Photo 365

Shades of Gray

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The photographic industry once overlooked the importance of accurate skin tone reproduction for people of color. Now, new technology touted in Google’s latest smartphones promises to render darker skin tones in a more accurate way. 

In this episode, we'll take a look back at some of the industry's problems with skin tone through the years, and discuss strategies for ensuring better color accuracy and exposure.

Topics discussed:

  • Google's Real Tone ad
  • Google's official Real Tone page
  • Google rolls out Real Tone filters for Google Photos users
  • An article on "Shirley Cards" from NPR
  • The Wall Street Journal tests Real Tone on the Pixel 6
  • The X-Rite ColorChecker Passport (the color reference discussed on this show)
  • How to use a vectorscope
  • Using incident light meters

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