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JarredStanley
Joined: 27 May 2008
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Location: Boston Area
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 Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:47 am Post subject: How do you Color Balance your shot? |
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I was wanting to ask the Architectural Photographers in the forum the different ways they correct for color in both interior and exterior shots.
I learn most of what I do by trial so i'm not sure if my method is the right way but I typically use a 18% grey card for RAW balancing interior shots and manually adjust for color in RAW for sunny exteriors.
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Pbartf64
Joined: 02 Jul 2008
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Location: Pennsylvania
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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I mostly do my color balancing in the RAW converter. If I'm dealing with a complex interior I often use a white balance card. This gives a good reference because the card is neutral and allows the use of the color balance dropper in Adobe Camera RAW.
One major issue with balancing to neutral color, it tends to lack a feeling of the environment. I often like things a little warm especially for residential interiors so I move the color temperate slider till it looks right.
For both interior and exterior photography the idea is to have something to reference color. Sometimes the exterior may have something white to sample from and this helps get things close enough to fine tune by eye.
Color balance can be a pain sometimes but it gets easier as you learn. The great thing about shooting RAW files is the ability to adjust and redo images later on.
Best,
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