Photo check on Aisle 1

[Daniel W.]

Hey everyone, maybe it's the academic year winding down, maybe its that I really don't want to screw this one up, but I just can't seem to get the skin tones down on this one.

For ref, I shot this with maybe 5-7 minutes time, I had setup strobes (2x 400w/s head, bounced off of the ceiling) and the lighting crew cranked up the stage lights, the latter being very unexpected and throwing off my exposure calculated before hand.

I have a feeling that it's due to the nasty mix of color temp (flash vs. tungsten), and every time I shift it in the red, it feels sunburnt. Shift back in the yellows, they look seasick. Help, please!





Daniel W. added 1136 Minutes and 3 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

No one?

[gpbusa316]

Two problems...

1) Your profile says that "Others" CAN NOT edit your posted pictures...
2) If you want someone to try and correct the color, you might want to provide a link to the original (a larger size, pixel wise). Trying to color correct a photo that small isn't going to do much good.

[Daniel W.]

I was just looking for a quick "well it looks a bit heavy on the red" or "maybe too much yellow..." etc.

I have a feeling that I don't learn well when others do something for me, but when they tell me what they are thinking and I play with it along the way.

Thanks for the help.

[ChristopherCoy]

I have an untrained eye, and probably dont know what I'm talking about, but I like the first one better. The second looks to bright.

[bondarnes]

If this is a Raw file you should be able to open it in ACR and use the white balance eyedropper on a white shirt and get pretty close.

[Daniel W.]

Thanks! I WB to the shirts but there was a mix of tungsten + flash, I ended up doing multiple layers, one for the left side of folks, one for the right, and one for the ambient areas. The tungsten light over-warmed the skin tones and the flash made the ambient (walls, stage) too cool.



Here's how the final product looks, hoping to get the canvas by next Thurs.

OT: If you check out the EXIF, it shows 1/80 @ f/9. I guess the shutter was too slow due to ambient bleeding through but want to go past ISO500 and needed the depth of field for the group.