Struggling with skin tones!!!

[KmH]

just used a photofilter that seemed to give a good color.

Told ya Emily,
Photo Filters, easiest way to go =p

Yes, that''s one way, but it's a trial and error method, and not precise.

There are other better, repeatable, and accurate ways to do it.

 

[Emilymarie]

Hi Emily, believe you may have had the camera in auto and it basically picks the white balance setting for you. If you shoot like this again outdoors try the cloudy setting it may get the tones closer to where you want them. If you can, learn to do a custom white balance with your camera or have a target with you that the subject can hold so you can use it as a reference photo/target to get the skin tones right on. Another note if you shoot RAW when you open the file in the RAW converter it gives you the option to choose the WB. Just pick Daylight/ Flash etc. and tweek to your liking to keep all of the skin tones consistant. You will also notice the Kelvin rating near the sliders 5400K etc. you can vary this # to get you close. Open the images again in the RAW processor and change the WB settings. Not sure what you are using but some of the programs apply the changes to several images at once to lessen the work load. Hopefully that did not confuse you too much.
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Shoot well, Joe

um....ok so that worked really well!!!!! Ill Ill try with the grey card as well. Should I have the subject hold it for the first shot each time the lightning changes? That seams relly un professiontal IMO though

 

[CCericola]

Have the subject hold the card, hire an assistant or gain the magical ability of levitation.

 

[CCericola]

Brooke Beasley's tones are all the same because her lighting didn't change.

 

[KmH]

Should I have the subject hold it for the first shot each time the lightning changes?

Yes.

That seams relly un professiontal IMO though

I don't know what to tell you. That is what pros do. Have you ever watched a pro shoot?

 

[Emilymarie]

Should I have the subject hold it for the first shot each time the lightning changes?

Yes.

That seams relly un professiontal IMO though

I don't know what to tell you. That is what pros do. Have you ever watched a pro shoot?[/QUOTE

yeah, ok. I'll be doing this.

 

[jake337]

There is also a method you can use in Photoshop to find any neutral gray in a photo, if there is any. You can use that like a gray card. Neutral Gray, Neutral Grey, 50% Gray, Photoshop Color Correction

Gray just means the tonal value of each of the 3 color channels, red, green, and blue (RGB) are exactly the same and thee is no color cast.

R=200, G=200, B=200 (200, 200, 200) is a tone of gray, R=50, G=50, B=50 (50, 50, 50) is a much darker tone of gray,

so what values might be considered neutral gray? r,g,b all 127.5?