Brian Horen from Phase One and Jim Taskett from Bear Imaging went through a demonstration of the Phase One PowerPhase camera and software. The main draw of the evening was fashion photographer Joseph Cartright who shoots with a Contax 645 and a Phase One LightPhase digital back. Cartright started out running a technology company before going into photography and admitted his present organization does Web programming as well as photography. He talked enthusiastically about the freedom of shooting digital, and said he shoots more images than he did with film. He has large, elevated monitors in his studio and can ask his customers for instant opinions.
Models can see and hear what's going on and can rapidly adjust their pose.
He said the onus of maintaining color accuracy and consistency has transferred to photographer. The way he guarantees color digitally is to color-manage all his input and output devices. The Professional Digital Imaging Workflow seminar is a worthwhile learning experience for photographers with questions about digital imaging.