By You’ve spent hours perfecting an image on your calibrated monitor—adjusting shadows, tweaking colors, getting the skin tones just right. The file goes to your printer, and when you open the package days later, your heart sinks. The colors are dull, the blues have shifted to purple, and those carefully crafted highlights are blown out. Sound familiar?
This disconnect between screen and print is one of the most common frustrations in photography, but it’s also one of the most preventable. The culprit isn’t usually your printer or paper—it’s the absence of color proofing in your workflow. Color proofing, …
