gener202002

Hello everyone

Just a real quick question to see how everyone else deals with this. I normally don't print out my pictures, I just keep them on the computer and sometimes send them to stock agencies.

My observation on my computer screen is that, depending on the angle from which I am looking at my picture, the picture can look brighter or softer or darker. When I look at the image on a connected TV screen it looks different still. I realize that depends a lot on how you set up your menu on the TV screen, but it does become confusing because I do not know exactly how my picture is going to look to others or how it is going to look to a stock agency. I also notice that on the tv screen my images seem starker, overly sharpened, and usually over saturated with color. What I think looks good at one angle may not be the real picture. How do others deal with this without actually printing out the pictures, or having some means of knowing exactly what is happening with the picture?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

BebuLamar

Use IPS screen and calibrate the screen. All LCD screens look different as different angle. IPS screens reduce this effect but not eliminate completely. OLED screen or plasma do not have this problem but I don't see them made for computer monitor. Any screen will need to be calibrated.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Changing the viewing angle on all my screens alters the way the image looks.
On my laptop, the higher the angle, brighter, the lower the angle, darker.
Even if you calibrate your monitor you should always try to use the same viewing angle.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I rely on Datacolor and have worked with my two printing services. I get back visually identical prints to what I see on the screen.
--Bob

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Look at a variety of other people's photos on your screen. If they generally appear too dark or too light, then that is a fairly good indication that you need to adjust your screen settings or change your viewing angle.

When I used to record and mix music tracks (which I haven't done in several years), often I'd use professionally produced recordings as a blueprint for audio equalization of my own work and playback system. The same approach can be applied to photography.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

Good suggestion, makes a lot of sense to me.

gener202002

Thanks everyone. I think that my pictures look good on my screen and so do other peoples, but even a slightly different angle makes a difference. However, the pictures do not look good on either tv screen, Other people's do but not as nicely as on my computer screen, but the settings are different too. The pictures look much brighter and much more saturated on the tv screens. I think I will have to print out more of my pictures to compare them to the screen.

Thanks again for all the info.

photogeneralist Loc: Lopez Island Washington State

Adjust the TV screen,via the menu settings on your remote. Most TV's have been set to be overly bright with unreal amounts of contrast and color saturation. Evenmy computer display is set to lower brightness levels so that post processing will not produce an image that's too dark.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Use a calibration kit (colorimeter and software) to calibrate and custom profile your monitor.

gener202002

Thanks

geolaval Loc: Laval, Quebec

You may find the following link interesting insofar as maintaining a constant angle on your laptop monitor. Might also facilitate color calibration.
Good luck. George


https://www.outdoorphotogear.com/acratech-laptop-viewing-angle-gauge/