use of lightsphere in room?

[Kathleen]

Thanks. Yes, luckily I only shoot in raw. I thought of the walls being the problem & considered as you say correcting a auto wb shot in photoshop. I was just thinking less work I guess, but I do like the use of auto wb - sort of a safety net for me you might say. I think I'll try the test again in another room without the browns.

 

[Big Mike]

Some people change the WB a lot...mine is locked on Auto, 95% of the time. I shoot RAW anyway so it's easy to adjust.

 

[Bifurcator]

Great diagrams Bifurcator...I'll have to remember this thread to link to.

Sure, NP. You can paste them into you're own messages too. It would be an honor!

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Some people change the WB a lot...mine is locked on Auto, 95% of the time. I shoot RAW anyway so it's easy to adjust.

I'm never without a white-card so I'm always using custom - for just about every different scene.

 

[Big Mike]

I adjust the WB in post and I'm not really concerned with what is accurate, but what looks good to me. It's basically having the option to apply a warming or cooling filter to any shot with complete freedom.

Of course, by using an accurate custom setting, you still have that option.

For a couple studio shoots, I set a custom WB because I didn't expect the lights to change. But then I realized that I can set the WB globally on the whole set anyway...so I didn't bother to set up the custom level. I just find what looks good in post and use that for all the shots...or change some of them if I think it suits that shot.

Different strokes for different folks