Résumé and Portfolio
This is my Color Corrector résumé. Color Corrector is just one of several jobs that I am well qualified for. You may also wish to take a look at my other résumés.
Top of Las Trampas Peak.
© 1993 Ben Hubbell. |
Rocky Ridge at Dusk
© 1995 Ben Hubbell. |
This page includes eight color corrected photographs from my portfolio. These are the same photographs that accompany my Photographer résumé, but the comments that appear next to the photographs are different. The above two photographs were taken during the spring in the Las Trampas Wilderness, which is located in the hills west of
The brilliant greens in the photograph on the left are very close to the true color of the original scene. However, the green gamut of digital RGB color is somewhat smaller than that of photographic film. The real life green is just as intense, but
The grass in the photograph on the right was all one dull shade of under saturated green before color correction. Now you can see a rich range of green, yellow, and black hues in the grass. This was accomplished with Photoshop’s
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-540-7214
Job Objective
Color Corrector
Highlights of Qualifications
- Highly productive, both as a team member and while working alone. Followed and gave instructions. Formulated solutions
to problems. - Experienced with color managed workflow. Used different ICC profiles for different printers and paper types. Calibrated computer monitor
with colorimeter. - Color corrected image files to make digital prints that resembled classical paintings in terms of idealized
tonal values.
Relevant Skills and Experience
- Relied on histograms to determine appropriate settings for black point and white point of photographs. Located peaks in the brightness ranges of red, green, and blue channels in order to determine where to place anchors in the curves for
each channel. - Used Photoshop Adjustment Layers to optimize tonal transitions and thereby enhance the illusion of three dimensions in a two dimensional medium. Recovered the appearance of the light at the
original scene. - Made appropriate use of Unsharp Mask and Smart Sharpen filters where a heavy hand would have harmed image quality. Used Smart Sharpen filter in advanced mode. Always sharpened a copy of the image file rather than
the original.
Education
| 2001–Date | Multimedia Major | Vista Community College— |
| Pursuing a double AA in Web Design and Digital Imaging. Planning to transfer to CSU Hayward | ||
| 1980 | Nurse’s Aide School | Olsten Healthcare— |
| Trained in a special program that focused on Medical-Surgical and Orthopedics rather than the customary Nursing | ||
Work History
| 1994–1999 | Home Attendant | In-Home Support Services— |
| Used skills developed in hospitals to meet the needs of a quadriplegic gentleman. Catered to the preferences of an individual client. Worked with the same client for | ||
| 1992–1994 | Inventory Control Clerk | Saint Luke’s Hospital— |
| Managed flow of materials from storeroom to nurses’ stations. Anticipated patterns of materials use. Completed requisition paperwork in a timely manner. Tracked inventory on a computer. Took orders | ||
| 1990–1994 | Hospital Orderly | Saint Luke’s Hospital— |
| Made rounds of the hospital and carried a pager. Interacted with patients. Performed medical procedures. Participated in procedures involving more than | ||
| 1986–1991 | Nurse’s Aide | Sunrise Nurses— |
| Provided nursing services at almost a dozen Bay Area hospitals. Quickly adapted to different paperwork and organizational systems. Worked primarily in Medical-Surgical and | ||
Personal Interests
- Cooked and baked gourmet food since 8 years old. Especially talented at preparing dishes from India
and Thailand . - Planned nutritionally balanced meals for group backpacking trips. Took into account food allergies of group members. Dehydrated own food. Used Excel spreadsheets to
track nutrients. - Sought to reproduce the emotional sense of being there with my landscape photography. Motivated friends to visit the wilderness in a way I never could with
words alone.
Backside of Half Dome at Sunset.
© 1993 Ben Hubbell. |
Sunshine Arrives at Bishop Lake.
© 2003 Ben Hubbell. |
The photograph on the left was taken upstream from Yosemite Valley, at an altitude 3200 feet higher than the valley floor. Notice how the contrast decreases in the receding distance, with the humidity in the air creating pastel tones. These pastel tones were too dense before
The photograph on the right was taken in the John Muir Wilderness in the eastern Sierras. In the original slide the sunlit background is overexposed and the shadowed foreground is underexposed. I used NikonScan 4.0’s DEE tool to restore detail to the highlights
UC Berkeley in the Mist.
© 1992 |
The photograph to the left was taken in 1992 near Grizzly Peak Boulevard, above Strawberry Canyon in the Berkeley Hills. The color of the sky is due to the June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. This eruption spewed a large amount of ash into the atmosphere, which brought this color to the late afternoon skies for years This photograph was sharpened with Photoshop’s Unsharp Mask filter rather than the usually preferable Smart Sharpen filter. In this case the latter filter made the mist too transparent. The less powerful Unsharp Mask filter was definitely the tool for the |
Oak Circle, March.
© 1992 |
Oak Circle in the Las Trampas Wilderness is one of my favorite picnic spots. It is just off the crest of Las Trampas Ridge. Part of the trail from Bollinger Canyon to Oak Circle follows a section of the ridge that drops off steeply on either side of the solid trail, presenting marvelous views and creating a feeling This image is partially back lit because it was shot facing a mere 45 degrees away from the sun. I love the way that grass looks when illuminated from this angle. There is transmitted light shining through the grass as well as a lesser amount of frontal illumination. Slides and old fashioned type C prints from the negative never captured the appearance of this kind of light. Now with the color correction tools of Photoshop I am able to reproduce the real life appearance of this kind of scene. |
Valley Oak near Rose Peak.
© 1992 Ben Hubbell. |
Forest Floor Ringtail Creek.
© 1993 Ben Hubbell. |
The photograph on the left was taken during August in the Ohlone Wilderness, in the mountains south of Livermore, California. If you were to look at a print of this photograph you would see a beautiful texture in the bark of the tree. I used Photoshop’s Curves tool to adjust the shadows, mid tones, and highlights so that the contrast in this image would not be greater than that of the
The photograph on the right was taken in the Las Trampas Wilderness. Even though this photograph was shot on professional film the color balance of the original slide had excess red. I used Photoshop’s Curves tool to make separate adjustments to the red, green, and blue channels. This made the photograph look more three dimensional and revealed textures not discernable before
Message from Ben Hubbell
Hello,
My artistic expression involves many different talents. Composing pictures, measuring for exposure, color correction, printmaking, the written word, web design, and even computer programming.
I compose my photographs mainly in the camera viewfinder and rarely crop more than the edges of slide frames in Photoshop. I always try to create a sense of pleasing rhythm within my compositions.
I shoot on film and scan my images with a 21 megapixel Nikon film scanner. After just enough cropping to remove the edges of the slide frame all my images are at least 18 megapixels. This is much higher resolution than one could hope to find in even a professional digital camera.
NikonScan software has a tool for extracting detail from shadows and highlights. I set the controls of this tool very carefully. I also use histogram readings to assure that my color correction settings result in scanned images that span the full tonal range from darkest black to brightest white.
After setting the black point and white point of my images I adjust tonal transitions with Photoshop’s Curves tool. I fine tune the curves separately for the red, green, and blue channels in all cases, even when no color balance problems present themselves. I currently shoot on Fuji Astia, because it has better shadow detail than Velvia. Images shot on this film tend to benefit from a 1–2 point cut to the green channel in the highlights and a similar degree of boost to the same channel in the shadows.
When I color correct a photograph I strive for the most three dimensional looking tonal transitions possible. Lifelike tonal transitions are more important to me than preconceptions about what the color balance should look like. When the red, green, and blue curves are separately adjusted to maximize the illusion of three dimensions, the correct color balance just falls into place.
I carefully apply sharpening to all of my images. Too heavy of a hand with either the Unsharp Mask or Smart Sharpen filters will make tonal transitions less subtle and less lifelike. However, just the right amount of sharpening brings out the textures of surfaces as well as making edges more distinct.
As previously mentioned, I am also well studied in computer programming for the Web. I wrote the HTML for this entire web site in a text editor. I wrote PHP code that identifies the browser you are viewing this page with as unrecognized browser. If you would like to know if a more recent version of unrecognized browser is available, go to my home page. If your browser is out of date, my home page will display a link to the unrecognized browser web site for a free download of the latest version.
Due to the fact that I have many job skills, there are several versions of my résumé, each tailored to a different job objective. If you follow the text links to my other résumés and proceed to follow the button links on the destination page, the Résumé button links throughout this web site will direct you to the most recently viewed résumé.
Cheers,
Ben Hubbell
This has been my Color Corrector résumé. Color Corrector is just one of several jobs that I am well qualified for. You may also wish to take a look at my other résumés.