Studio White Balance

Lazlo Woodbine said:
Studio lights are usually set to daylight. No need to set it manually. :)
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You do need to set it manually - white balance is affected by the modifiers fitted to the flash and the colour/decor of the studio as well as by the flash itself, which varies make to make.

You set a custom white balance of the flash itself. Setting it to the modelling lamps would produce a very wrong figure, as the modelling lamps are generally around 2900K and the flash should be around 5500K
 
Garry Edwards said:
You do need to set it manually - white balance is affected by the modifiers fitted to the flash and the colour/decor of the studio as well as by the flash itself, which varies make to make.

You set a custom white balance of the flash itself. Setting it to the modelling lamps would produce a very wrong figure, as the modelling lamps are generally around 2900K and the flash should be around 5500K
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Thanks Garry. What if I was to increase the studio lights by adding another. Would the original reading still be ok as the flash would produce the same light colour?

Thanks,

John
 
If you buy a grey card and get the model to hold it in the first shot of any given lighting situation. If the modifiers change take a new card shot. In photoshop you use the white balance tool to get a white balance reading. A one click solution.

My bowens tend to shoot around 5300K so I set that on the camera and use the card to balance in post production.
 
wookie6262 said:
If you buy a grey card and get the model to hold it in the first shot of any given lighting situation. If the modifiers change take a new card shot. In photoshop you use the white balance tool to get a white balance reading. A one click solution.

My bowens tend to shoot around 5300K so I set that on the camera and use the card to balance in post production.
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Thanks wookie and everyone else.:)

john
 
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