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Question Odd lighting issue - Maybe white balance? - 04-07-2008, 09:04 PM


I have a very inexpensive home setup to do my very non-professional shoots of friends. It's basically 2 north facing windows for great indirect light and 2 sets of 2 500w hallogen work lights (yes, like the ones you get at home depot) plus a little fill flash. This photo is from my first attempt with this setup. It seems very red. I tried playing with the white balance but nothing seems to make it look right. Does anyone have a clue off the top of their heads what I'm doing wrong? BTW - this is totally unaltered. Thanks in advance!

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04-07-2008, 09:21 PM


Well... part of the problem is your have wildly different temps of light competing with each other.

And, by underexposing by a full stop (exp. comp -1) you'll deepen the problems with the white balance.

Luckily... it's nothing that photoshop can't handle with relative ease.

Use the curves tool with the white-point dropper and hit the brightest spot on their teeth for a starter reference... and adjust from there.

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Audrey, I took your image into Adobe Camera Raw, clicked Auto WB, Auto Exposure (backed it down to +.30), and this was the result. It could still use a little work, but just that quick edit improved it a bunch.


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Well... part of the problem is your have wildly different temps of light competing with each other.

And, by underexposing by a full stop (exp. comp -1) you'll deepen the problems with the white balance.

Luckily... it's nothing that photoshop can't handle with relative ease.

Use the curves tool with the white-point dropper and hit the brightest spot on their teeth for a starter reference... and adjust from there.
Thanks for the quick response!

Should I close off the blinds and eliminate the competing natural light?
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Audrey, I took your image into Adobe Camera Raw, clicked Auto WB, Auto Exposure (backed it down to +.30), and this was the result. It could still use a little work, but just that quick edit improved it a bunch.
Beautiful, John! And, so simple. Thanks for the pointer! I never thought about using Adobe Camera Raw.
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