About:
I am a professional digi-tech providing capture services throughout all phases of the digital photo shoot. I'm located in New York City and work with well-known photographers, as well as a spectrum of clients that include: L'Oreal, Cosmo, Barney's, Sony, Absolut Vodka and Condé Nast.
My goal is to always provide an unparalleled commitment to both quality and artistic expression.
These are some of the services that I provide on-set: digital capture, digital file management, RAW development, on-set printing, creation of Photoshop compositions for layout purposes, color calibration / profiling; and same-day web-gallery creation.
I am proficient in the following:
• Canon 1Ds mark III & II tethered to C1 Pro or Canon DPP capture software
• Phase One software and digital back operation
• Leaf Capture 11 & 8 software and Leaf digital back operation
• Hasselblad H1-H2 cameras
• Mamiya RZ and 645 cameras
• Contax 645
• Hasselblad 503
• Photoshop CS3 / ACR / Lightroom / C1 Pro / Leaf Capture 11
I own and can rent out the following equipment:
• Leaf Aptus 75 and an Aptus 54S with either of the following cameras:
• 3 Hasselblad H2 camera + lenses
• 2 Mamiya RZ67 Pro II camera + lenses
• Apple Tower with 16Gb RAM
• 3 Apple Macbook Pro with 4Gb RAM
• Eizo ColorEdge CG241W monitor (color-profiled)
• Second monitor (for on-set viewing, monitor placed next to photographer)
• Canon printer [8.5x11]
• External SATA raid 1 HD
• 3 months back-up of all files
Package deals available; Rent five days, pay for three or ask for my editorial rates.
Rental: When you rent equipment from me, you are guaranteed to get state of the art digital equipment in pristine condition.
On-set back-up of computer and digital back, at no further cost.
Web Gallery: During your digital shoot, I can process your images and have an online web-gallery ready for you, most often within a couple of hours. You and your clients will have the opportunity to review the day's work at your leisure, on a secure system that ensures your privacy.
Tired of prints that don't match your monitor?
The fact is that all your devices - scanners, digital cameras, monitors, and printers - reproduce colors differently.
There are even differences in the way individual printers of the same model print color. Many variables affect color, including your ink and paper type.
ICC profiles, associated with drivers supplied by the printer manufacturer, offer a good starting point to approximate the way color should be reproduced.
However, variations in ink and paper manufacturing mean that a standard print driver will not be able to offer the precise color matching required in professional imaging. These variations can show a significant difference in the printed color.
Finally, the print driver alone, provides no support for matching the printer to the monitor. So if it is not possible to see what you are going to print, you cannot evaluate the image until after it is printed.
The ultimate goal is to match all colors produced by your printer, or afterwards by the CMYK press, with the image colors displayed on your monitor.
To do this I use professional instruments to custom build ICC profiles for all of my color devices such as cameras, monitors and printers.
By using ICC profiles in my workflow, I know the end result will be an accurate and reliable translation from one device to the next. You will gain the ability to accurately soft-proof and cross-render print-proof your images for the CMYK press.
Contact: Esben Hjort
email: esben@esbenhjort.com
Telephone: 212 203 6427
Facsimile: 866 920 1421
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