I have BIG news: I had a major light bulb experience today! For many months now, I have been very frustrated because I’ll have a bunch of great-looking photos that look so dull and desaturated when I post them online, whether on my blog, website or facebook. On some of them, I’d end up bumping up the contrast and saturation so much that it would look really terrible on my computer screen, just so it would look “normal” online. Nonsense! I knew I had to be doing something wrong, but I just couldn’t figure it out. So today I did what I should have done months ago: RESEARCH! And found a solution!! I learned that I had been exporting my photos from lightroom into JPEGs with AdobeRGB color space. I knew that this color space had a more complete gamut of color…however, the color space of the internet is sRGB. So when I upload photos, only a small portion of the color spectrum is represented in my photos. I didn’t believe it until I saw it…and check it out, it’s exactly right! Oh, and I found this information on Ken Rockwell’s website, which I have found so helpful for many different things, especially equipment reviews. You should check it out!
These two photos below are absolutely identical…except the top one is in AdobeRGB, and the bottom one is in sRGB. What a huge difference! I hope I’ve helped someone reading this who has also been frustrated with this problem!
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