On Feb 26, 2004, at 12:54 PM, Anthony Harrison wrote:
I have location shoots under fluo lighting (those funny coiled
jobs in polished steel dish ceiling reflectors) and while in the
past I've shot film with the usual filtration plus greenish gels
on the fill-flash, how would people go about this with digital?
Setting a local white balance is obvious - then just use gels as
before on the flash, or what? I want to keep flash to a minimum,
bare fill only if at all - might use reflectors instead. Must have
good skin tones. Or would you chuck caution to the wind, shoot
with daylight WB and unfiltered flash, correct colour later (with
e.g. Replace Colour) in PS? I've got two such sessions so to some
extent I can use the first for practice, but I'd be interested in
others' approach.
Regards, Tony H
The rules have not changed, it is just that the "film" color temp
is variable. I would use the gel filter on the flash and shoot as
if you were shooting film.
There is no need to introduce mixed lighting if you do not have
to... the more that can be corrected before Photoshop the better.
Read up on the "Custom White Balance" settings for your digital.
Then on-site, measure and set the custom white balance so that all
photos are consistent throughout the shoot. If you are shooting
RAW (which is recommended if you have the card space), then Custom
White Balance settings are the default settings, but can be changed
with Photoshop CS and other Camera RAW software.
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