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<p>What WB would you use for this reception hall-<br>

<a href="http://www.merrimakers.com/locations/recept12.jpg">http://www.merrimakers.com/locations/recept12.jpg</a></p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

<p>I would do what I pretty much always do: shoot raw, using auto white balance, and adjust later as needed.</p>

<p>Same here. Auto WB shooting RAW, fix later.<br>

Or you could shoot a white card and set a custom white balance. But not necessary with my Canon 50D, its pretty smart.</p>

<p><em><strong>"What WB would you use for this reception hall"</strong></em><br>

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At Daytime?, Nighttime?, <br>

With / without Flash?<br>

Near or away from the windows?<br>

Capture: JPEG /RAW?<br>

Subject matter including People or just the Hall?<br>

 

<p>Are the recesses above the dance floor skylights, or do they hold tungsten or maybe even Hg Vapour lamps?</p>

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. . . it depends, the downlights seem thsoe low volt spots? at night, I guess one fallback is "shoot RAW and correct in post production". . . <br>

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WW <br>

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<p>If using a single on camera flash, I would gel it to tungsten, maybe not all the way--maybe 1/2 CTO, use AWB if shooting RAW and balance later.</p>

<p>If using multiple flash, I might go without gels, because in a white environment, using multiple flash, you can get pretty close to daylight/flash white balance anyway and the small amount of yellowish cast would add a nice golden glow.</p>

<p>Hmmm, Yes. Sorry. My contribution was not as good as it could have been. I was not on my game this morning.<br>

Adding to Nadine's comments, if daytime and if I weer near the window, I would not gel Flash, or perhaps not even use flash - and allow the room lights to glow.</p>

<p>WW</p>

<p>I think I would just use an orange filter!</p>

<p>Hmmm--I failed to take note of the windows behind the head table. So William W. is correct re needing to know night time or daytime. Gelling your flash and shooting anywhere near the windows would mean the windows or daylight coming them would turn bluish.</p>

<p>Further, if daytime, I'd probably opt for off camera lights, no gels. Because when shooting away from the windows, you will get the red/orange cast. Using off camera lights kind of evens out everything toward daylight/flash white balance.</p>

<p>The main reason for my barrage of questions was to illustrate the question required many more definitions to facilitate an accurate answer: unless we decided to "shoot RAW and fix in post" - which generally, I don't really like doing.</p>

<p>So that leaves many possibilities, depending on the exact situation, the most important issue being Daytime or Night-time.</p>

<p>And then considering: The Scene (i.e. what is in shot – are the window in shot, for example); The Camera’s Viewpoint, (i.e. if daytime is the Camera shooting with the Window Light or shooting against the Window Light); and then Ancillary Lighting (i.e. is Flash being used).</p>

<p>Though of course it would be correct to assume People would be in the shot - that was a little silly of me, obviously – but all these details describing the lighting scenario go to answering what specific WB one might <em>generally</em> choose to use.</p>

<p>And then, it might be that over the course of the coverage, two different WB might be used.</p>

<p>Or as another option, for example, in Daytime, use a ½ CTO Gel when using Flash Fill / Flash Key and remove the Gel from the Flash as the Camera / Subjects get closer to that Window Light and set AWB, for both situations.</p>

<p>On the other hand the Camera's ISO capacity also plays a part. For example, at night time and if wanting to shoot high ISO with little or no Flash fill, likely manual WB set 3200K / 3400K (or lower) might be best. And in this particular situation, (not wishing to debete the worth or not of them), there are other solutions, using CC filters.</p>

<p>WW</p>

<p>Are we missing the obvious answer, which is to shoot black and white? :)~</p>

<p><em><strong>to shoot black and white . . .</strong></em> in which case I would have <em>light green</em> and a <em>light yellow-green</em> filters handy. :)</p>

<p>WW</p>

<p>If you aren't shooting raw, and don't want YELLOW image, then use: </p>

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<li><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/560274-REG/Digital_Image_Flow_DGK_S_Digital_Grey_Kard_.html">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/560274-REG/Digital_Image_Flow_DGK_S_Digital_Grey_Kard_.html</a> </li>

<li>or even white paper will do the trick</li>

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<p>Adam</p>

<p>I would probably shot tungsten with a gel on the flash and shot it in raw to fine tune later. </p>