 Ellen C. Lee |
Using tungsten slide film I recently used a roll of tungsten slide film (which I have never used before) to take shots of some pastel artwork. I took shots both outside in late afternoon shade, and inside with diffused lighting. Many of the slides turned out to be a terrible blue color. It's like I used a blue filter or something. Everything is in a shade of blue? What did I do wrong? Why would they be blue?
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Didn't match the film with the light source. Tungsten is made for light that comes from regular light bulbs that you screw into a lamp. Light bulbs look okay to your eye but actually have mostly orange/red in their spectrum. So tungsten film compensates by being more blue. If some of the ones inside were okay, you had a mixture of inside light and outside light coming thru the window.
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Ellen C. Lee |
Thank you Gregory! So, do you use flash with this type of film, or just plenty of regular indoor lighting? Thanks for the info!! ellen
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
No flash, will still come out blue if you do. Flash is balanced for daylight film, which is the regular kind you buy.
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Ellen C. Lee |
Thank you so much! I appreciate the info. Now I won't ruin another roll of film - at least not for the same reason!!! Thanks again! Ellen
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