Timeline for How to white-balance photos shot in mixed-lighting environments?
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| Feb 11, 2011 at 23:55 | comment | added | cabbey | heh, yeah, ice blue brides aren't very popular. :) And when poor uncle Vinny looks like a strawberry because the IR in the flash and the couple glasses of vino he had before the picture don't agree with each other... ooh boy, that's gunna be a fight. But that's clearly the main subject of the shot... so yeah, if she's off color than you have to deal with it. But if it's the background... not caring so much there. | |
| Feb 11, 2011 at 19:49 | comment | added | Jay Lance Photography | Not dealing with the fact that there's multiple types of lighting in a space is a legit answer, for sure. As a wedding photographer a whole lot of what I shoot is in multiple lighting environments where having an 'off' color cast isn't an acceptable outcome because it's someone's wedding photos and extreme orange, or sickly green just aren't good looks for a bride. ;-) | |
| Feb 11, 2011 at 17:20 | comment | added | cabbey | @Jay Lance I'm a bit confused by your question... seems like the situation you asked about there, and the OP (just realized that was you too) asked about are the same thing. So uhm, yeah, this is also the procedure I use in that case since both are the same. Generally speaking, I try to avoid these cases personally, but if you're doing street photography, or other uncontrolled shooting that's hard. To be honest, I'm fine with different lights casting different colors, but that's because I spent several years working in theatre with stage lights and a wide selection of Rosco, Lee and Gam gell. | |
| Feb 11, 2011 at 17:13 | comment | added | Pharaun | @cabbey, fair enough, I do have that problem too, but if I'm able to have a few second to a minute I can usually get the card out and quickly snap a shot, and then shoot the photo I wanted and fuzz with it latter :) | |
| Feb 11, 2011 at 17:00 | comment | added | cabbey | @pharaun, yeah, I carry a small black/grey/white focus target for the same purpose. I was mostly talking about "shots of opportunity" as that seems to be what the OP was asking about, not shots where you have a chance to pre-set with a target. | |
| Feb 11, 2011 at 16:10 | comment | added | Pharaun | On this, I like to drag along a small grey card that I can toss in when the color balance start to look wonky. | |
| Feb 11, 2011 at 9:32 | comment | added | Jay Lance Photography | @cabbey: Thanks for your answer. I'm curious... is this also your procedure when you're taking pictures in environments that have lights with different color balances? What happens (for example) if you've set a balance (whether in post or on location) for tungsten equivalent lighting, but there's ALSO florescent and/or daylight (or a flash) in the mix? Do you just 'live with' any strange color shifts that result from these sorts of complex lighting arrangements? | |
| Feb 11, 2011 at 8:09 | history | answered | cabbey | CC BY-SA 2.5 |