missy_kay Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william-porter Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <p>I would do what I pretty much always do: shoot raw, using auto white balance, and adjust later as needed.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick_anibaldi1 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <p><em><strong>"What WB would you use for this reception hall"</strong></em><br> <br> 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> <br> . . . it depends, the downlights seem thsoe low volt spots? at night, I guess one fallback is "shoot RAW and correct in post production". . . <br> <br> WW <br> <strong><em> </em></strong><br> </p> <p > </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picturesque Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_tatum Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <p>I think I would just use an orange filter!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picturesque Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgk1966 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 <p>Are we missing the obvious answer, which is to shoot black and white? :)~</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c._f. Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 <p>If you aren't shooting raw, and don't want YELLOW image, then use: </p> <ul> <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> </ul> <p>Adam</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_crisp Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 <p>I would probably shot tungsten with a gel on the flash and shot it in raw to fine tune later. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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