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What a $30,000 Camera Taught Me About Color Calibration (And Committing to Your Choices)
There’s a particular kind of portrait that makes me slow down before I even touch a slider: one with a colored gel light behind the subject. The background glow bleeds into the skin tones, the shadows pick up unexpected hues, and every calibration decision you make either elevates the whole mood or turns it into a muddy mess. I’ve lost more than a few hours to gel-lit portraits that felt just slightly off no matter what I tried in the basic panel.