Index / Color

Tampa DP / Colorist for brand films and HDR delivery.

Blackmagic certified. Dolby Vision certified. HDR delivery ready. Color is where the image decides how expensive, honest, and intentional the brand feels.

Blackmagic Certified Dolby Vision Certified HDR Delivery Ready
Dee Mount color grading in the studio
Harper's Bazaar still Dee Distractions field still Midori still Ring of Fire night field still Tequila Gran Diamante still
01 / Why Color

Color protects the sale.

A grade is not decoration. It controls skin, product color, contrast, mood, and how much trust the frame carries when the buyer sees it.

Buyer Trust

Skin has to hold.

Faces cannot feel muddy, plastic, or accidental. Clean skin makes the room feel controlled before a word is spoken.

Product Accuracy

The offer has to read.

Liquor, apparel, cars, food, and interiors all need color that feels premium without breaking what the product actually is.

HDR Delivery

The frame has to survive the screen.

HDR finishing protects highlight detail, shadow shape, and color density for premium displays and clean SDR versions.

The Color Room

The camera negative is only the start.

Every look on this page is built to show the same frame in three states: Log, Rec.709, and final grade. When the media is ready, this becomes a proof page for what changes in the grade, not a vague style board.

02 / Compare

Raw. Rec.709. Final grade.

A 3D grading deck for showing what changes between capture, the clean transform, and the finished image.

Raw / Log

Camera negative.

The flat source frame with room for exposure, contrast, and color decisions.

Rec.709

Clean transform.

The technical baseline for review, client notes, SDR exports, and approvals.

Final Grade

Buyer-facing image.

Contrast, color density, skin, and brand tone shaped for the final placement.

Color grading services

Show the client what changed.

Every card becomes a sales tool. Raw shows the capture. Rec.709 shows the technical baseline. The final grade shows the image the buyer judges.

Book color review
03 / Looks

Color languages Dee can build.

These are the first five looks to turn into live before-and-after sets when the matching project stills are dropped in.

01

Bleach bypass

Lower saturation, heavier contrast, stronger texture.

02

Orange and teal

Warm skin separation against cooler shadows and environments.

03

Low con commercial

Soft contrast, clean product reads, and controlled highlight rolloff.

04

High contrast dramatic

Deep blacks, carved light, and stronger subject separation.

05

Bold saturated

Color-forward frames for music, product, and launch work.