Russ, Could the problem be that you were using auto white balance ? Bill Ellis wb9cac@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Baker" <rebphoto@pronetisp.net> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: color me confused.............(so what else is new) > Hi Gang............. > > Last night I was taking some Head Shots of some > theatrical performers on location at their theatre. > > I brought in my portable studio. > > White back drop with back light. > > Main and fill lights are White Lightning 5000's > shot through soft boxes. > > Olympus E-10 set on manual > > I used a flash meter for setting the exposure. > > > Even though I didn't change the lighting scheme > or exposures, on many of the shots the flesh tones > shifted from normal to a bit cyan. > > Now I can correct this in Photo Shop., > > But I am wondering what happened? > > > I was using auto White Balance....................... > > I was dumping a lot of light on the white back > drop that was about 3 ft behind the subject. > > Could have all that white light bouncing back at me > cause a color shift with the camera set on Auto White Balance? > > Usually I manually set it to 6500 degrees. > This time I forgot. > > Thanks > > > Russ > R.E. Baker > Photography > rebphoto@pronetisp.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
