I always like your questions George.
George Farmer said:
Is there anywhere you wouldn't want high contrast and do you have examples?
quite possibly, but for me, it's rare I'll shoot with little contrast
George Farmer said:
With most of your work being viewed via the Internet by folk with non-calibrated monitors, I wonder how this comes into play if you're using 'extreme' in-camera settings i.e. preset contrast to +10...
good point, and something i do think about a lot. I've often viewed my images on different monitors, to see how they look. My dads is the worse! The colours are way out. It does make me wonder if some people are looking at images, in the wrong way.
My gauge though, is by viewing the likes of your images George, and tonser. of course we have 2 different styles, but exposure, colours and the likes, let's me know that if your prepared to upload those images, then mine must look decent on other monitors also...if that makes sense?
George Farmer said:
Are you ever tempted to use a more middle-of-the-road settings to limit indescrepencies in the wide variation in different monitors?
Or does this compromise your creativity too much?
Sadly, no. I'd be editing images on my screen which if i 'compromised' they'd look terrible. editing 'blind' almost, to compensate, for a random online user, who had maybe, their colour temp wrong...But that said, whos to say i'm not way out with settings.
George Farmer said:
Finally, why shoot video in neutral, but stills with such high contrast?
something I'm still trying to work out mate. Vids with such radical settings, just are not looking right for me at the moment, problems mainly with Sharpness, colour tones/saturation and HD....they can look messy.