Seamless Paper Photographing Different, WB or Colorcast?

<p>Hi,<br>

This is my first post. I have Savage Seamless Paper in bone, but sometimes it photographs differently and I do not understand why. I used an Expodisc for white balance, my monitor is calibrated and I corrected what appeared to be a cyan cast, but the color of the paper is still not right. What is the cause of this? <br>

Here is a link to how it really looks: http://www.samys.com/p/Backgrounds---Paper-Roll/5112/107-x-12yds-Background-Paper-51-Bone/290.html?origin=product-search&gclid=CLu9zbWNnbYCFYpDMgodYUkAFQ<br>

The image is how it photographed:<br>

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=347846171993734&set=a.347760532002298.1073741827.265156656929353&type=1&theater&notif_t=like<br>

Thank you!</p>

 

<p>It still looks like it has a blue cast to it, compared with the sample. I did auto white balance in Lightroom and it looks right. You just don't have the white balance set properly. It also seems a touch underexposed.</p>

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<p>Thank you. I should not trust the Expodisc so much I guess!</p>

<p>What kind of flash are you using and how are you doing the white balance with the Expo Disc? If you are doing the WB based on the light coming from the modeling lights rather than the flash coming from the flash tube, your WB would be incorrect and the light from the flash -- which actually exposes the pictures -- would look blue by comparison with the light from the modeling lights.<br />Try skipping the Expo Disc and custom WB altogether. Just manually set your WB to flash or 5500K. Most flash is plus or minus 5500. Using that setting will either be on the money or close enough that you will need only minor tweaking afterward.<br />The fact that you are using seamless background paper should not affect the white balance, but the off-color WB might be more obvious on this particular color of seamless than on others.</p>

<p>Deleting accidental duplicate post.</p>