Thread: Still Trying

Well im still trying to get my white balance as nice as Max. Its frustrating as heck to see so many nice pictures out there and my pictures either look "powdery" or just not bright.

Well...the back drop is a light light gray, not quite white.

Discuss

I think the problem is the MONT BLANC pen in the picture, You should just send that and any others you have to me to be taken care of. This will take care of any photo issues that would otherwise be unsolvable.

Sorry I don't have any real advice about photography. Just wanted to say thats a nice pen.

That pen's so nice I would feel bad letting ink get on it...

Thank you all very much

Not knowing your camera, it's hard to respond intelligently, but I'm assuming you've tried the automatic WB setting as well as the settings that are approptiate to your light source. If you have mixed light sources, i.e., incandenscent and flourescant, the automatic setting is probably best. If your camera has the capability for custom white balance, this should give you the most accurate color with a single light source. If your camera is limited in this respect, you may have to do some post-processing in Photoshop or its much less costly cousins such as Photoshop Elements. Then again, your sample shot looks pretty darn good, in my opinion.

Egads! I have created a monster. Whats this? four posts in the off topic areas in under 48 hours? Next you'll be starting a political thread of your own

Another option to Photoshop is the free photo program Picasa from Google it lets you do basic fixes on things like light levels and shadowing.

Originally Posted by gandrw

Another option to Photoshop is the free photo program Picasa from Google it lets you do basic fixes on things like light levels and shadowing.

yeah, but then don't you risk washing out like this?

Originally Posted by leadduck

Not knowing your camera, it's hard to respond intelligently, but I'm assuming you've tried the automatic WB setting as well as the settings that are approptiate to your light source. If you have mixed light sources, i.e., incandenscent and flourescant, the automatic setting is probably best. If your camera has the capability for custom white balance, this should give you the most accurate color with a single light source. If your camera is limited in this respect, you may have to do some post-processing in Photoshop or its much less costly cousins such as Photoshop Elements. Then again, your sample shot looks pretty darn good, in my opinion.

Well I have a photobox that has Fluorescent lights at 5k. I have the WB set to 5k. Im wondering if i just simply dont have enough light at all. I may look into a flash with a bounce umbrella. I dont have a great deal of space to work, so that may be my option.

The best option is custom white balancing if your camera allows it. This involves setting it at Custom in the menu and taking a shot of a gray card or a white card under the same lighting conditions your shooting your subject. This is the equvalent of using a light meter to measure rather than estimate your exposure. If your camera is accurate, you should get precision results. What camera are you shooting with?