This past spring, we participated in an event sponsored by the City of Palm Desert and Palm Springs Life Magazine, called A Spendid Affaire (see earlier blog entry). The focus of the event was to showcase table top designs by some of the area's top designers in a three-day competition.

The images you see here are stunning designs created by Arrangements Floral and Party Designs in Palm Desert. The centerpieces are manzanita branches; I love these branches for the organic and sculptural feel they create in the tablescape. A myriad of roses, various orchids, moss and tear-drop crystals form a profusion of color and sparkle in a palette of fuchsia, coral and apple green with accents of tangerine.

Arrangements Floral is owned and run by the Salomon family. Ramon, his daughter Luna and the Arrangements Floral team can bring your most vivid dreams to life for your special event. Be sure to check out more of their work at their website.

Generally speaking, images don't come out of the camera exactly the way we envisioned them when they were captured. For example, an image may appear a little flat, under- or overexposed, contain a blue color cast, etc.

Simply put, color correction means making an image look more pleasing to the eye. A more technical definition of the term would state that color correction involves adjusting the color temperature of an image to correct for the overall quality of light.

At Red Lantern Photography, a color-corrected image means that it has been adjusted for color, exposure, saturation and contrast. The best way to show the difference between a color-corrected image and one that is not, is by example. We have included a few "before and after" samples within this blog post in hopes of giving you a better sense of why the work we put into our color-corrected images is worthwhile. Images you see on our website and blog are color corrected, as are the images used in our client albums and prints.

Be sure to click on each image to view a larger version.