problems with digital

I was just thinking about this the other day while editing photos on my new lcd. It's probably been brought up before, but I just wondered how people handled this issue. When presenting digital photos online or across any other digital medium there's only so much control the photographer has over how his or her art is seen. Sure this issue isn't that big of a deal since it really only matters how the print turns out but it's still one to bring up. People have different monitor types set to different resolutions with different settings in contrast, brightness, gamma, white points, etc. How do you go about making a digital print that will present itself the way you want it to without having control over all the variables i just listed. or is it just something that shouldn't be worried because printed materials are the only medium that the photographer has true control over. opinions?

You need some color management basics.

Basically - convert to sRGB for web... CS also has an option "save for web" which I assume has some color management built in. That's how you control for "average internet user"

If you're sending your work to a newspaper, you can assume a calibrated monitor.

I'd say, don't worry about it. You have no control on how someone else has their monitor set up.

I hear you. Even if you do as Doc suggests, you still don't guarantee the image on someone else's monitor will look the way you made it. I know people who have monitors so far out of kilter that a medium gray looks almost black.

One thing you can do is post a monitor grayscale calibration test strip on your site or with each photo. I've seen sites that do this and add a note saying something like "If you can't see 10 shades of gray below the images will not look as intended on your screen."