am still happy to be a photographer in colour and have been for the last 40+ years. I enjoy my hobby but others may see things differently to me. One peculiarity. I cannot distinguish reds and greens but if I look through live view on my Nikon D5300 I CAN see the difference between the same colours. I assume that this is down to the translation of colours by the software/colour mixing on the display but it comes in useful. I have seen the same effect on previous cameras, cheap PAS, more expensive bridge and now this DSLR. Bottom line, enjoy your hobby, what other people see is their business.
Jan 26, 2018 07:01:19 #
I really like the responses from people who haven't a clue. I am soooo... red/green colorblind, it isn't funny. It is a royal pain. I do not let it stop me though. I have always been heavily involved in electronics. I used to designed battery charging systems for portable medical life saving equipment. For many, many years, I owned 3 television repair shops. Now, I am employed doing electronic forensics involving underground cabling. I shoot 1,000 photos a day in my job, all in color. I simply do it Sesame Street style. Which one is not like the other? Which one doesn't belong?
The ohm meter is my friend. So is lightroom.
The ohm meter is my friend. So is lightroom.
Jan 26, 2018 07:05:54 #
selwyntdavid wrote:
Unfortunately for me, those special glasses are a joke. I have tried them and I still have no clue. I'm severely red/green. I guess they do work for some people : (Hi: I heard that you get special eye glasses for color blindness. I recently heard of one of my friends who purchased these glasses and was enjoying looking all the things around him. You can get one of these.
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