Digital is wonderful. It's a great medium, it's a great format, it's a great tool and a great technology. I am however, none-the-less, consitently frustrated with the lack of uniformity and consistency of the color. Color balance is a tricky thing, and on digital, it's tough to nail it juuusssstttt right. There are a few photographers I know who shoot high-contrast, very puncy, colorfull images. For them, they don't seem to notice the difference in color. POW! It's saturated. It looks great, and that's their style- so it's fine. But I don't shoot as often extremely punchy images. I like my colors more natural, less saturated. Perhaps it's how I see the world. (?) But for me, color balance is a pain the behind. Seriously. I hate greenish hues creeping into the shadows. I hate skin that goes a little to much to red. I want my colors balance, toned, and even. For that though, it's profiles and profiles. Calibration upon calibration. Grey card, color card, white balance. I've gotten to the point where it frustrates  me to shoot in environements where the enviroment itself will color the shots. 

Yes I do notice these things.

I notice the return (the bounce back of light off an object) off nearly everything. Carpets color the shadows from below. Celiengs color the hair from above. The worse hidden color-bounce? Styrofoam. I don't think most people notice, but not all styrofoam bounces light the same. I find most absorb more blue than red. (Or less red then blue) There is definitly a strange color cast to reflected styrofoam. But most people don't get this. They don't notice it. But I do. I even get frustrated at the color of softboxes, silvery-stuff and beauty dishes. I'm so picky about color it makes me want to shoot black and white!!!!

Now it's my mission to save, save, save, save, and switch to a broncolor light system. The flashes can guarentee the temperture you are shooting at. Their accesories are balanced perfectly. It's expensive- yes. But if you want to be the best, you can only use the best.