Comments on: white balance settings - my approach http://planetneil.com/tangents/2006/10/25/white-balance-settings-my-approach/ various writings on photography, whether techniques, ideas, equipment info, or just rants. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:25:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Neil http://planetneil.com/tangents/2006/10/25/white-balance-settings-my-approach/#comment-404 Neil Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:01:38 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2006/10/25/white-balance-settings-my-approach/#comment-404 Hi there Rob. No, I don't have an Expo Disc. It would make sense for me under a static scenario, such as studio photography. But in most of my work, I am moving around a lot, and bouncing flash behind me or to the side of me. In doing this, the light picks up all kinds of different colour .. which sounds like an Expodisc would actually be an ideal solution to the WB problem. However, as I move around, the flash light is bouncing off different areas all the time - different parts of the walls and ceiling, and of different objects. Therefore the WB changes often. So instead of driving myself nuts taking custom WB readings, I just adjust the WB afterwards as part of my general raw workflow. Much simpler, imho. Hi there Rob.

No, I don’t have an Expo Disc. It would make sense for me under a static scenario, such as studio photography. But in most of my work, I am moving around a lot, and bouncing flash behind me or to the side of me.

In doing this, the light picks up all kinds of different colour .. which sounds like an Expodisc would actually be an ideal solution to the WB problem. However, as I move around, the flash light is bouncing off different areas all the time - different parts of the walls and ceiling, and of different objects. Therefore the WB changes often.

So instead of driving myself nuts taking custom WB readings, I just adjust the WB afterwards as part of my general raw workflow.

Much simpler, imho.

]]> By: Rob Oresteen http://planetneil.com/tangents/2006/10/25/white-balance-settings-my-approach/#comment-403 Rob Oresteen Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:09:33 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2006/10/25/white-balance-settings-my-approach/#comment-403 Neil - do you ever use an Expo Disc for white balance? If so, how. If not, why? Thanks, Rob Neil - do you ever use an Expo Disc for white balance? If so, how. If not, why?

Thanks,

Rob

]]> By: james toal http://planetneil.com/tangents/2006/10/25/white-balance-settings-my-approach/#comment-284 james toal Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:07:39 +0000 http://planetneil.com/tangents/2006/10/25/white-balance-settings-my-approach/#comment-284 Neil, Thank you for the comment regarding fluorescent lighting and using a shutter speed of 1/60 or slower. I do weddings in churches where there is fluorescent in the seated section, tungsten floods over the stage and natural light fron the windows. Yes, I shoot RAW but because I use a shutter speed of around 1/100, the colors are all over the place. I'll take 3 or 4 bursts of the same scene and all 4 are different. your advice will be used this Saturday, and as usual, i'm sure your advice will be stellar. thank you for this tremendous recource. James Toal, CT Neil,
Thank you for the comment regarding fluorescent lighting and using a shutter speed of 1/60 or slower. I do weddings in churches where there is fluorescent in the seated section, tungsten floods over the stage and natural light fron the windows. Yes, I shoot RAW but because I use a shutter speed of around 1/100, the colors are all over the place. I’ll take 3 or 4 bursts of the same scene and all 4 are different. your advice will be used this Saturday, and as usual, i’m sure your advice will be stellar. thank you for this tremendous recource. James Toal, CT

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