Paul
On Dec 1, 2004, at 11:52 PM, Juey Chong Ong wrote:
Cotty,
Would it work if you cover the windows with sheets of warming filters?
--jc
On Nov 27, 2004, at 4:26 AM, Cotty wrote:
Interesting. You have come across a classic mixed lighting situation and
balanced the picture entirely for tungsten. I daily shoot pics for the
news in such scenarios (minus the nice tree :-) and I can tell you that I
hate the ultra blue windows with a vengeance. Some people like the cold
blue exteriors through a window I gather ;-)
For video, what I would do here is have a couple of redheads up with
half-blue gels on them (about 3900K I think they are) and balance for
daylight (5600K). This keeps the exterior light from going so blue, and
allows the artificial lighting to meet the daylight half way, while
giving the domestic lamps some nice warm pools of tungsten illumination.
Also, the tree lights would have a nice rosy glow to them.
It looks like you've sprayed gold paint on everything but the windows ;-)
For stills, I would have balanced for daylight and used flash, keeping the domestic lighting from being obliterated as much as possible - I appreciate you probably shot RAW
I know we all see things different, I merely present my approach in such
situations.
Best,
Cheers, Cotty
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