rubbertree
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I originally posted these questions in the "everything you want to know about lighting" thread that was going on a while ago. At HelenB's suggestion, I am starting a separate thread about it, in hopes to get a good discussion going on here. This is the original post:
Anyway, I am still getting blue or pink casts in the pictures. Can you help?
edit to add, I was shooting in RAW and used the incandescent WB setting, and varied the setting between -3 up to +3 to see if I could get a correct color. I could not. Is it necessary to set the WB if shoot in RAW?
I set up my soft box again this am and set up the lights (my clamps must not be very good, they keep wanting to swing down, heavy lights I guess? Does it matter if the lights touch the fabric or should they be set away from it?)My DH made me a soft box about 3feet square. I used draped white fabric off the top, sides and bottom. Attached 2 clamp lights to either side with 40 watt regular light bulbs. Pictures still don't look the way I want them to.
Do I need higher wattage? A specific light bulb? Do I set my white balance on auto or must it be set to the type of light bulb used?
Can I use the soft box anywhere in the house or does the lighting within the house make a difference?
Anyway, I am still getting blue or pink casts in the pictures. Can you help?
edit to add, I was shooting in RAW and used the incandescent WB setting, and varied the setting between -3 up to +3 to see if I could get a correct color. I could not. Is it necessary to set the WB if shoot in RAW?