wierd lights in a church...

[Flores]

Going back through my shots from the wedding I did a couple of weeks back... a lot of the inside the church ones are 'off'...

i.e. the bride's dress has purple or pink or green tint to it.

I noticed the 'spotlights' this chapel had were of the LED variety, and not actually white, but with red, blue and green LEDs.

is there a technique to avoid having those things splash their color on a white surface? not all of my shots came out that way, but enough to bother me, because I caught the moment I wanted, but the color is pretty screwed up... lots of photoshop will be required to 'fix' that.

[SpeedRacerSlots]

Trying to locate an article I ran across about LED lighting.
It was primarily focused on white balance and lighting for video, but should still apply to what you are dealing with.

You really get messed with, if the church has installed cheaper multi-color LEDs (ie: the cheaper sets intended for DJ type gigs))

[Flores]

That's exactly what they had. And no flash, of course...

[stephenpinn]

I think you may be out of luck, PS may be the only way. Hard to filter for multi-color lights unfortunately

[Daniel W.]

Slower shutter speed, LEDS like fluoros have a cycle (I see this when shooting video), sucks... Maybe see if you can set something up with the facilities or A/V staff.

[SpeedRacerSlots]

Agree with Daniel.
If they are the cheaper units, then yes you can see the power cycle of the transformer/dimmer unit inside of them (if they are cheap DMX units).

By the way... I found the article in the April 2011 Church Production Magazine. There was a peer article that referred to having a good lighting meter that can also read color temp, and carry a set of theatrical gels or light filters so you can compensate for the various colors if necessary.

If you run into a place that is using say ETC Selador LEDs (500-1200 per fixture, depending on size) then you wont notice it. ETC even makes a Selador series color balanced LED light (D40 Studio) which is really nice for photo or video, that can be set to whatever color temp you want.

A member of my church who was "helping" by purchasing and donating because he found them on sale, brought 5 American DJ 42" tri-color LED bars to the church for a back wall wash. They look ok visually, but in photos and videos, they seriously wreak havoc. I have since explained to him what we really need. Oddly enough, he agreed and has started donating funds directly to the AV budget.

Good luck with your lighting adjustments. Are you trying to do it in PS or have your tried LR for a first pass at it?

[Flores]

I got enough good ones that I'm not having to work em over. Once I realized what was happening, I triple shot everything. 1 of the 3 would usually come out.