“We’re on the verge of changing our color management. It is a big step for us. That’s why I decided to go to Henni van Beek’s workshop Heritage Photography Unravelled. Life after Delta-E. I did some research and preliminary work in previous years, but today’s workshop helped me quite a lot to get the understanding of it. What is color management? What does the color checker do? Where is the table for the measurements? How to sort it out in a basic color. I can say I’ve got a good overview now.”

“We have a range of materials in our museum that will be interesting to look at. For example, a collection of 400 medieval manuscripts. At the moment we have several tools that we can use, like IR and X-ray. What we don’t have is multispectral imaging. Our museum is very much research based. Because we are part of the university, sometimes The Fitzwilliam contributes to projects the university is working on. The university have a kind of multispectral system. But it was different to the Phase One solution. Today I attend the workshop by Annette T. Keller about automated multispectral imaging. It’s incredible to be here on the 2+3D symposium. The quality of the speeches and workshops is absolutely phenomenal. I’ve learnt so much the last three days. To hear in talks about the different ways which people approach is really inspiring.”

Carola: “What was also very inspiring the last few days was to see if we want to do more with eye-catching photography. What are the possibilities and what does it bring? And if it adds something for the client, shouldn't we just do it? Eva and I were also just talking about how nice it is that the field of work has changed, that there are more and more young women photographing at institutions. Great to run into them now at this conference. They were also well represented during the workshop. We made contact right away.”

“I joined John Barrett and Jorge Cano's workshop this morning: Photometric stereo. Creating highly efficient 3D and color recordings from low-relief originals. New software and new programs always take some time to learn. In the workshop a complete case was shown. The set-up was low-tech, relatively simple. But very interesting and explained in detail. The interaction was nice. We did a little test where we photographed and scanned an example. And then we took out the normal maps and the depth maps. It's a very interesting technique, because with that high resolution you can show an enormous amount of information. Elements that are invisible to the naked eye. I am very satisfied and learned a lot, also from the other presentations at this conference.”

“This afternoon I went to From 360° to 3D, the road I took to where I am today, by Frans Pegt. It was really good to see all the different models he made. To hear about the process for making and creating a good model. I’ve tried to do photogrammetry before and make my own model, but it just never worked. So, by attending this workshop, I tried to get some more insight on it. And yes, I’ve definitely learnt something! One of the things I liked was how Frans used the 3D scan of a fragile artwork to create a mould insight of it to ship it better. So that it’s safer because it’s an exact fit of the piece. That was very interesting, in terms of hearing something that we can try too when we’re shipping our artwork.”